Weight class- young fighter

[OctoberRed]

To look like AJ

AJ has gotten a lot bigger and more jacked since his pro debut. Which explains the lingering rumors of drug use.

[Lomadeaux]

To look like AJ

You’ll figure out what happenens when you lift weights in boxing.

[OctoberRed]

You’ll figure out what happenens when you lift weights in boxing.

You start throwing punches like Mayorga

[GelfSara]

You’ll figure out what happenens when you lift weights in boxing.

I assume you mean you get stronger and larger muscles?

Floyd Mayweather, seen here, weighed in at 130lbs and entered the ring weighing 136lbs:
https://youtu.be/MCfUglHDWJc

Floyd Mayweather, seen here, weighed in at 147lbs and entered the ring weighing 148lbs:
https://youtu.be/Q8Vo_bJZCCg

[Lomadeaux]

I assume you mean you get stronger and larger muscles?

Floyd Mayweather, seen here, weighed in at 130lbs and entered the ring weighing 136lbs:
https://youtu.be/MCfUglHDWJc

Floyd Mayweather, seen here, weighed in at 147lbs and entered the ring weighing 148lbs:
https://youtu.be/Q8Vo_bJZCCg

You'll get slower and become a worse boxer, lol.

[GelfSara]

You'll get slower and become a worse boxer, lol.

I'd love it if you could explain your thinking process so I could better understand you. Not only for boxing, but for other sports as well.

For example, here is Michael Johnson in 1990, running 200 meters in 19.85 seconds: https://youtu.be/yQVySlkOqfQ

And here is a significantly heavier and more muscular Michael Johnson in 1996, running 200 meters in 19.32 seconds (.53 seconds--or about 5 meters--faster): https://youtu.be/lbaLcenRTCE

[Lomadeaux]

I'd love it if you could explain your thinking process so I could better understand you. Not only for boxing, but for other sports as well.

For example, here is Michael Johnson in 1990, running 200 meters in 19.85 seconds: https://youtu.be/yQVySlkOqfQ

And here is a significantly heavier and more muscular Michael Johnson in 1996, running 200 meters in 19.32 seconds (.53 seconds--or about 5 meters--faster): https://youtu.be/lbaLcenRTCE

You've answered your own question. Sprinters run for a very short period of time. They don't run for long.

[Lomadeaux]

Here's a picture of the greatest fighter who ever lived.

[OctoberRed]

Here's a picture of the greatest fighter who ever lived.

I second that thought!

[GelfSara]

You've answered your own question. Sprinters run for a very short period of time. They don't run for long.

If your argument is that any additional speed one gains by improving one's strength to weight ratio via weight training is more-than-offset by a loss in endurance--why do modern boxers who successfully move up in weight divisions invariably add muscle mass via weight training?

Examples include Floyd Mayweather, Miguel Cotto, Roy Jones, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Andre Ward, Terence Crawford, "Canelo" Álvarez, Michael Spinks, Juan Manuel Márquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Vinny Paz, Sergio Martínez, etc.