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

[Domain]

body mass index son...

Sin City what is your BMI?

You fight at 106 right what you cut from 115?

[2quick2slick]

So, just for clarity, when Manny Pacquiao weighs 146 on fight night for a 130 fight, is he a natural welterweight...or a natural superfeatherweight?

Neither.

Pac is a natural lightweight.

[Allucard]

I agree....no more talk about Floyd not fighting any "natural" WW's

good point Deevel

Yes that's definitely a good argument, one of those he will only have guts to apply to Floyd. I want to see Cotto at middleweight (really as a fan i don't) but if he packs the pounds i will make an identical post and hopefully receive a nice reply too.

[BennyST]

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.

Well, yes and no. Durans natural weight wasn't middleweight or supermiddleweight. He really was a natural lightweight. What people mean is that at their best weight where should they be? If some guy can't be bothered training and is a fat bastard then it is not his natural weight is it? His natural boxing weight, not just natural weight.

Rod Barker said it best as well as the post Letsgobrady quoted.

[MANGLER]

The whole natural weight thing should only matter when a guy is fightin at a weight class he has no business at.