He gets paid less to destroy everyone.Has a HW ever done that?
Wilder could make 200 lbs with ez.
Has a HW ever done that?
Wilder could make 200 lbs with ez.
Wilder is 35 and 6”7 ,he’d have to cut to 200 ? He just weighed one of his heaviest for Fury and not remotely has he been close to looking good at even 209 according to him being saved against Ortiz and that 2/3 years ago ?Has a HW ever done that?
Wilder could make 200 lbs with ez.
Anthony mundine won various versions of 'world titles' in 168 then 160 and 154. I use that word world titles very loosely. He has spoken of the brutality of his cuts. Esp as he got late 30's.ya, it's pretty rare for a fighter with some mileage on them going down in weight, I think hopkins debuted at 175, lost and went down to 160. Fighters have been known to balloon up between fights, but I can't think of many who actually fight at higher weights at a high level and then go down. I think Sugar Ray Robinson went down to welter after being a middleweight and beating kid gavilan, Delahoya unsuccessfully tried to go back down to welter to fight pac, doesn't happen much, everyone knows about Roy Jones and Chris Byrd, it's an interesting question though, I just think there isn't much incentive to losing weight, eating less, maybe training more and usually making less money, no incentive so it doesn't happen much. I think henry armstrong was juggling 3 weights at one time but he's a top five fighter in his prime.
Canelo gave up his middleweight title to avoid GGG and fight for a super welterweight title against...... Liam Smithya, it's pretty rare for a fighter with some mileage on them going down in weight, I think hopkins debuted at 175, lost and went down to 160. Fighters have been known to balloon up between fights, but I can't think of many who actually fight at higher weights at a high level and then go down. I think Sugar Ray Robinson went down to welter after being a middleweight and beating kid gavilan, Delahoya unsuccessfully tried to go back down to welter to fight pac, doesn't happen much, everyone knows about Roy Jones and Chris Byrd, it's an interesting question though, I just think there isn't much incentive to losing weight, eating less, maybe training more and usually making less
is that right? how'd he look? Also, I think i was wrong about Sugar Ray, he was still a welter when he rematched gavilan but there was talk about him growing out of the weight, i recall an old liebling essay about the fight where Joe louis picked against him because he'd be "skin and bones".Canelo gave up his middleweight title to avoid GGG and fight for a super welterweight title against...... Liam Smith
He looked great, when Canelo did it, he had just fight Cotto at a catch weight and not the full middleweight limit.is that right? how'd he look? Also, I think i was wrong about Sugar Ray, he was still a welter when he rematched gavilan but there was talk about him growing out of the weight, i recall an old liebling essay about the fight where Joe louis picked against him because he'd be "skin and bones".
It's pretty uncommon but I think like i said, the main reason is, there is no incentive to losing more weight, some boxers will tell you that the hardest part about the sport is not the grunting, the sweating and the punching but the starving themselves to make weight. Interestingly, Muhammad Ali, in the 60's was so active that he came in for one of his defenses at 200, didn't hurt his performance as he was young and about as good as he'd ever be, a 200 pound man, hell, even a 168 pound man can, as George Benton said, hit hard enough to knock down a house.