Thread: LHWs winning HW titles.

Why do you suppose it's so rare? I mean, a LHW champion didn't move up and win a HW title until 1985, when Spinks beat Holmes.

Even CWs moving up to win a HW title is rare.

Originally Posted by VG_Addict

Why do you suppose it's so rare? I mean, a LHW champion didn't move up and win a HW title until 1985, when Spinks beat Holmes.

Even CWs moving up to win a HW title is rare.

Bigger fighters take bigger punches and bigger fighters generally hit harder.

Originally Posted by beenKOed

Originally Posted by VG_Addict

Why do you suppose it's so rare? I mean, a LHW champion didn't move up and win a HW title until 1985, when Spinks beat Holmes.

Even CWs moving up to win a HW title is rare.

Bigger fighters take bigger punches and bigger fighters generally hit harder.

Pretty much this. Light Heavyweights can make 175lbs. Moving up to Cruiserweight means you're fighting guys that weigh in 25lbs more than that. Then moving up to Heavyweight you have no division limit. Not many Heavyweights weight 220lbs or less, so the gulf is massive. Imagine a guy that much bigger with that much more force behind his shots coming at you.

Originally Posted by beenKOed

Originally Posted by VG_Addict

Why do you suppose it's so rare? I mean, a LHW champion didn't move up and win a HW title until 1985, when Spinks beat Holmes.

Even CWs moving up to win a HW title is rare.

Bigger fighters take bigger punches and bigger fighters generally hit harder.

HWs hit the hardest because they can put the most weight behind their punches, right?

Jones, Toney and Moorer did it.

Historically, all other fighters think that heavies are big, slow, and stupid. When compared to guys up to 147, this is glaringly obvious. It is very true among middles and almost always true among light heavies. Thus they move up, figuring that fast and smart trumps big. Generally it does not.

Originally Posted by beenKOed

Bigger fighters take bigger punches and bigger fighters generally hit harder.

Yup, can only imagine there is a world of a difference between being hit by a 175lb man and a 220-260lb man.