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Jones Jr.: It really wasn't hard at all. I have good eating habits. I worked hard, the good part it was so easy. I did it the right way. Losing it was a problem that I didn't think I'd have. My back was having a hard time because it wasn't used to carrying that much weight. So I had a really hard time, even during the fight. After round seven I knew my back was going to give mea problem, and it did. It was a heck of a transformation to gain 25 pounds of muscle in six weeks was very difficult.
point 1:
However, even if we are dedicated (some may call it obsessed) and diligent about our nutrition, with proper training and recuperation practices, we still would not be able to add more than 1 pound of muscle in a week. That's right, only one pound a week--and this is assuming you've had a darn good week both inside and outside the gym!
The most muscle he could of put on in 6 weeks is 6lbs. And seeing as how he was training for an endurance sport he would not of been able to do that. All of that cardio burns muscle as well as fat
point 2:
Two days before the fight, Ruiz weighed in at 226 pounds. Jones tipped the scales at 193 wearing an estimated three pounds of clothes. That was well above his previous high fighting weight of 175 pounds.
point 3:
But as conditioner Mackie Shilstone, who helped Jones prepare for Ruiz, explained, "Roy came to me at 192 pounds with 8.7 percent body fat. All we did was change the composition; bring his body fat down to six percent."
So why was Jones so fatigued during the last three rounds of his fight with Tarver I?
Also, Jones had a problem, After the weigh-in on Friday, despite being famished, he had eaten lightly. He didn't want the type of stomach cramps that Roberto Duran is believed to have suffered from in his "no mas" fight against Sugar Ray Leonard. Nor did he want to come in bloated as James Toney had done in their 1994 encounter. "It's been so long since I ate a lot," Roy explained. "I didn't want to take a chance and eat too much and have a problem."
But on Saturday, there was a problem anyway. Merkerson had speculated that Roy would enter the ring just shy of 190 pounds. However, an hour before the fight when Jones stepped on the HBO scale, it registered 186. That included five pounds of clothes and personal accessories. In other words, Roy weighed 181 pounds. His stomach had been queasy all day. He had barely eaten. He would be entering the ring in a depleted physical state.
But on Saturday, there was a problem anyway. Merkerson had speculated that Roy would enter the ring just shy of 190 pounds. However, an hour before the fight when Jones stepped on the HBO scale, it registered 186. That included five pounds of clothes and personal accessories. In other words, Roy weighed 181 pounds. His stomach had been queasy all day. He had barely eaten. He would be entering the ring in a depleted physical state.
He walked into the ring semi-dehydrated and malnourished. That is why he faded during that fight
There is no evidence that moving down a division damages you. Plenty of other fighters have down it, with no long term side effects. Manny Steward ridicules the idea that weight loss can cause permanent damage.
Going into Tarver II Jones said he was fine and had much more energy. He didn't even start using the weight loss excuse until after 2 years of moving back to lhw. He was so weight drained that he didn't notice it for 2 years?
He fought and lost to a better fighter and his ego wouldn't allow him to accept it. Its really that simple
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