What I think would help boxing...

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My pro boxing reforms:

1 - Condense the weight classes. There are just way too many! Heres the current crop:

Listed in Kg/Lbs

Straw weight - 48/105
Mini flyweight - 48/105
Junior flyweight - 49/108
Light flyweight - 49/108
Flyweight - 51/112
Junior Bantam - 52/115
Super flyweight - 52/115
Bantamweight - 54/118
Junior featherweight - 55/122
Super bantamweight - 55/122
Featherweight - 57 - 126
Junior lightweight - 59/130
Super featherweight - 59/130
Lightweight - 61/135
Junior welterweight - 65/140
Super lightweight - 65/140
Welterweight - 67/147
Junior middleweight - 70/154
Super welterweight - 70/154
Middleweight - 73/160
Super middleweight - 76/168
Light heavyweight - 79/175
Cruiserweight - 86/190
Heavyweight - 86+/190+

So, we take Straw weight through Flyweight and Combine them as 'Flyweight, up to 115 lbs.'
Take Junior Bantam to Super Bantam and creat 'Bantamweight, 116-125 lbs'
Take Featherweight to Lightweight and combine as 'Lightweight, 126-140 lbs'
Take Welterweight and Middlewieght and combine as 'Middle weight, 141-155 lbs'
Take Middle wight to Light Heavy Weight and combine as 'Light Heavyweight, 156-170 lbs'
Take Cruiser weight and change to 'Cruiserweight, 170-190 lbs'
And Heavyweight, 190 +

Next sanction a Federal Boxing Commision with one belt, the alphabet soup and easy corruption has got to stop.
There should be one belt per division, if a fighter changes divisions he forfeits his belt and the two top-ranked fighters
fight for it within 2 months.

I dont know what, but soemthing has to be done with judges...perhaps training, report cards like the NFL uses. They need
to be graded and punished for bad showings.

I know some of this may be viewed as extreme, IE too much weight in each division, but c'mon its goddamn boxing.
Five pounds does not make or break a fighter if its close to hios 'natural' fight weight.
If soemone dominates at 165, an d 165 is his true, natural weight, moving up or down 5 pounds wont take that much away from him.
I truly believe that. Fighters arent heros for moving up five pounds to take on a challenger
like they porttray themselves in the media....

Anyone agree disagree? I know boxing is sort of on the outs weith most, but I still think its a great sport. Especially the lower wieght classes
that nobody cares about and therefore have less tampering.