What fighters actually fight in there real weight class?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

That's about it. Most guys are cutting major weight to get a competitive advantage. 154 is a good example. Canelo, Angulo and Trout are huge. There's at least 5 guys in that division that can fight at 160.

Porter and Thurman are two other examples. They can (and have) compete at 154 but they have a size and strength advantage at 147 so that's where they campaign. Boxing is all about getting some sort of advantage.

That's how I feel.. Manny, Floyd, rigo, jmm don't really cut much weight at all.. I'm sure there is some more, but these guys are the most high profile

[brian___]

None really do, ever since they quit doing the same day weigh in.

[MrRolltide91]

The heavyweights

[bluebeam]

You can believe him, but don't start crying about me not believing him. The difference in abs in the pictures I posted suggest he put on more than 2/3 pounds after the weigh in, you'd know that if you didn't lack common sense.

He is known to fight around his walk around weight by sheep who just go by the word on the street instead of looking into it and forming their own opinion.

so basically, your saying HBO and Showtime have been lying about mayweather's fight night weight for the last 8 years since he's been at welterweight?

[Divine Hammer]

Bradley and Froch(?)

bradley is known to balloon up in weight in between fights.

he fought at 152lbs in the amateurs and fought guys like angulo and ward.

[John Locke]

So in other words you have nothing aside from your "look at his abs doe" slogan. It's ok man, gotta hang onto something I guess. Have a good night.

There's really other way of knowing. But the evidence I've provided is sufficient, not my fault you're too to understand it.

[John Locke]

so basically, your saying HBO and Showtime have been lying about mayweather's fight night weight for the last 8 years since he's been at welterweight?

I don't know if they've been lying everytime, but he definitely weighed more than 148 against Maidana, so they got that wrong.

[Dinamita 03]

bradley is known to balloon up in weight in between fights.

he fought at 152lbs in the amateurs and fought guys like angulo and ward.

Yeah he ballooned up all the way to 152 his last fight.

[RlCKY]

I don't know if they've been lying everytime, but he definitely weighed more than 148 against Maidana, so they got that wrong.

He had to have weighed more than 148...they weigh them in whatever they're wearing I believe. Whatever he was wearing had to weigh 2 pounds.

So unless he didn't add ANY weight other than the clothes on his body, then that figure is off.

What does OP mean by "real weight class" like they fight at welterweight, so they walk around at 147?

if that's it, then only heavyweights. No one fights in the weight class which the walk around at. Even if only by a few pounds, it puts you over, because most guys come in at the limit.

How does how much weight you put on afterwards make it natural?

What if you walk around at 180 and fight at 140 but all the weight comes off during training and then you rehydrate to 144 on fight night? Is that natural?

[B-Bomber]

He had to have weighed more than 148...they weigh them in whatever they're wearing I believe. Whatever he was wearing had to weigh 2 pounds.

So unless he didn't add ANY weight other than the clothes on his body, then that figure is off.

What does OP mean by "real weight class" like they fight at welterweight, so they walk around at 147?

if that's it, then only heavyweights. No one fights in the weight class which the walk around at. Even if only by a few pounds, it puts you over, because most guys come in at the limit.

How does how much weight you put on afterwards make it natural?

What if you walk around at 180 and fight at 140 but all the weight comes off during training and then you rehydrate to 144 on fight night? Is that natural?

I don't know, If you eat like James Toney, I suppose you can call it natural

If you fight at 140 and show up for the first day of training weighing 180, only one thing is for sure: you trainer is going to rip you a new one in the following weeks.