Comments Thread For: Joshua on Whyte: I Don't Think He's Improved Massively Since First Fight

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Joshua's argument checks out:

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What masses of weight??

He weiged 247 v AJ in 2015...


He weighed 251 and 253 in his last 2 fights. 247 v Povetkin, 248 v Chisora.

4 or 5 lbs is nothing at heavyweight

I'm not sure why people post things they just made up in their minds

there has been the odd fight like the Wach fight where he came in clearly overweight..
but for the most part in his big fights his weight has been pretty consistent for the past eight years

The first part of that statement I have made, is really the main point 'Whyte's conditioning has gone backwards'.

Why has Whyte's conditioning gone backwards? For me, I think it is because Whyte has been playing the mass game at Heavyweight.

That is what I was meaning to say, I have seen all of his training video's and Whyte since Joshua I 'Has been pumping himself up and body building trying to be the big man'.

If Whyte's conditioning had been consistent, then he would he would still be able to move 'The last time I think Whyte had good movement for him was Chisora I'.

Also each fighter has something called a operational window 'Fury has a operational window of 20-30 pounds. Fury has been 246 pounds vs Kiltschko, and he has still been able to perform at a World level while weighing in at 270 + pounds vs Wilder'.

So Fury's operational window of performance is quite vast. Fury has proven that whether he is 240, 250, 260, 270 + pounds he can still perform at a high level and get the win.

Whyte in comparison, whenever he comes in at over 250 pounds 'I don't think he is able to perform at his best. That is just a observation I have made'.

Conditioning is not all about weight, conditioning is about performance primarily. But when we analyse certain fighters, and we document their weights and performance together.

There can sometimes be a correlation which from past observations you can highlight.

Note: Whyte operational window may not be as vast as Fury's. It all depends on what type of fighter you are, on whether 4-5 pounds in extra weight will be a major factor in their performance etc.