Weight divisions are made for a purpose. Fighters train hard to make weight. Weight limits are supposed to keep fighters safe from going up against someone that will be a lot heavier than them during the fight, so that they do not absorb a tremendous amount of punishment which can be life threatening.
The cut-off weight for the cruiserweight division is 200 pounds; anything above that is a heavyweight. Realistically, the boxers who fight at heavyweight do not have to train to make weight. They have to train to take punches and move around but weight is never the issue.
Some fighters are heavy in the ring and even heavier outside the ring. Buster Mathis has weighed up to 280 pounds in a fight, 550 pounds when not fighting. Butterbean has never weighed less than 300 pounds for a fight and Dustin Nichols has weighed in at 350 pounds even though he was not a threat to almost anyone in the ring.
The real heavy guys have a great size advantage but lack speed. That does not mean that the faster smaller opponents will not suffer from the blows they consume during a fight. Small heavyweights have a slimmer chance of surviving 12 rounds with heavier elite fighters, and in the heavyweight division every punch could be a knockout punch.
In the smaller divisions weight could be as little as a four pound difference, so how will a heavyweight fighter who weighs ten to fifteen pounds more than you fare? How about a fighter who outweighs you by 40 pounds? Sure you may be more skilled, but that does not compare to the risk you put yourself in.
A super heavyweight division is needed. Fighter safety should be taken into consideration, and a more level playing field is required. Just because they are big guys does not mean they are invincible.
