Boxing is full of stories where mostly weight classes exist for a reason, in professional boxing, that is.
That’s the truth of it. Weight classes are there to protect fighters and to make a contest an even, compelling bout, where the outcome is not necessarily always known or anticipated.
A wide array of factors can effect this of course where skill, ability and on the night form can weigh in to the outcome of a contest but weight still counts.
Not always though.
At the weekend Conor Benn stepped up two weight classes to show Chris Eubank Jr that actually, weight classes didn’t count for much, he made the rematch right and got his revenge in some style.
An outstanding UD win that saw him drop Eubank Jr twice in the fight.
Usually though a good big man does beat a good little man and certainly, at heavyweight, traditionally, over the years, that was the case.
Not in recent times, though.
Times Where A Good Big Man Doesn’t Beat A Good Little Man In Boxing
Oleksandr Usyk has become the King of the heavyweight division in recent years after stepping up from cruiserweight.
He’s battered and knocked out opponents much bigger than him, defeating the likes of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois and more.
He is an exceptional fighter that is a rare athlete in the sport of boxing, or in professional boxing, in any time.
There’s been other cases in history as well of course.
Roy Jones being only one of two men along with Bob Fitzsimmons to move up from middleweight to heavyweight to become middleweight and heavyweight champion of the world.
The likes of Mayweather and others have moved up many weights of course as well to beat bigger goes.
Manny Pacquiao an eight-weight division world champion the pinnacle of this endeavor and unrivalled, a batterer of people bigger than him all over the world.
Evander Holyfield and David Haye both moved up from cruiserweight to heavyweight to win the heavyweight title as well.
No one did it as impressively as the King of heavyweight boxing Usyk though, unifying everything and even giving up the WBO belt at the weekend just gone, not for any reason, just because he could.
When you’re the King of boxing, you do you want, oyu call the shots.
