Boxers who fight in their "Natural" weight class

[Young Money]

No they lose weight to get to their optimal fighting weight (natural weight) they then drain water weight to make the limit and put it back on for the fight.

Correct.

"Natural" weight = optimal weight.

[IronDanHamza]

their is a difference between getting lazy between fights and letting yourself go and ballooning up after the weigh in. serigo comes into the ring at around 165

Martinez has come to the ring at 170 on multiple occasions though.

That doesn't match the criteria for the thread.

[IronDanHamza]

Sergio has been known to show up the night of the fight weighing as little as 165 and weigh-in at 157 w/ no problem. If you want to see drained middleweights you should have seen what Pavlik (178) and Chavez (185) weighed fight night against Sergio.

He's also been known to come to the ring at 170 lbs and be over that on 30 day weigh ins.

You always seem to conviently forget that.

[Doctor_Tenma]

The reason i ask is because i was "traumatized" by my father.


I was a wrestler in middle school and the family went out to dinner and I said i was just going to have soup because i was trying to get to a lower weight class and my dad said "Oh isn't that cute your not going to eat because you want to beat up smaller boys"

So all thru my am boxing and wrestling I NEVER cut weight so I have a little more respect for fighters who fight in their natural weight class.

Your dad has a point, it's common though and some take it to extreme measures like Angulo entering the ring at 173 against Lara.

[Guest]

The Klitschkos!

I know they aren't bound by weight class but they tend to come in very similar weights in all of their fights and seem to be around that weight when they aren't fighting.

[PACnPBFsuck]

It's funny how people complain about fighters not fighting in their weight class, but no one has a list with more than 6 fighters.

[Guest]

It's funny how people complain about fighters not fighting in their weight class, but no one has a list with more than 6 fighters.

You know this discussion might be relevant to the boxing world if there were same day weigh ins.

There are not.

[PACnPBFsuck]

You know this discussion might be relevant to the boxing world if there were same day weigh ins.

There are not.

Are you saying that fighters still wouldn't come in 7-10 pounds lighter on fight night to avoid a weight class they're not ready for?

[Guest]

Are you saying that fighters still wouldn't come in 7-10 pounds lighter on fight night to avoid a weight class they're not ready for?

They of course would and did when there actually were same day weigh ins.

Fighters are always straddling the line between optimal weight and dangerously unhealthy.

[PACnPBFsuck]

They of course would and did when there actually were same day weigh ins.

Fighters are always straddling the line between optimal weight and dangerously unhealthy.

What time were same day weigh in held?