How was Bernard Hopkins able to get down to 160lbs

[Bjl12]

I've seen him in person and it's mind boggling how he was able to make 160 consistently. The dude is tall at 6'1 and has a big frame, so what gives?

Dedication. He lived boxing so was never out of shape...makes all the difference tbh...8 week camps STAY 8 week BOXING camps instead of 2-3 weeks of conditioning and 5-6 weeks of boxing...at the elite level those little things matter. Big.

[Thuglife Nelo]

[Rayzah]

I've seen him in person and it's mind boggling how he was able to make 160 consistently. The dude is tall at 6'1 and has a big frame, so what gives?

(met him in Houston) Hopkins does not have a big frame at all and he also has narrow shoulders and a small waist..... so making 160 was not as hard as it sounds.

[Mister Wolf]

Hard work and dedication.

[GGG Gloveking]

Heres part of the answer, here. Look how narrow his head is. That's probably 5 lbs of cranium bone he doesn't have

[SN!PER]

There was a brief time when people wanted to see Floyd vs. Hopkins at 154.

Their career paths didn't really align to make it happen, but it would've been a crazy fight to see.

[soul_survivor]

Hopkins is the most disciplined man in boxing history, more so than even mayweather. Guy could probably be fighting fit at 160 now.

[richardt]

He treats his body like a temple as he would say and buys his groceries at Whole Foods which really impressed me.

[Damn Wicked]

You are genetically wired to look lean so obviously losing weight for you would be easy.

There are however people who are genetically wired to be fat and obese so for them losing just a few pounds is incredibly difficult.

People just aren't the same man.

I mean look at a guy like Robert Easter and a guy like Errol Spence.

Errol Spence is 5'9 but everyone talking about how Spence won't be able to make welterweight for long but on the other hand no one is talking about Easter moving up when he is 5'11 and has a longer reach than Spence.

People don't have the same body frame nor the same metabolism or genes.

Good points. You're right, we all have different genetic tendencies. Hopkins seems to have a similar genetic predisposition towards leanness, similar to Easter or a guy like Tommy Hearns. I'm similar to those guys in that I find it very easy to stay lean and very difficult to build and maintain bulk.