Yes, Ibragamov looks pretty ordinary, doesn't he? He has won his title on pure skill and determination, and - like almost all other White (and Asian - and even many non-white Hispanic) fighters, he appears to be a fine gentleman and sportsman - such a relief from all the simian chest-pounding and posturing that we have been forced to endure from all the Clays and Tysons and Roy Joneses for all these years!
Boxing desperately needs more heavyweight divisions! This has been my pet peeve for years. While the lighter weight classes are now separated by an absurd three pounds, a man who weighs 201 has to compete in a division now dominated by men outweighing him by 20, 50, or even more than 100 pounds! In actuality there is no place in professional boxing today for men who weigh a little more than 200 pounds unless they are willing to fight much larger men, something that none of the competitors in the lighter weight classes ever has to do.
I would like to see a complete overhaul of the weight classifications, basing them on more logical and scientific principles, like separating them by ten, or some other number, per cent increments. If 10 per cent, than there would be, for instance, weigh classes of 150, 165, 182, 200, 220, 244, 268, 295...
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