Comments Thread For: Kerry Kayes on Boxing, Finding Your Natural Weight Class

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Kerry Kayes will leave the sport of boxing with some fond memories, not least the roller coaster ride he shared with Billy Graham, who brought Kayes into Ricky Hatton’s camp, and, over the last year, his role as an integral part of Joe Gallagher’s training set-up. Kayes, whilst quick to acknowledge the impact Hatton had on his time in boxing, selected a few recent highs when reminiscing about his time within the game.




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[PensionKiller]

“Boxing people know a lot about boxing but don’t know as much about the human body as they think they do. People may not like bodybuilding but bodybuilders are experts at weight management. Someone like [Joan] Guzman is a lovely human man, an innocent guy from a poor background with a wife and kids, so I was prepared to help him out and feel the same way about all my boxers.

Still, it has been a Sisyphean struggle, from time immemorial fighters have looked for an advantage over their foes, far too many boxers have maintained a false economy when it comes to their fighting weight. Strangely, men such as Marvin Hagler, who fought his whole career at middleweight and dominated the 160lb division, are criticised for not jumping up and down in weight in search of paper titles, some boxers still cannot accept that greatness lies in knowing the limitations of your frame and working with, rather than against, you own physiology.

“Maybe Marvin Hagler comfortably stayed at the same weight throughout his career because he didn’t boil himself down falsely at the beginning of his career,” laughed Kayes when discussing the benefits of finding your optimum weight class early in your career.

“Look at Manny Pacquiao. There are rumours flying about Manny that are totally untrue in my opinion. I think it is simply a case that the guy who conditions Manny, Alex Ariza, is very, very good at his job. It is sad that people don’t just acknowledge this fact and think there must be something sinister to Manny’s recent form. Alex got hold of Pacquiao after Manny had stopped boiling down in weight and Alex is now working with a fighter that is close to where his body should be, and you can see the results for yourself.

“Some boxers fight at the same weight they fought at when they were sixteen. How can you do that? How can you falsely stop your body maturing? I believe that if an investigative journalist in England looked into the way some amateur boxers boil down at an age where they should be coming into puberty then you’d see how bad things are. People are looking to coaches to give advice to their children and I’ve heard horrific stories about coaches in the past advising their fighters not to drink water, which is the basic substance of life! You can do without food for days but try doing without water for just a few days.”

[PensionKiller]

He actually talked mroe than that.

Good read on fighting at a natural weight. Of course eating properly will make you stronger and not eating will make you weak.

[AntonTheMeh]

good article. it makes alot of sense.

[Eric Holder]

good article

[ShoulderRoll]

Kayes should put out a nutrition for boxing dvd. I would buy it.

[simpac]

Floyd Sr., Malignaggi should read informative article like yours. Floyd Sr mind are full of **** drugs. Thats why he dont know anything about attaining the right weight for each individual body that makes anyone great in his chosen field.