WBC New weight classes

[Fluffernutter]

Original 8

Division / Pounds
Fly 112
Bantam 118
Feather 126
Light 135
Welter 147
Middle 160
Lt.Heavy 175
Heavy 176 to infinity

 

[Stormtrooper85]

Fuck this weight class. Heavyweight is already shallow enough.



I guess it'll help Wilder win a belt and not have to fight Fury again. At least you tried weight champion Deontay Wilder.

 

[seau45]

Wilder vs Breidis, make it happen Dana

 

[Mr2urbo]

What a douche, he’s masquerading his new weight class with a boy who rescued his sister cause he knows it bs
https://www.boxingscene.com/wbc-prez-reacts-bridgerweight-backlash-this-not-fan-club--153191

 

[DeJulez]

The Light heavyweight to Cruiserweight difference is what needed adjustment

The 224lb division is going to end up like the cruiserweight division, why would fighters settle for 224lbs when they can make better money and get more exposure at heavyweight? Now they’re going to be stuck with 2 cruiersweight divisions

If they keep 200-224 HW and call 225 Super HW. It makes ppl think its fat ppl and HW will still have prestige

 

[zapataxiv]

If they keep 200-224 HW and call 225 Super HW. It makes ppl think its fat ppl and HW will still have prestige

Heavyweight and overweight IMO
This is the overweight champ and this is the heavyweight champ

 

[Hagler]

Yay, more world championship belts.

 

[Boxiana]

What are they calling it? Bigweight?

 

[Barge]

But 240lbers could cut to 224. An in shape, lean 240 lbs is a giant human. Wlad weighed around 240 and he was the epitome of a modern SHW.

 

[svmVR2097]

This makes no fucking sense. Lightheavyweights already FIGHT between 175 and 190. If your going to move the CW division limit to 190, then make it 190 on the freaking dot... sheesh. And then the 'new division' can be 200 to 220.

This whole thing seems to be a half-baked ploy to create and market more hollow multi division champions and collect more sanctioning fees. Like i said, fine i guess, but at least get it right.

Cruiserweight was 190lbs before 2004

 

[svmVR2097]

What are they calling it? Bigweight?

Bridgerweight

 

[Hypetrainhipsta]

So how does that work in a unification when the other orgs recognize 200?

It's BS that doesn't work at all.
Nothing against moving the CW limit to 190, but adding another division just means another belt and more sanctioning fees for the WBC.

 

[Boxiana]

Bridgerweight

Terrible name

 

[revoltub]

Bridgerweight

The fuck

 

[ZOD66]

So now Deontay can be a two-division champ of the world
Cool, I guess...

Or Usyk

 

[aries]

Fuck the WBC. They are a joke.

 

[Breakfast Bar]

I’ve been thinking that there is too much depth in the HW division for some time. Cutting it in half is a good place to start.

 

[toogreen]

17 is enough we dont need more lol

 

[Misery Signals]

So how would there be a unification for CW between the WBC champ and let's say the IBF champ if the weight limits are different?

 

[codfather]

224 lbs is way too high.
Other than Valuev, Fury is probably the heaviest elite boxer of all-time and even he could make 224 lbs.
He was 257 lbs in his first fight with Wilder, so all he would have to do is lose 17 lbs of body fat and cut 16 lbs of water (that's less water than guys like Corey Anderson and Jon Jones cut).