I feel weight classes should be changed!

[ykdadamaja]

Basillio was built like a truck how can you say he was not well defined?

There is a difference between looking in shape, being in shape, being well defined, and having the strength and conditioning at a certain weight.

Basillio had a great physique. Meaning he was well defined and had conditioning to a certain degree. But when we compare him to a today's MW- from Hopkins, to RJJ, to GGG to even Ward and Dirrell, he would not last because he would be fighting unusually stronger and conditioned athletes.

It's not the same....

[Master]

Basillio was built like a truck how can you say he was not well defined?

There is a difference between looking in shape, being in shape, being well defined, and having the strength and conditioning at a certain weight.

Basillio had a great physique. Meaning he was well defined and had conditioning to a certain degree. But when we compare him to a today's MW- from Hopkins, to RJJ, to GGG to even Ward and Dirrell, he would not last because he would be fighting unusually stronger and conditioned athletes.

It's not the same....

Disagree. Obviously Hopkins and Jones are greats but Bassilio was built like Abraham's. Talent is one think, physique is another.

[Silkeyjoe]

Id just have 9 divisions.

Heavy
Cruiser
Light Heavy
Middle
Welter
Light
Feather
Bantom
Fly

[beenKOed]

I could live with the 17 weights if we could get back to the same day weigh in.
Same day weigh in protects both fighters, adding 24 hrs plus between the weigh in and the fight protects the bigger guy from the smaller guy by giving him more time to rehydrate.
Now they have some BS about not rehydrating beyond a certain %. Fuck that noise man, make the weight the morning of the fight or you lose. That would put fighters in their proper weight class, pronto.