When will you guys realize weight really does not make that much difference

[Tankster]

If you do it the right way you won't be unhealthy...

We've seen more weight drained & fighters who overtrained of late than those who put on too much

Boxing is a performance sports that involves reflexes, dexterity and speed. Going out of your natural weight will affect all those factors whether your healthy or not. Weight drained fighters are result of poor discipline. Dela Hoya vs Pac is a different issue since oscar is 20lbs below his natural weight so its definitely the risk he took to earn $30 million.

[-EX-]

Boxing is a performance sports that involves reflexes, dexterity and speed. Going out of your natural weight will affect all those factors whether your healthy or not. Weight drained fighters are result of poor discipline. Dela Hoya vs Pac is a different issue since oscar is 20lbs below his natural weight so its definitely the risk he took to earn $30 million.

It doesn't mean you can't perform on a high level. Wouldn't you agree?

[Vasyl’s dad]

That is very true, I make threads all of the time about 170 welterweights....There are alot of questions marks about the Floyd/JMM fight considering Marquez has never gone this high, and we have to consider what both will weigh on fight night to me that is much more important than a weigh in a day before.

So we ought to just not have official weigh ins since it its not as important, right?

[Vasyl’s dad]

If you do it the right way you won't be unhealthy...

We've seen more weight drained & fighters who overtrained of late than those who put on too much

Provide some examples of people who put on too much weight.

[Spray_resistant]

So we ought to just not have official weigh ins since it its not as important, right?

It is very important, I didn't say that it wasn't.

[Tankster]

It doesn't mean you can't perform on a high level. Wouldn't you agree?

Try answering it yourself. It is not rocket science.

[Clint650]

Agree.

Alot of fighters start out in the light divisions before they fully mature . It's not a huge deal to go from 130 to 150 over the course of 10 years. It's a natural process.


It seems tough to start as a middleweight, then ending your career as a cruiserweight.

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Provide some examples of people who put on too much weight.

Why are you directing the question at me? I was claiming fighters who were drained. And Ricky Hatton balloons up and comes back down=unhealthy. Roy Jones went up and down too many times and it hurt him eventually.

Baldomir claims he had trouble making weight against Floyd. He was 147 at the weigh-in and went all the way up to 162 or so fight night. And he looked like a snail(and he's slow to begin with).

[Vasyl’s dad]

It is very important, I didn't say that it wasn't.

You just said

and we have to consider what both will weigh on fight night to me that is much more important than a weigh in a day before.

again, why even bother with official weigh ins if they're not as important as the unofficial weights?

Both fighters in most instances,

make the agreed upon weight.

But its not really important is it.

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Try answering it yourself. It is not rocket science.

I was asking you. Hopkins went from 160 middleweight to light heavy and put a beating on Tarver. The answer is obvious.