y do fighters come in OVERWEIGHT for VK

[dempseyfire]

Exactly! When people discount Vitaliy's victory over Johnson, they forget that the bout lasted only 2 rounds. The extra weight that KJ had put on unlikely had an impact on the frst two rounds. The extra weight would have been a huge factor if the fight had gone for 8 or more rounds, but it had not.

I think KJ thought that the fight was not going to go the distance and extra weight did not bother him.

That's not true. If you are that overweight that will affect a fighter 30 seconds into a bout . . . it affects arm weariness, leg mobility, breathing etc.

Its pure coincidence Vitali has fougten a bunch of overweight fighters. Lewis was coming off a year layoff and was 37 years old. Sanders was coming off over a year layoff and was 38 years old. Johnson had a history of weight problems and also came off a very long layoff going into the Klitschko fight. This whole 'they came in heavy cause they knew they were going to lose' argument is pure BS.

[Mr. Violence]

i was just wondering why fighters seem to come in at there hightest weight ever to fight VK (K.Johnson,Lewis,Sanders, and now danny williams) is it because they see him as a easy fight, or do they think the extra weight will help? i know Kirk johnson thought his weight didn't matter he because he was just too good and quick for VK, and lewis thought the same. what do u think?

they think the extra weight will help, because vk is such a big guy. they think they will beat him by outmuscling him. when really the right thing to do is come in lighter so you can move quicker on vk.