I think it's a lot harder for the little guys to "break through" because men generally don't have as much respect for guy's that small. A large part of boxing and fight sports has always been the spectacle. We looked at guys like Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, ect in awe of their size and power. With all due respect to those guys, it's hard to get that same kind of awe when you're the size of an average woman. When you start dipping below that average male size, you start losing the respect of the average man. It sounds cruel but it's just a fact.

I can't tell you how many times I've been at a bar or with friends and a fight came on the TV with two 120lb guys fighting, and everyone just started snickering and making jokes. I think you really have to be a killer at that weight to "break through".


But yeah as a boxing fan, I agree that the lighter weights provide a certain level of speed and skill that you're simply not going to find north of 160.