By: Sean Crose
And right here you have been considering there have been already too many world titles on the market. The World Boxing Association, as soon as well-known for it’s ubiquitous titles, has determined there’s going to be some extra. Why? Because they’re creating a brand new weight division, after all. Introducing Super Cruiserweight. “The World Boxing Association (WBA) Executive Committee,” the group said on-line Friday, “approved the creation of the super cruiserweight division in a vote called by the president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza…this new division will be between 200 and 224 pounds, while it will be located between the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.”
Although the division is sure to face a lot criticism (former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk presently holds a lot of the main world heavyweight titles, in spite of everything) the WBA argues it’s a mater of fighter security. “The creation of this new weight,” the assertion reads, “will mainly help to avoid bouts in which the fighters enter the ring with excessive weight differences, as tends to happen at heavyweight occasionally, where there can be differences of 20 pounds or more.” The WBA additionally claimed it had “made several analyses during the last months before thinking about the request, ” which was subsequently “submitted to a vote.”
The WBA states that “fighters considered ‘small heavyweights’ will have the option to move down to super cruiserweight and seek opportunities against more balanced weight opponents, in the quest to make the sport increasingly fairer.” The assertion goes on to learn that “the WBA ranking committee has already begun working on the creation of the rankings for this weight and the first divisional match-ups will be announced soon,” concluding with the assertion that “the WBA will continue to work on making boxing a fairer sport that provides opportunities and fairness to all involved, especially the boxers.”
While controversy is certain to ensue, the reality is that this all comes all the way down to a matter of belief. The public has little or no of it in regard to skilled boxing organizations – and never with out good purpose. Therefore, when one such group introduces one thing as main as a brand new weight division, the announcement goes to be met with raised eyebrows. With that being stated, legendary heavyweight champions of outdated comparable to Jack Dempsey, Jim Corbett, and Rocky Graziano wouldn’t even qualify as heavyweights immediately.
