What's with all this "natural weight" crap?

[Ryn0]

It's quite obvious actually that James Toney's natural weight class is above 200....

[C.Y.]

Idiot..

cotto walks around at ****in 180 - 190 jackass
are you gay or something forreal?? following me from thread to thread. get off my ****!!

[C'MONMANG']

cotto walks around at ****in 180 - 190 jackass
are you gay or something forreal?? following me from thread to thread. get off my ****!!

Cotto doesnt walk around at 180-190..man you are fracken insane

my boy knows Cotto hangs with em..

[deevel79]

Cotto doesnt walk around at 180-190..man you are fracken insane

my boy knows Cotto hangs with em..

Im 5'7 and 1/2, and i weigh a solid 185. If i tried getting down to 147, i would literally DIE!

[C.Y.]

Cotto doesnt walk around at 180-190..man you are fracken insane

my boy knows Cotto hangs with em..

ok so what's cotto's walk around weight

and i heard ricky hatton walks around at atleast 170

[Scott9945]

Totally agree! There is no ****ing way that Paul Williams is making 147 without almost killing himself.

Yet if Williams were to fight a middleweight and get KO'd, you'd hear plenty of people say he was fighting above his natural weight.

[Scott9945]

ok so what's cotto's walk around weight

and i heard ricky hatton walks around at atleast 170

Hatton gets that big between fights, but he is fat and bloated. No way is that his ideal fighting weight.

[letsgobrady]

If u turn pro at 19, and are fighting at the 130lb division, then that is your natural weightclass THEN. If 10yrs later, u pack on some pounds, and decide to fight at 147 or 154, how are u fighting out of your natural weight class? Your natural weight is whatever your weight is at the time. Not 10-15yrs ago.

I've seen many posters here make an argument about certain fighters fighting outside thier natural weight class, and i just didnt make sense to me.

not true because you could want to fight at your natural weight of lets say 155 and your trainer feels its best for you to start your boxing career at maybe 135 that does not make 135 your natural weight

[deevel79]

not true because you could want to fight at your natural weight of lets say 155 and your trainer feels its best for you to start your boxing career at maybe 135 that does not make 135 your natural weight

Your natural "fighting" weight is whatever weight u can get down to safely, without starving/dehydrating yourself.

[machotime]

There are several reasons to go up in weight.

There are fighters that can make weight at lower weight classes, but choose not to because they want to capture titles at different weight classes. i.e. Pacman, and PBF. They IMO, are fighting out of their natural weight class.

"Natural weight" is considered the weight in which the fighter has the most or best potential and performance. Power, durability, chin, stamina... ect.