Joe Frazier did not use body building techniques and like most fighters during his era 'they all boiled down to their fighting weight. The culture of boxing training pre - 1990, was not all about gaining masses of weight and pumping themselves up in the gym. The boxing training which even Heavyweight fighters used, was predominantly aimed to improved general fitness, endurance and boxing skill'.
Surely? If you would just take some of your time to learn about boxing history, you would be aware of this 'and it would prevent you from making nonsensical threads like this'.
Note: Joe Frazier was 1000% a naturally bigger fighter than the guy you are talking about by miles 'Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ron Lyle, they are all naturally bigger fighters than modern day classically physique heavyweight fighters such as Oleksandr Uysk, Evander Holyfield and David Haye'.
Those latter fighters all had to pumped themselves up into the Heavyweight divisions, as former Cruiserweight fighters 'I have slightly singled out David Haye, because I know? That at times he was purposely boiling down his fighting weight. But even Haye in my opinion was not as naturally big as many of those past great fighter's pre -1980'.
To conclude: Many of the past great body builders, during their competition phase weighed in over 200 pounds 'But that still does not mean they are genuine heavyweights, when it is a incredible effort for them to maintain that level of mass'.
Frank Zane's heaviest competition weight was in 1982, where he weighed in at 200 pounds 'now? Anyone who understands the sport of body building, would not claim that Frank Zane was a natural heavyweight like Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, Joe Frazier or George Foreman'.
And the guy you are talking about in this thread, is not a true heavyweight fighter like Joe Frazier.
You have not discovered a great epiphany here. That is why your sudden observation, does not put things into perspective 'it puts absolute nothing into perspective, because you are not accurately analysing what the significance of weight is in competitive sports' etc.
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