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Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin 167.8, Kell Brook 168 - IBF's Fight Day Weighin
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Originally posted by Jubei View PostWTF are you even talking about? GGG walks around at 170 and is always about 165 one month away from the fight and about 163 a week before the fight.
On fight night he is about 169-172. Last time he was 168.5 in the morning and on fight night he was 170. (Against Lemieux)
Other bigger MWs walk around at 180 and rehydrate to 175. Canelo fighting at 155 rehydrates 20+ lb, while GGG who fights at 160 gains about 10lb which is - compared to other fighters at 160 - relatively low. GGG said he could still make 154, he possibly wouldnt be at his best and it makes no sense since he is the unified MW champ and 160 is his best weight, but he is by no means a big MW or struggles at all.
He'll be doing fine at 168 but he will look tiny vs the bigger guys at 168. Did you see how Murray looked tiny vs Groves? While Murray was bigger than GGG.
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Originally posted by Progrssive_Jedi View Postp
He was 67 thirty days out. 62 seven days out.
GGG is not struggling to make MW. You bringing that up is likely just wishful thinking.
GGG was fine yesterday, he was fine last night, and he'll be his normal 171 in the ring tonight.
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Originally posted by frantic fighter View PostGolovkin has had some type of size advantage over most of his foes since he came to America. Lemuix, Stevens, Monroe, Brook,Geale,Rosado,Macklin were all either shorter in stature or moving up in weight. Golovkin has fought at middle or higher since the ams, he isn't a small middle by any stretch of the imagination.
On other hand Canelo is fighting guys alot lighter and smaller than him... He walks around 180+ lbs.
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Originally posted by oscar9992 View PostNonsense... Lemieus and Stevens were alot heavier than GGG... Lemieux was 175 vs GGG's 165 month and week before the fight. Stevens was former lightheavyweight...
On other hand Canelo is fighting guys alot lighter and smaller than him... He walks around 180+ lbs.
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Originally posted by frantic fighter View PostCan you read? I said some type of size advantage,either weight wise or height wise. He towered over both of those guys. Also Sam Soliman had fights at cruiser and Shawn Porter had fights at super middle,so I guess that both of those guys are also larger than Golovkin.
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Originally posted by frantic fighter View PostGolovkin has had some type of size advantage over most of his foes since he came to America. Lemuix, Stevens, Monroe, Brook,Geale,Rosado,Macklin were all either shorter in stature or moving up in weight. Golovkin has fought at middle or higher since the ams, he isn't a small middle by any stretch of the imagination.
Geale, Monroe, Murray, Stevens smaller than GGG? Stevens fought at LHW early in his career, Geale started his career at 160 and now fights at 168 because he cant make the weight. Monroe is a career MW.
Murray is also bigger than GGG, and is fighting at 168 now.
When Gennady Golovkin was 18 years old he fought at Light Welterweight (141lb) in the amateurs.
Andre Ward fought at Middleweight (165lb) and Light Heavyweight (176lb) in the amateurs at the age of 18.
When Ward turned pro, he had a couple fights at MW (160lb)
When Canelo was 18 years old, Canelo fought at Welterweight in the Pros. (147lb)
When Kell Brook was 18 years old, Brook fought at Welterweight (147lb) in the Pros.
There is that myth that some fighters moved up alot in weight and some others did not.
Golovkin was in the Kazakh amateur program and didn't turn pro until age 24.
Ward turned pro at Age 20.
Brook and Canelo were already in the Professinal Rankings at age 18.
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Age 18 and now, how much did each fighter move up?
Golovkin 141lb > 160, moved up 19lb
Ward 165-176lb > 168-175, moved up 0lb
Brook 147lb > 147-160, moved up 13lb
Canelo 147lb > 154-155, moved up 8lb
Ward, after turning pro, had a couple fights at MW (160lb), which would put Ward at moving up 15lb from his lowest weight.
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Originally posted by Eastcoast View PostFirst off this is normal for Golovkin. His IBF morning weigh-in vs Lemieux was 168.6lbs.
http://www.boxingscene.com/ibf-same-...ux-1692--97067
Second off, there's zero sign he's struggling with his weight b/c everything's the same as it's always been. The majority of his fights he weighs in at 159.0lbs. Vs Murray in Monaco he was 158.9lbs, that's 0.1lbs heavier than he was for Brook.
As far as how he looks flat - biorhythm/time change. The weigh-in was 1pm UK time which is 5am Los Angeles time. His body is normally asleep then.
But maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Maybe GGG will look the same as ever in the ring, where it matters.
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Why are people complaining about him weighing 170+? Freakin JMW's weigh more than that on fight night
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