Re: Does anybody care about the Cruiserweight division?
The Cruiserweight division is a division, just like any other division. It features big strong boxers which are all approximately the same size, well-rounded skilled and all extremely athletic (as opposed to the HW division where they come in all shapes and sizes and various traits).
There is nothing bad about it, and it is thoroughly perplexing why anyone should think that a weight-class is "bad" or "good".
It MUST obviously stay, it was introduced for a reason.
A better question would be, when should we introduce the NEXT weight class (like I dunno, "Super-Cruiser" or something lol)
The only problem with the Cruiser division imo, is that when it was introduced and then later modified, it has since caused IMMENSE confusion on what it means to be a "Heavyweight" and has led to many illegitimate comparisons of ancient HW's to current HW's even though they have absolutely nothing in common except for the fact that they were at different points in time, nominally CALLED "HW's".
Some argue that amateur boxing got it correct by making the new weight class beyond HW (Super-HW) as this avoided the confusion.
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