Comments Thread For: Joshua Weighs In at Career-High 254 Pounds; Takam 235 Pounds

[RedPath]

It's simply the amount of drugs he's taking that makes him keep on piling on the weight. He'll probably peak at around 260 pounds in a couple of more fights if he keeps up his current drug regiment. If he were to come in any lighter he would need to drop his already sufficiently low bodyfat %, and having too low bodyfat has a very detrimental effect on strength and power for just a small improvement in cardiovascular fitness.

His strengths as a fighter is just that, his power and physical dominance, and I think there's a big misconception that he was too heavy against Wladimir, had he been any lighter he would have been stopped, and mauled in the clinches thoughout the fight, but instead he won the fight with a uppercut in a clinch after forcing Wladimir's head down with brute force.

And I don't think stamina will be a big issue in this fight, he is not the same fighter that fought Whyte, and he's not fighting Wladimir who is a master at sapping the energy out of his opponents.

His weight is not an issue against current active fighters, and the only boxer on the planet that can beat him at this stage is Tyson Fury.

Thanks man, some really interesting points

[McNulty]

Dude just turned 28 just a weak ago... His body is still growing, probably will grow until he is 30.

The human male stops growing from 21-23. Dude is getting fat.

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

all that muscle turns to fat over time and gets hard to maintain, no boxer needs all that muscle. if he would lean up and get a good strength endurance coach he could be a monster with lungs forreal. and wilder says he never even runs lol these guys got the game fd up

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Doubt it...

Dude just turned 28 just a weak ago... His body is still growing, probably will grow until he is 30.

I doubt it's drugs. Also his body looked much more impressive at 240-245 lbs. Now he looks just big & bit fat... especially in belly area.

Some of the **** you read on here...

And he said it so confidently too.

[Raggamuffin]

****en fat lazy ass. War Takam. Now I know why he won't fight Wilder.

[juggernaut666]

In his fights against Whyte and Klitschko, AJ went through periods where he was definitely gassed out. But in each case, he recovered (testament to his fitness, they say) and was able to stop both opponents.

On the weight issue - with the kind of money at stake, you can bet Matchroom have spared no expense in employing the top sports scientists to look at this vulnerability in AJ 's armor. Immediately after the Klitschko fight, I was thinking he needs to lose weight to aid a faster recovery, but now I'm wondering whether they're actually telling him he'll be less vulnerable if he's heavier for fights? There's no way he's 254 by chance, not at this level, it must be by design. But why? Any real sports scientists in the house that can speak to this?

At any rate, woulda-shoulda-coulda doesn’t win fights, so if Wilder fights AJ and manages to push him into one of these vulnerable zones, he really needs to end it there and then.

Theres a HUGE differance between breathing heavy and being gassed . He was breathing heavy after rnd 2 in the Whyte fight bc of the scuffle and comotion that took place after the bell ,he wasnt remotely fatigued .

When he came in at 250 for Klitchko it was to counter Wlads possible clinch game and add to his own physical presense ( Lewis did the same thing for Vitali ) . Weighing 254 isnt going to effect anything bc he wont be using as much jumping back and forth motion which does effect SHW's more ,not too mention wont be eating Klitchko power punching which would certainly knock stamina out of you also.

It all comes down to adapting to the weight itself . Joshua has very limited rnd experience but hes gone 11 at his heaviest in doing a few mistakes the major one was celebrating after the Klitchko knock down in rnd 5 and then letting the rnd slip by him but thats why you get rnds in . Once you go certain rnds you fight at a better mind set (even M.Tyson took his foot off the gas to make sure he can go 10 rnd ) .

If Joshua goes right at him i dont see this lasting long at all , either way you learn punch counts ( Wlad did the hard way ) from pacing and knowing your own physical abilities not what ppl look at and say .

Joshua will not weigh the same every fight hes just sizing himself up to what he believes will benefit him for a short destructive fight which im assuming its going to be at fight # 20 .

[Shadoww702]

Damn, Joshua... I told ya to stop gaining more weight.


You getting fat in belly.

MAN he has LOVE HANDLES!!!!

[Digital Mouth]

He's come in heavier because Takam's head is made of steel. So he's gonna need the biggest AJ to try and break through it.