The Ring IV: David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde - DAZN PPV

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Okay, "champ!"

Nice comeback. Derp.

[b Murphington]

Flabby grandpa build puts a beat down on buffness to the level of a concrete statue, we have been living in a world of lies. Maybe my training should just be to eat gelato and several days of rest after.

I’ve said for the longest time and anyone else here would say the same thing muscles don’t win fights.

All those big buff dudes pumping iron in the weight room bragging about how big and tough they are ain’t sh#t. It’s all for show.

If I’m going to be in a fight, I wanna fight the dude with ginormous muscles. They’re built for pushing. Not for boxing or even for sports in general. Slow. Awkward movements. Gassing out within a min. Absolutely no cardio.

[b Murphington]

Canelo looked like an amateur bro. Crawford boxed his ears off. I get being a fan, but at least try to live in reality. When Canelo himself says that he tried his best but just couldn't figure out Bud's style and he praises Bud for how good he is and calls him alot better than Floyd....I mean are you calling Canelo himself a liar?

Incredible the mental gymnastics some fans will do to lie to themselves.

It reminds me of when that dude Spoon was around here going on about how Pacquiao actually beat Mayweather.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

I’ve said for the longest time and anyone else here would say the same thing muscles don’t win fights.

All those big buff dudes pumping iron in the weight room bragging about how big and tough they are ain’t sh#t. It’s all for show.

If I’m going to be in a fight, I wanna fight the dude with ginormous muscles. They’re built for pushing. Not for boxing or even for sports in general. Slow. Awkward movements. Gassing out within a min. Absolutely no cardio.

Years back I worked with a guy who was 6'3 and about 250, all muscle. He looked like he could rip a guy in half with his bare hands and he could have I am sure. Worked out constantly.

He and some other guys there and I had lunch one day and everyone was asking him about his workout and diet and sports came up. He had played football in college but wasn't good enough to make the NFL so he went into boxing. He said he win his first three fights against no hopers and he thought he might make a career of it. He stepped up to B level guys and lost three in a row and he said he was beaten half to hell in the last one and knocked out by a fat guy who had been boxing since he was 8.

Muscles can work for a boxer, but starting young and learning the skillset is the only way to even try to fight at a high level. Most boxers don't work out to look good. And having 8% bodyfat actually can be detrimental when a little fat is padding for body shots.

[Toffee]

Years back I worked with a guy who was 6'3 and about 250, all muscle. He looked like he could rip a guy in half with his bare hands and he could have I am sure. Worked out constantly.

He and some other guys there and I had lunch one day and everyone was asking him about his workout and diet and sports came up. He had played football in college but wasn't good enough to make the NFL so he went into boxing. He said he win his first three fights against no hopers and he thought he might make a career of it. He stepped up to B level guys and lost three in a row and he said he was beaten half to hell in the last one and knocked out by a fat guy who had been boxing since he was 8.

Muscles can work for a boxer, but starting young and learning the skillset is the only way to even try to fight at a high level. Most boxers don't work out to look good. And having 8% bodyfat actually can be detrimental when a little fat is padding for body shots.

Focus on muscles works for no-one. I knew a guy who was a global level winner at bodybuilding. But he was brittle af. Snapped his ankle running in a straight line trying to play soccer.

They look good but it's a completely dys-functional build. That's why most people don't look like that - it doesn't work.

I'd beat him very comfortably in a fight and it wouldn't be close. He's effectively disabled.

[NihonJim]

It's always scrawny, unfit, untrained skinny guys who say "muscles don't win fights"

Well yeah, if there's a massive gap in fighting skill, sure

But if YOU try fighting a bodybuilder you aren't going to be dancing around a lumbering oaf looking like Ali, as you imagine in your head, you are going to end up in a bear hug or headlock having a real bad day.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Focus on muscles works for no-one. I knew a guy who was a global level winner at bodybuilding. But he was brittle af. Snapped his ankle running in a straight line trying to play soccer.

They look good but it's a completely dys-functional build. That's why most people don't look like that - it doesn't work.

I'd beat him very comfortably in a fight and it wouldn't be close. He's effectively disabled.

It honestly depends on the fighting skill. Look at Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Klitchko, etc. All well muscled and weight lifters. All big hitters and great boxers.

Obviously an IFBB pro bodybuilder who has so much muscle mass that they can barely reach their ass to wipe aren't going to be any good at boxing. But being well muscled is ok to a point for guys who learn to box early in life.

In a street fight bodybuilders aren't even great. Now a powerlifter could throw a normal sized guy through a brick wall. But boxing is such a high skilled sport.

[Rockybigblower]

Years back I worked with a guy who was 6'3 and about 250, all muscle. He looked like he could rip a guy in half with his bare hands and he could have I am sure. Worked out constantly.

He and some other guys there and I had lunch one day and everyone was asking him about his workout and diet and sports came up. He had played football in college but wasn't good enough to make the NFL so he went into boxing. He said he win his first three fights against no hopers and he thought he might make a career of it. He stepped up to B level guys and lost three in a row and he said he was beaten half to hell in the last one and knocked out by a fat guy who had been boxing since he was 8.

Muscles can work for a boxer, but starting young and learning the skillset is the only way to even try to fight at a high level. Most boxers don't work out to look good. And having 8% bodyfat actually can be detrimental when a little fat is padding for body shots.

Did you work with Anthony Joshua?

[Rockybigblower]

Focus on muscles works for no-one. I knew a guy who was a global level winner at bodybuilding. But he was brittle af. Snapped his ankle running in a straight line trying to play soccer.

They look good but it's a completely dys-functional build. That's why most people don't look like that - it doesn't work.

I'd beat him very comfortably in a fight and it wouldn't be close. He's effectively disabled.

Have you thought about signing up for Misfits Boxing?

[ShoulderRoll]

Well, people can STFU about “Buff Guy Yarde” now after that beating.