Dropping weight. Jones, Hatton and Tarver. Coincidence?

[roxy]

Dropping weight is always bad. If you lose weight you lose muscle before you lose fat. If you are solid and trim at a weight, and lose weight you lose strength.

[$partacus]

Last time i checked, Hatton had 2 fights at 140 vs lazcano & malignaggi before the pacquiao fight.

Come down from 200lbs? How do you know? where in there in the bathroom behind ricky pushing his stomach in from behind so he can see his pecker & weight on the scale?

Does hatton look healthy in this pic?

[AFighter4U]

Does hatton look healthy in this pic?

neither does Pac this pic is during weigh in not during fight night both look much bigger after hydrating themselves.

Both looks like a bunch of skin and bones to me

[General Zod]

Mercado was as big as B-Hop; real tough dude, Echols (1st fight) was stronger then B-Hop.

The problem is that neither of those fighters are any good, I have not seen Hopkins Echols I, but I have seen two and Hopkins is clearly bigger than him.

[General Zod]

neither does Pac this pic is during weigh in not during fight night both look much bigger after hydrating themselves.

Both looks like a bunch of skin and bones to me

Pac looks alot better than Hatton there, he only had to dehydrate about 7 lbs of water while Hatton had to drop 14 lbs of water.

[bojangles1987]

With RJ it's no question, he simply lost something physically when he went back down to light heavy after beating Ruiz. What happened with Hatton is his own fault and he is a natural 140 pounder anyway. Tarver, I'm not sure. I think he was drastically overrated to begin with so Hopkins beating him easily is more a great, great fighter exposing a not as good as everyone thought fighter.

[wazaa]

yeah I totally agree.

The weight 135 lbs for Amir Khan was too hard to make considering his size. It made him weak.



Amir Khan was way more resilient and stronger at 140 lbs.

[General Zod]

yeah I totally agree.

The weight 135 lbs for Amir Khan was too hard to make considering his size. It made him weak.



Amir Khan was way more resilient and stronger at 140 lbs.

He hasnt faced a big puncher yet, he was also rocked by a jab as well. So I doubt if he chin will get that much better at 140 lbs.

[-EX-]

Certainly is, its proven fact Bhop cant beat men of similar size

Yet he has 20 title defenses at MW...


And someone said Tarver was 240...he was really around 215-225 at the most...I remember the Countdown to Tarver-Hopkins

[General Zod]

Yet he has 20 title defenses at MW...


And someone said Tarver was 240...he was really around 215-225 at the most...I remember the Countdown to Tarver-Hopkins

The only Hopkins opponents who Ive seen who were the same size as him were Taylor and Eastman.
Hopkins made his pro debut at lhw and then had another 21 fights at smw so its really not surprising to me that he was much bigger than a lot of his mw opponents.