Why are amateur weight classes different from the pros?

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**** dude I'm so drunk and high I don't remember typing this...

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Froch-Bute is one of my favorites. Bute was considered the Boogieman of 168 and I think unofficially the Super 6 tournement was meant to pit the winner against Bute. Ward wasn't available due to I think promoter issues so runner up Froch was added and he did not disappoint.


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I don't think captain matters, wasn't Ra'shee Warren the captain for the USA team and came up the shortest career wise from his Olympic team?...

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Ask Breadman next week, Roy is one of his favorite topics...

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I'd like to see a Jack Johnson movie. Blair Cobbs's story would make a good comedy movie.

IIRC Orlando Salido grew up in a dirt floor house and still owns that house to this day and shows it to his kids to let them know where he came from.

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Probably going to that new Richard Schafer promotion, Parabellum or whatever its called. Anyways I think he should've left GBP after the Lomachenko fight, Oscar basically threw Linares under the boss in the prefight hype....

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I thought Houdini let the guy tee off on him with repeated hammer blows?...

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Pretty sure Yildirim was the mandatory...

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lol I'm not saying he's a power puncher but you don't see guys walking through Caleb's punches or disrespecting his offense.

But then again Caleb has fought low opposition ever since he won his title so maybe his punches won't be as effective on guys in the top 10 in the division....

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40k split into 30k-10k split? So the Japanese guy is going to make 10k + whatever sponsors he gets but that 10k is going to get sliced up by promoter, manager, coach, training camp, sparring partners, and Uncle Sam....

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I believe Plant hits harder then it looks; he put Uzcategui on the mat twice when Jose was starting to make some noise in the division

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Weird that a 6'1" guy has trouble making 200 lb....

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Big Dong went flaccid and has had trouble getting up for the occasion.

But Taishan Dong hasn't fought since 2015, doubt he's ever going to step in the ring again

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So Ugas basically has to fight two mandatories now? That sucks

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Ah thanks....

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I can see where he's coming from. Danny Garcia, Paulie Malignaggi, and Devon Alexander are 2 weight champions, Yordenis Ugas beat Manny Pacquiao, Adrien Broner is a 4 weight champion, Andre Berto is a 2 time world champion, and Adrian Granados according to some on boxingscene is the best welter to never...

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Just noticed that for the most part amateur weight classes are only a few pounds different from the pros, why not just make them the same?...

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Its set for middleweight, so Gabe has to come down...

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Its not uncommon for the champion to have a rematch clause, its not like this is an AJ-Hearns special....

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