Pretty much, hes bulking up so when he cuts hell still be bigger at 155 than he was in previous fights once he rehydtrates.
Right that makes sense now, cheers!
About GGG, he would have to probably drain himself to cut those extra 5 pounds to make 155. He walks around at about 170-180 so he already cuts about 15 maybe 20 pounds to make 160. To cut that extra 5 would drain him and thats why canelo is asking for it being a little prick trying to get GGG to drain himself for no reason when hes been fighting at 160 his whole career.
I wonder how Canelo doesn't seem drained when cutting to 155, he looks huge on the night of the fight and even bigger than GGG in my opinion.
The majority of fighters never fight at the weigh-in limit (i.e, 140, 147, 154, etc.). They dehydrated themselves of a water weight in order to get a size advantage. Think about it: The heavier you are, the more likely you are: stronger, more durable, and in general just more physically imposing than your opponent.
For example: Dan Austin weighs 148 pounds and deadlifts 697 lbs. Dmitriy Nostov weighs 165 pounds and deadlifts 760 lbs (where Dmitry clearly outweights Austin by 17 pounds). That's a noticeable strength gap. Obviously, the bigger you are the more powerful you should be compared to your opponent (typically).
In Khan vs Canelo's case, the weight difference if Khan doesn't bulk up would be around 20~ pounds. That's a LOT of weight, and makes a huge difference, especially considering they're about the same height (definitely meaning Canelo has more muscle mass). That's a lot of potential strength/power Canelo should posses over Khan due to how much heavier he is.
In regards to GGG vs Canelo:
GGG is older (just recently turned 34 years old)
Canelo is younger (25 years old)
It's a lot harder on the body when you dehydrate yourself/lose weight the older you get. Think of it like this: when you are younger, you can gain muscle mass much easier with a good diet and nutrition. When you're older, that rate of growth of muscle diminishes and diminishes. You can be a hard worker, but you can't outwork father time.
Another reason is that GGG is not use to those massive water weight cuts/probably doesn't feel comfortable doing it. If he drains water weight to about 155, that's around 8-9% of a water weight cut. For anyone in combat sports, 10% is the maximum amount recommended, as it gets REALLY BAD any more than that. Cutting too much water weight is a dangerous idea. I'd say, about 5% is a good amount to stride for on average
Canelo rehydrates back to 175 from the 155 weigh-in limit. Golovkin rehydrates to 170 from the 160 weigh-in limit. Theoretically, Canelo could weigh even more than 175 if he wasn't stressed to make that 155 limit.
Ah I think I get you, so will Khan be bulking up to heavier than his natural weight and then start dehydrating himself to make 155 lbs at the weigh-in?
It's just a guaranteed "flat fee." If I'm not mistaken the network gives the money for the fight then the promoter uses that money to pay the fighters and everything else.
That makes sense, thanks! What about for un-televised events?
guaranteed purse is something you will get even if the fight fails, you could get much more money if the fight sells out and does a good ppv
Where does the guaranteed purse come from though? Ticket sales? Promoters?
I'm honestly starting to believe I know **** all about boxing or I just have serious short term memory issues. In fact funnily enough I've forgotten most of the fight again already.
Watched the fight 3 times now and I've scored round 2 and 4 to Brook every time. Every single round was close in my book. I was even tempted to give round 3 to Brook.
By the way, those who use stats to back up their opinions, Brook landed 19 power punches to GGG's 15 in round 3. So it was definitely a close round. However I think stats are misleading so I still gave it to GGG.
Don't know if this has been posted (or proved wrong) but ESPN say that the offer by GGG's team was believed to be £2.2m (around $3.2m). If that was true, then Saunders was offered more than GGG's highest pay day.
"Pound for pound superstar"
He beat only one elite boxer (who was way too short for the division). Superstar? When? By beating C level boxer?
Gamboa is 5' 5", majority of lightweights are around the 5' 8" mark. Serious question, does it really make much of a difference? Zlaticanin is only 5' 4" and he's now a world champion, albeit not fighting decent opposition.