Brandon Rios is 170lbs tonight, is he the same size as GGG?

[Eastcoast]

There's difference in Rios weighing 170lbs and Golovkin. Rios was a walking water balloon.

[techliam]

So whats the point of this thread?

Are you saying Canelo isn't the same size as GGG? Why not have the balls and say that instead of trying to use humour. It doesnt seem to be working out well

What weight do you think GGG would be able to cut down to if he was 25 years old? 155? Canelo can't make 154, so he's a middleweight. He's able to cut down the weight regularly because he's 25. Along with his star power, he's made his own division doing it. Why people want to defend that, is way beyond me.

Regarding Rios though, he looks drained whatever division he fights in. If he actually weighs 170 in the ring then damn, he's literally killing himself to make 147.

[BattleAxePurist]

170lbs of flab = 170lbs of muscle apparently.

[ИATAS]

Why people want to defend that, is way beyond me.

This is what I don't understand. If Mayweather invented his own weight class he would have been crucified (he was crucified for much less). Forget Mayweather, if anyone created their own division they would get crucified, and yet it's OK for Canelo to do it, people actually defend it and THEN get upset that Golovkin wants to fight for the WBC belt that he's mandatory to in his own weight class! I swear boxing fans are some of the worst sports fans. The logic is Canelo is too small, even though he would be the WBC/lineal middleweight title holder, and yet at the same time Golovkin isn't too small for Ward at 168 pounds lol which of course would only be similar if Golovkin held a belt at 168 that Ward was mandatory to and Golovkin demanded a 161 pound catchweight. Imagine that.

[BOXEO _]

Yeah. Not very uncommon for a WW though. Clottey, Margarito, did it. Ortiz was coming in at 165lbs as a JWW.

Margarito never weighed 170 when he was fighting at WW.

[-Kev-]

Margarito never weighed 170 when he was fighting at WW.

Lol ik. Not at WW, he came in at 169 against Pac in their 150 fight.

[Ray*]

Yeah that's crazy.

[-Kev-]

Rios is clearly having issues making 147, he should move up to 154 to fight Canelo before considering retirement. They're the same exact size, 170lbs, no difference whatsoever. No difference in muscle or flab, water weight, all the same thing. And Rios is coming in at 147.2, what now he's gonna make his own weight class of 147.2? The hell? Canelo vs Rios, winner fights GGG at 155. All three of them are the same size so if Canelo and Rios can make 155, so can Golovkin. He can lose some muscle mass no problemo, no issues. Let's get this tourney started.

[Zaroku]

Manteca-Man. Lard man!

[Dip_Slide]

In the ring, 170 lbs is 170 lbs

but if he wants to kill himself to make welter it's his choice, you saw the result..

He drains himself down to have a size advantage over his opponents, best believe that his "inhuman" punch resistance at 47 won't be the same at 54 since fighters there are naturally bigger and hit much harder, plus Rios's power is not enough to have an impression on a real 154 pounder. He doesn't have the skills to fight bigger stronger men his style only works on smaller physically weaker guys so that he can walk them down and break them down physically and mentally while being very busy, this style didn't even work at 147, so he's pretty much forced to fight at 147 since noway in hell he can make anything less than that.

Good decision to retire, he can't make the weight no more and a move up in weight will probably get him killed, he should just forget about boxing and look for something else to do and I wish him good luck with that.