I think some people are forgetting that Heavyweights are so isolated from the cruiser-weight division. Not only that but not many Light-Heavyweights travel up to Cruiser-weight these days either...
It would benefit boxing if there was a Re-Hash somewhere along the line... Maybe the Cruiser weight division could go back to 190lbs and maybe a super-cruiser weight division with a limit of 210lbs could be introduced?
I know that straight away most septics would immediately assume that because the Cruiser-weight division is shit, that the Super-Cruiser-weight would be just as shit but you have to look at the bigger picture... More fighters from Light Heavyweight could fight at Cruiser-Weight.... Not only that but you would probably find that a lot of fighters from Super Middleweight would also (realistically) aspire to fight regularly at Cruiser-weight.
So you can see that straight away the Cruiser-Weight division becomes a more illustrious division simply because it becomes more accessible from both above and below.
So then obviously, logic dictates that the Super-Cruiser-weight division is afforded the same privileges when it has a melting pot of both the aforementioned pedigree of the division below and of course, fighters who currently fight at around 220lbs-230lbs who could easily make 210lbs if they wanted to.
Current and Historical fighters (1980's onwards) such as:
David Haye
Michael Spinks
Tomasz Adamek
Antonio Tarver
James Toney
Alexander Povetkin
Michael Moorer
Denis Boytsov
Evander Holyfield
Timur Ibragimov
Chris Byrd
Now it's easy to see what kind of division the Super-Cruiser-weight could be, as long as it was properly made to accommodate all the other divisions around it (i.e lowering the Cruiserweight limit back to 184lbs) but also, there are some truly gifted fighters who could of really found a home there.... Michael Moorer, Chris Byrd, Tomasz Adamek & David Haye all could of been regarded as GREAT at that division because that is probably their best weight to fight at and obviously it would be great if all their opponents were the same weight right?
So there you have it, I have officially changed my mind. I no longer want a Super Heavyweight division, I want a Super Cruiserweight division![]()
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