When losing weight can you retain power?

[TonyGe]

I've been thinking about this: When you're let's say a heavyweight and you have decent power, what happens when you lose a lot of weight and become a welterweight or lighter? I know that when someone with big power in the lighter divisions go up in weight it doesn't necessarily mean they retain that power, what happens if it's the other way around?

When you are a heavy handed heavyweight but you're mostly fat, will you still be heavy handed if you shed all the fat?

That's a damned good question. Larry Holmes to me always looked soft. His stamina was great. In the first fight against Spinks he looked heavier than usual to me. Not sure if he didn't train or he thought the extra weight would help him man handle Spinks. Anyway it was a mistake. In the rematch he was noticeably leaner, sharper and more active. I thought he beat Spinks in the rematch. I believe there is an ideal weight for heavywright fighters above and below would hamper their performance especially when they get older.

[OctoberRed]

That's a damned good question. Larry Holmes to me always looked soft. His stamina was great. In the first fight against Spinks he looked heavier than usual to me. Not sure if he didn't train or he thought the extra weight would help him man handle Spinks. Anyway it was a mistake. In the rematch he was noticeably leaner, sharper and more active. I thought he beat Spinks in the rematch. I believe there is an ideal weight for heavywright fighters above and below would hamper their performance especially when they get older.

A lot of the old era heavyweights looked a bit soft, but fought wars for 15, 20 rounds plus.