Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
You know what...I like this post.

Very nice. I'm clicking you on the grounds that I think many fight fans often find it hard to 'fess up to matters of this sort. There's a well about fiddy feet deep of matters that I don't know in the sport...I just never dipped the bucket in much outside of 160 & 168lbs for the first 10-15 years of my obsession.

After that...I dropped down in the weights.

I'd rather know alot about what I do love & less about what's surrounding it. Concentrating on what I know instead of spewing meaningless facts (or facts that mean less to me than what I am truely interested in) & statistics abound regarding each & every fighter across the board...there's where I feel like the love is lost.

Anywho... my young son!
I was somewhat like you Wacko. I myself, back in the day, never paid much mind to the lower weight classes below lightweight barring a few exceptions. Boxing back then had many big stars in the upper weight classes and there was always something going on. For the past few years I find myself moving down in weight classes and appreciating what they offer.

There was a time when Lightweight to Middleweight, in the 80's and 90's, had so much talent, that even with the good fighters in there now, it simply pales in comparison to back then. Heavyweight is completely dead now compared to then. So it is natural for most of us to look lower in the weight classes to get our fill of the fight game.