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IMO weight classes in boxing are good now. 500 belts in each division is really bad thing

I'd be all for going back to the traditional 8 weight divisions.. merge 130 and 135 toether.. 140 and 147.. 154 and 160..etc

Jr middle...jr welter....jr feather jr bantam and jr fly should be gone. I can live with super and cruiser

fergusg wrote:Related Thoughts:

• Merging weight classes = Bad
• Current Weight classes = Good
• Multiple governing bodies = Bad
• Multiple world champions per governing body = Bad

did you decide to dumb down the post for readers?

I'd prefer titles being unified rather than divisions. Let fighters fight at their best weight, just make sure they have to fight the best in that weight division.

Cent0089 wrote:IMO weight classes in boxing are good now. 500 belts in each division is really bad thing

This

Go back to the original 8 classes, demand full weight limit for championship fights, and let them do their BS catch weights for non title bouts.

Duh. Of course there should be less weight classes ... but it's hard to convince some people that there is no discernible difference between the strength of a 130 pound man vs a 135 pound man.

Boxing is already littered with catchweights in that sense.

Badhusker wrote:Go back to the original 8 classes, demand full weight limit for championship fights, and let them do their BS catch weights for non title bouts.

I disagree

There should be ten divisions.

Heavyweight is 100+kg
Flyweight is under 50kg
Eight weights in between those.
One champ at each weight.

You're welcome.