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Most professional boxers are in the lighter weight classes, not in the heavyweight division. The biggest money in boxing has always been in the heavyweight division. So the lighter weight professional boxers would definitely want to be the heavyweight champion of the world. That is where the most money is. There are no minimum or maximum weights in the heavyweight division. So there is no rule preventing the lighter weight boxers from becoming the heavyweight champion of the world.
According to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the first heavyweight champion of the world was John L. Sullivan in 1885. Many people think that there was a heavyweight champion of the world before 1885. When there was first a legitimate heavyweight champion of the world is debatable. But everyone agrees that there was a heavyweight champion of the world by 1885. So a heavyweight champion of the world has existed in professional boxing for at least 141 years.
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, the lightest heavyweight champion of the world was Bob Fitzsimmons. Bob Fitzsimmons weighed 167 pounds when Bob Fitzsimmons beat Gentleman Jim Corbett to win the heavyweight championship of the world in 1897. So in the entire 141+ year history of there being a heavyweight champion of the world, no professional boxer weighing 166 pounds or lighter has ever beaten the heavyweight champion of the world in a boxing match. No, not once. Do you agree with me that the fact that no professional boxer weighing 166 pounds or less ever beat the heavyweight champion of the world in a boxing match is proof positive that the adage "A good big man will beat a good little man" in boxing is true?
According to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the first heavyweight champion of the world was John L. Sullivan in 1885. Many people think that there was a heavyweight champion of the world before 1885. When there was first a legitimate heavyweight champion of the world is debatable. But everyone agrees that there was a heavyweight champion of the world by 1885. So a heavyweight champion of the world has existed in professional boxing for at least 141 years.
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, the lightest heavyweight champion of the world was Bob Fitzsimmons. Bob Fitzsimmons weighed 167 pounds when Bob Fitzsimmons beat Gentleman Jim Corbett to win the heavyweight championship of the world in 1897. So in the entire 141+ year history of there being a heavyweight champion of the world, no professional boxer weighing 166 pounds or lighter has ever beaten the heavyweight champion of the world in a boxing match. No, not once. Do you agree with me that the fact that no professional boxer weighing 166 pounds or less ever beat the heavyweight champion of the world in a boxing match is proof positive that the adage "A good big man will beat a good little man" in boxing is true?
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