I am a firm believer in looking at the tangibles to find a clue to the intangibles. We often debate about the progress, or lack of progress in boxing. The fights on Saturday demonstrate a point that has been made in this debate many times: NO! when a fighter shows up leaner they will not wither... They will be stronger and better because in boxing being light on the feet is a good thing.
We saw that when Joshua weighed 237 pounds that it benefitted him being less weight.
We also saw how cumbersome Whyte looked carrying extra weight. And speaking of which, Ruiz and Whyte both could not be bothered to come in at fighting weight. What does that say about their ability to fight through pain, suffering, etc?
Fighters start later in life, they do not master all the skills fighters had in the ring in the past, half the time they cannot even be bothered to show up ready to fight at their lightest weight, which is their BEST weight...Yes it is and has been proven time and time again.
I cannot see an argument for how fighters as such are stronger and better than in the past and I only mention this because this weekend was a great example!
Wilder weighs the least of all the heavyweight top guys right now and packs the biggest punch.
We saw that when Joshua weighed 237 pounds that it benefitted him being less weight.
We also saw how cumbersome Whyte looked carrying extra weight. And speaking of which, Ruiz and Whyte both could not be bothered to come in at fighting weight. What does that say about their ability to fight through pain, suffering, etc?
Fighters start later in life, they do not master all the skills fighters had in the ring in the past, half the time they cannot even be bothered to show up ready to fight at their lightest weight, which is their BEST weight...Yes it is and has been proven time and time again.
I cannot see an argument for how fighters as such are stronger and better than in the past and I only mention this because this weekend was a great example!
Wilder weighs the least of all the heavyweight top guys right now and packs the biggest punch.
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