agree with most of the post, but even putting on 15 lbs is stretching the confines of what weight can be put on naturally in a 30ish hour period. that's 10% of his body weight at teh weigh in. when he puts on 20 lbs it means that he's putting on an additional five percent of his body weight. again, we're led to believe that this is done with fluids, electrolytes, and a few solid meals.
i'm not a world class boxer, but from what i can gather from those who are around them regularly, or looking at "rehydration" after the weigh in historically, i have a hard time believing that these guys are on the up and up.
walking around dangerously under weight for days, putting on 20 lbs in 30 hours, and then performing at a high level in a world class boxing match?
again, i have no proof that alvarez is dirty, but it really makes you wonder.
and yes, he's extremely drained at 155. his stomach and face are shrunken in, and his skin color and muscle tone vary drastically between the weigh in and the fight.
he's not at 155 because it's his optimal wieght. he's there so he can appear smaller than he is, and hold the MW championship hostage while he fights WWs and JMWS moving up.
alvarez' camp is doing the right thing for his earning potential by keepig him away from gennady golovkin. they're stretching his career out and building his brand by putting him in with smaller fighters. 600K ppv, which is what i'm led to believe they sold [somebody can correct me, i haven't been on boxingscene in months,] is absolutely fantastic money for a 25 year old kid matched again a no hoper.
it's awful for the sport, however, and any objective fan should fault alvarez' camp, and even canelo himself, for their handling of what has arguably the second most coveted title in the sport historically.
I ask because I've seen quite a few Canelo fans claim that he has no problem making 155 and he's doing so "comfortably" so why fight at the MW limit.
Personally I dont see how. How can a guy who enters the ring and walks around 175lbs+ lose 20lbs "comfortably"? How is that easier than cutting less weight to weigh in at around 158-160? Why cut more weight than you have to? I can't see any other benefit to it other than demanding catchweights in an attempt to drain fighters in your own division or to lure smaller fighters up.
If he is gaining 20 pounds overnight, he isn't making 155 easily. He looks like a POW at every weighin just so he can beat up on smaller guys. That's what a coward does.
I'm 90% certain it's 10% of the division limit, not bodyweight. So in case of Canelo/Khan, unless WBC gave him a pass for some reason, he weighed less than 176.
Yeah I think you're right about the wording here. My point really though is they must have weighed both Khan/Canelo the day of the fight.
I am sure he is easily making that weight. It's his weight of choice. If he was uncomfortable making 155 then he would obviously choose a higher weight. What advantage could he possibly gain by insisting to fight at a weight he can't comfortably make? He has come in at 154.5 on a couple of his 155 weight limit fights.
Lol......what?
He can avoid fighting guys his own size and drag smaller guys up, guys he will outweigh by 15 pounds on fight night. He can't make 154 anymore and his is afraid of 160.
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