Sulecki - 539640

[slapbangwhallop]

Now at middleweight.

[slapbangwhallop]

Anyone?

He weighed in at 161lb on the weekend for a non-title fight and is in the ratings at middleweight. Can you move him to middleweight. Ta

[claudevsq]

He didn't fight at 160 lbs. or under since 2013, though...

[slapbangwhallop]

He didn't fight at 160 lbs. or under since 2013, though...

He has weighed in at 160.5 and 161 in the last year for non-title fights and only been 168lb for one fight in his whole career. Its pretty obvious the guy is a middleweight.

[slapbangwhallop]

He didn't fight at 160 lbs. or under since 2013, though...

He has weighed in at 160.5 and 161 in the last year for non-title fights and only been 168lb for one fight in his whole career. Its pretty obvious the guy is a middleweight.

Anyone going to give a reasonable response to this? Where is the logic in this?

Weighing in at 160.5 and 161 for non title fights shows he is a Middleweight. No Super Middleweight on the planet weighs in at that weight for a non title fight. Also the WBO rank him at Middleweight. http://www.fightnews.com/rankings-2

Are BoxRec going to move George Groves to Light Heavyweight after weighing in at 170.5 on the weekend?

[ABC BOXING]

BOXREC WEIGHT CLASSES; THESE ARE MAX WEIGHT PER CLASS
1.1 Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg, 14 st 4 lbs)
1.2 Cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg, 14 st 4 lbs)
1.3 Light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg, 12½ st)
1.4 Super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg, 12 st)
1.5 Middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg, 11 st 6 lbs)
1.6 Super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg, 11 st)
1.7 Welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg, 10½ st)
1.8 Super lightweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg, 10 st)
1.9 Lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg, 9 st 9 lbs)
1.10 Super featherweight (130 lbs, 59 kg, 9 st 4 lbs)
1.11 Featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg, 9 st)
1.12 Super bantamweight (122 lbs, 55.3 kg, 8 st 10 lbs)
1.13 Bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg, 8 st 6 lbs)
1.14 Super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg, 8 st 3 lbs)
1.15 Flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg, 8 st)
1.16 Light flyweight (108 lbs, 49 kg, 7 st 10 lbs)
1.17 Minimumweight (105 lbs, 47.6 kg, 7½ st)

[John]

Boxers only make weight for title bouts, you have to give them a few pounds allowance for non title bouts

[ABC BOXING]

NON TITLE FIGHTS A FIGHTER CAN WEIGH ANYTHING THE WEIGHT AGREEMENT ON CONTRACT SAYS BUT EXAMPLE IF CONTRACT SAYS 147 PLUS OR MINUS 2 POUNDS AND THE HEAVIER FIGHTER COMES IN AT 149 AND OTHER FIGHTER COMES IN AT 145 THE FIGHT IS CONSIDERED SUPER WELTER AS BOTH FIGHTERS CAN NOT USE 8 OZ GLOVES AND MUST USE 10 OZ GLOVES DUE TO WEIGHT OVER 147 WELTER.
SO WHERE CAN YOU GIVE A FIGHTER A FEW POUNDS IN THIS SITUATION AND STILL USE 8 OZ GLOVES?
I KNOW AFTER WEIGH INS IF BOTH WEIGHED 147 AT WEIGH IN AND THEY WEIGH 154 AT FIGHT TIME THEY CAN BOTH USE 8 OZ GLOVES DUE TO THEM MAKING THE PROPER WEIGHT AT WEIGH IN.
I THINK IF A FIGHTER WEIGHS A CERTAIN WEIGHT FOR HIS FIGHTS HE SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED IN THAT WEIGHT CLASS. IF A FIGHTER OR HIS MANAGER WANTS HIS FIGHTER AT A CERTAIN WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION THEN HE SHOULD FIGHT AT THAT WEIGHT AND NOT ONE POUND OVER.
EXAMPLE AMIR KAHN HAS NEVER FOUGHT OVER 147 LBS HE IS RATED WELTER WHY WOULD WE CHANGE HIM TO MIDDLE WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION IF HE NEVER FOUGHT THERE BEFORE? JUST TO MAKE HIM A MIDDLEWEIGHT FOR HIS FUTURE FIGHT? NON SENSE.