The WBC is in the early stages of exploring the idea, but it's not the first time where someone brought up the idea of creating a super heavyweight division.
http://www.boxingscene.com/wbc-create-new-division-split-heavyweight-class-two--121150
there isnt enough talent as it is
this makes no sense at all
It makes tons of sense and I'm not sure how it would decrease the talent level. There's a huge gap between 200 lbs and the average HW. We're losing fighters at around 220 who can't make 200 but can't really compete with 250 lbers. This may even encourage more talent, not less.
Spinks
Holyfield
Moorer
Jones jr
Davide Haye
James Toney
Those are also examples that speak FOR a division in between CW and HW. None of them could establish long term dominance because there was always a guy who was bigger...Holyfield couldn't get past Bowe, Moorer got knocked out by an old Foreman, Jones won the title against Ruiz and immediately left the division, Haye couldn't get past Klitschko and Toney got outboxed by Sam Peter in the end.
You can't expect from cruiserweight sized boxer to topple Anthony Joshua. The past 20 years point at dominance of super heavyweights.
I think another divison would be worth trying.
Holyfield fought many a big guy before he lost to Bowe, and also beat Bowe in a rematch.
Spinks the same(minus fighting Bowe)
Haye fought Valuev FFS
Toney fought and IMO beat Holyfield, Guinn, Rahman, Ruiz and a host of other fighters at Heavyweight, considering he was about 30lbs past his best weight, he didnt seem to struggle with fighters who were much larger than him
Tyson was a 220lb wrecking ball against much much larger fighters in his prime
I don't really care for people saying that a cruiserweight cannot beat Joshua, its because they are not good enough to step up in weight and challenge
Would a prime Evander Holyfield give Anthony Joshua trouble, fucking right he would
Just because someone beats a guy 40 pounds heavier doesn't mean it was a fair fight.
Holyfield fought many a big guy before he lost to Bowe, and also beat Bowe in a rematch.
Spinks the same(minus fighting Bowe)
Haye fought Valuev FFS
Toney fought and IMO beat Holyfield, Guinn, Rahman, Ruiz and a host of other fighters at Heavyweight, considering he was about 30lbs past his best weight, he didnt seem to struggle with fighters who were much larger than him
Tyson was a 220lb wrecking ball against much much larger fighters in his prime
I don't really care for people saying that a cruiserweight cannot beat Joshua, its because they are not good enough to step up in weight and challenge
Would a prime Evander Holyfield give Anthony Joshua trouble, fucking right he would