Whats up with fighters shaving their heads later on in their careers??

lol i always thought of this too... maybe the heat?

i know that hagler shaved his head because he knew his head was really heard and he had a chance at damaging his opponent. hagler even said that he shaved his head for the hearns fight simply because he knew he could break hearns's hands if he let him hit him in the head. and he accomplished it to. maybe thats why they shave their heads

I don't know about those other guys, but with Sugar Ray and Tommy Hearns, they did it because the 'fro went out of style.

like rickson gracie, cotto shaved his head for the fight to punish his opponent. rickson would shave his head a day or two before a fight so that even the head could be used as a weapon, a brillo pad. if you're clinching a guy and your head feels like a brillo pad, you're going to rub it on their face, neck and shoulders to gain an advantage. thats what i heard gracie say one time. i think it was duran or chavez or morales, i think it might have been morales who once said that fighters with curly hair can cut you, becuae if they hair is in your face and rubbing agsinst your skin it can cut it, or somthing like that.

Because they struggle making weight. Hence, Cotto's butterbean look. Cotto looks like a cancer patient with the baldie.

Because they struggle making weight. Hence, Cotto's butterbean look. lol - cotto really does not look right w/ that noggen shaved, that thing is HUGE.

they get old and want to shave their head

They get a bigger hairline.

i like how you drop the induendo about cotto head buttiing...why dont you throw a worthy name of headbutting like holyfield stop tryin to hate on cotto induendo about cotto butting?? man, i'm his biggest proponent here - it was just him doing what he did because he especially didn't like malignaggi, now apologize.

i like how you drop the induendo about cotto head buttiing...why dont you throw a worthy name of headbutting like holyfield stop tryin to hate on cotto

like rickson gracie, cotto shaved his head for the fight to punish his opponent. rickson would shave his head a day or two before a fight so that even the head could be used as a weapon, a brillo pad. if you're clinching a guy and your head feels like a brillo pad, you're going to rub it on their face, neck and shoulders to gain an advantage. thats what i heard gracie say one time.

Frazier shaved his head for the second Foreman fight. I don't know why. Maybe they think it will help them deflect punchers?

Sugar Ray Leonard had an afro early on, and then he had a buzz cut. Julio Cesar Chavex had long hair early on, and then he had a buzz cut. Tommy Hearns had an afro early on, and then he had a buzz cut. Why does every figher follow this trend? Do rules nowadays require hair to not be so long? i know their are rules that say how thick ur beard can be, but are their rules on hair and stuff? thats what you do when that edge up starts to get back.........

Maybe their hair just started falling out as they got older and they decided to shave their heads.