Body Fat of Elite World Level Boxers

[F l i c k e r]

At weigh ins, just about everyone besides Heavyweights are around 10% with a +/- variance of 3.

Only the real sloppy boxers like Mayorga are holding 18% at weigh ins.

On fight night, they rehydrate but their body fat shouldn't be too much different.

[boliodogs]

Probably about 8% to 10% bodyfat not including Fury and Ruiz and most other heavyweights.

[creekrat77]

What is it with Heavyweights being borderline obese these days? Is just that hard to cut fat around the chest and hip areas when you've put that cellulite on already? For instance I look at Whyte and especially Fury, with all the rigorous workouts he is doing like it's a 24/7 routine, you'd think he'd cut all that excess fat down.

[TonyGe]

How can TOO lean backfire?

Ive always wondered that. In the heavyweight division there are guys carrying fat but their stamina is excellent. Larry Holmes never looked ripped and he had excellent endurance.

[GrandpaBernard]

Ive always wondered that. In the heavyweight division there are guys carrying fat but their stamina is excellent. Larry Holmes never looked ripped and he had excellent endurance.

Some guys naturally pudgy I think. Often they don’t have much pec muscle either

In the black n white days no one was cut unlike the fighters of today

[NachoMan]

Speaking of Canelo you rarely see shredded Mexican boxers

Right, Canelo is Irish.

[NachoMan]

bruce lee used to be the most cut yellow man of all time

Till manny pacq from the weigh ins arrived

Hmm, sort of thought that "yellow man" was a bit of slur.

[4truth]

5-7%, top fighters who are not HWs

[HewJohnson]

Speaking of Canelo you rarely see shredded Mexican boxers

Because the majority of good mexican boxers fight in the lighter weight classes, and don’t carry the same dense looking muscle aesthetics as blacks.
Whites neither.