Floyd And The Weight?

[oldgringo]

Do you guys think that the savior Jesus Christ drains down too? I mean I bet Floyd would come in and fight him too once he's resurrected on earth, but this guy is a freaking monster! He's like a other worldly being who kills himself to make 140/147, and then he re-hydrates back up to demigod.

Apart from being able to turn water into wine and ****, and the whole walking on water thing, this guy would probably come into a Welterweight fight at 170 easy. Floyd is still more skilled and all, and he'd probably beat him, but Jesus definitely has an unfair advantage, like everybody Floyd has fought.

Floyd is so ****ing great. Oh **** yeah.

[tyson]

It's interesting points you bring up here, but what exactly is your goal with this speech?
I understand that you feel Mayweather gets far too little credit for what he is doing, and I agree with that. Most people who compete in boxing will agree with you about Mayweather, and those that doesn't really don't understand much about the sport.

Fighters like Hatton, who's walking around at 30-40 pounds more than fight-weight, is ruining their bodies. They will age quicker than necessary, because of the weight draining they do.
Many fighters stop training after fights, and blow up like a balloon.
Floyd, Hopkins and Mosley doesn't allow themself to neglect their bodies like Hatton, Tszyu and many others do.

Hatton and Tszyu actually gets really fat between fights, so don't take what they walk around at as their natural weight. It's more like their lazy weight.
Fighters who rely on speed can't let their body get much out of shape, or far over their natural weight, because then they will slow down.
10 extra pounds for Mayweather would make him much slower, both on his feet and his handspeed.
Hatton relies more on power and strength, so more weight for him is positive in clinches where he rests his bodyweight on the opponent.

What weight they aim to be at the night of the fight, is directly linked with what they aim to achieve.
Less weight= more speed, lighter movements and more weight= heavier punches, more resistant to be pushed around, but slower movements.

[ippo]

I will always respect guys like floyd mayweather because they fight at their natural weight not guys who drain themselves 10-20lbs to get an advantage,It just shows how good guys like floyd are when they are able to beat the bigger and stronger fighter.

[yidish pugilist]

Do you guys think its fair for guys to always lose 40 or 50 pounds to fight someone at that weight? Do you think its fair for guys to put on a million pounds between the weigh-in and by time the fight starts? Do you think boxing would be a better sport if you had the fight and weigh-in on the same day?

making fighters weigh in the night of the fight doesn't make sense. what are you gonna do if they don't make weight, call off the fight and send a couple thousand people home?

[GOAT_Ali]

making fighters weigh in the night of the fight doesn't make sense. what are you gonna do if they don't make weight, call off the fight and send a couple thousand people home?

I agree....bottom line is that when asked, the fighters make weight.
I think Floyd is as big as Castillo and Hatton. Hatton simply balloons in weight. He pigs out between fights and weight is gained on him. Floyd may also pig out, but his metabolism and body type may be different and he just does not gain the weight Hatton does, Every person is different and this applies to not just boxers. I do believe that if one fighter comes in 12-13lbs heavier on fight night than the divisions weight, and the other comes in 3-4 lbs heavier, it can have an impact for the positive and the negative. Maybe coming in and gaining so much weight in such a short space of time can actually work against you, make you ponderous and sluggish

[GOAT_Ali]

Though the fight between Gatti and Gamanche showed that Gatti had a huge advantage. He weighed a lot more come fight night than Gamanche and it showed. But Gatti too was naturally a bigger bigger man than Gamanche...

[BmoreBrawler]

Mayweather has exceptional reach, that is all.

[OptimusWolf]

I think you could argue that there should be a maximum increase in weight between the weigh-in and the fight, but as to what boxers do in between fights, its nothing to do with anyone else but themselves.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

Do you guys think its fair for guys to always lose 40 or 50 pounds to fight someone at that weight? Do you think its fair for guys to put on a million pounds between the weigh-in and by time the fight starts? Do you think boxing would be a better sport if you had the fight and weigh-in on the same day?

I wonder this because I just think about how freaky some weights are, e****ally when they come to a guy like Floyd. Im watching the Castillo-Hatton fight and Im saying "how can these guys fight at 140 and come into the ring weighing more then Floyd weighed when he's fighting at 154"? That actually happened. Its crazy. Hatton was at 149 & Castillo was at 153. The cat is easily P4P the smallest man in boxing and he gets no credit for it. He probally still should be at 140 right now and could easily still weigh 135. How can guys like Hatton walk around at 180 something pounds and fight at a lower weight then Floyd who walks around at 150?

How crazy is it that when Floyd fought Chico at 130 & Castillo at 135 everyone knew they were way bigger? People will still tell you right now that Chico & Castillo are still way more naturally bigger then Floyd but he was nearing a fight at 154 when they were still at 135? How crazy is that? It makes no sense. When Floyd fought Chico at 135, Chico came in the ring at 147. Floyd is in the ring at 154 against Oscar weighing 148 and fighting a guy who has him by 20 pounds. I still say that is one of the most underrated wins in recent history. Probally since the old days. Oscar is not a chump but people will diss that win all day. If Oscar fought Hatton, Cotto, Margarito, and a ton of other guys they would still pick Oscar but Floyd beats him when he's 10x smaller and gets no credit for it.

Its weird because now were talking about a Floyd-Hatton fight but everyone talks like Floyd is the much bigger man. Even Hatton is trying to play it that way talking about catch weights? How crazy is that when he clearly is much bigger then Floyd. There is no one who has done what Floyd has done in a long time. Even Pac just fought Morales and weighed 144? How crazy is that. He also walks around huge outside the ring. He's probally just as big as Floyd but Floyd is beating Oscar. Were talking about P4P but lets really talk about it. Floyd is the only true P4P guy if you want to be real about it. Let Hatton, Margarito, Castillo, and all these other guys fight at there walk around weight. Id love to see Hatton at LHW. Would he get destroyed or what? Floyd's basic walk around weight is WW. Who in boxing would even come close to him if you really had to be a WW to fight him? None of those top guys would be there. Cotto, Williams, Clottey, and all the rest would be getting slaughtered at SMW. He's fighting these monsters and gets no credit for it. Thats the only reason why those guys even have a chance of beating him and they still cant.

Thats dead right bro!!! Floyd is always rubbished because of the hate factor and no one gives him props for these facts!!!