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pound per pound wrote:

Best Coast wrote:

pound per pound wrote:
I thought Hrgovic was the better in the semi finals and should have meet Joyce for the gold medal.

I hear Joyce, and Hrgovic are going pro. Combined with Yoka, the heavyweight division has some fine young prospects.

Agreed totally. Hunter will help Yoka a lot. Nice to see another super-sized fighter added to the HW mix!!

I was never a big fan of either Klitschko brother but will give them credit for revolutionizing the HW division in terms of the size needed to excel (6'6"+ and 250+). I dont think we'll see too many HW champs below that size in the future.

I agree with you, but don't tell that to the posters in the history forum!

Sports evolve. In just about every sport, the athletes are getting bigger, faster and stronger.

The days of 200-215 pound heavyweight champions with less than a 75" reach appear to be over. Well in theory they will often had a puncher's chance, but their boxer's chance is extremely low.

The top-ranked pro's and amateurs all seem to be around 6'4' to 6'7" big men with an 80-inch reach or greater, weighing at least 230 pounds. How much have things changed? Such a man used to be rare 25-50 years ago, now they are common.

Best Coast wrote:

pound per pound wrote:

Best Coast wrote: Agreed totally. Hunter will help Yoka a lot. Nice to see another super-sized fighter added to the HW mix!!

I was never a big fan of either Klitschko brother but will give them credit for revolutionizing the HW division in terms of the size needed to excel (6'6"+ and 250+). I dont think we'll see too many HW champs below that size in the future.

I agree with you, but don't tell that to the posters in the history forum!

Sports evolve. In just about every sport, the athletes are getting bigger, faster and stronger.

The days of 200-215 pound heavyweight champions with less than a 75" reach appear to be over. Well in theory they will often had a puncher's chance, but their boxer's chance is extremely low.

The top-ranked pro's and amateurs all seem to be around 6'4' to 6'7" big men with an 80-inch reach or greater, weighing at least 230 pounds. How much have things changed? Such a man used to be rare 25-50 years ago, now they are common.

I like your idea of giving ranking points to accomplished amateurs for gold, silver & bronze medals in major international competitions, but think it should probably less points...say 50, 25 and 15.

Maybe we could start new topic threads for various divisions that have top undefeated prospects with under 10 pro bouts and give them extra points for recent amateur medals. With so many different 2016 Olympians now turning pro it would be a good time for threads like that!!

pound per pound wrote:

Best Coast wrote:

pound per pound wrote:

I agree with you, but don't tell that to the posters in the history forum!

Sports evolve. In just about every sport, the athletes are getting bigger, faster and stronger.

The days of 200-215 pound heavyweight champions with less than a 75" reach appear to be over. Well in theory they will often had a puncher's chance, but their boxer's chance is extremely low.

The top-ranked pro's and amateurs all seem to be around 6'4' to 6'7" big men with an 80-inch reach or greater, weighing at least 230 pounds. How much have things changed? Such a man used to be rare 25-50 years ago, now they are common.

I like your idea of giving ranking points to accomplished amateurs for gold, silver & bronze medals in major international competitions, but think it should probably less points...say 50, 25 and 15.

Maybe we could start new topic threads for various divisions that have top undefeated prospects with under 10 pro bouts and give them extra points for recent amateur medals. With so many different 2016 Olympians now turning pro it would be a good time for threads like that!!

I'm down for it.

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