Fight night weight: Groves vs Eubank Jr

I think there will be around 12-13ib in difference on the night. I expect Eubanks to go into the ring around 12st 2ib and Groves around 13st.

 

Did Eubsnk not recently go on the scale during camp and was actually under 12st ?

 

He had said himself he fights at SMW as a middleweight.

 

I think there will be a noticeable size difference but I'm also not so sure the weight disparity will be so huge

 

Groves is naturally a much bigger man. That's the point. No need to obsess about how many pounds.....natural size, not exact weight....

 

Gatti used to put on about 19ib, Ricardo Alvarez 21ib, Matthysse 19ib, Chad Dawson 17ib, Canelo 18ib, Brandon Rios a massive 23ib... Just some examples of how much weight they stack on overnight.

Let’s acknowledge this truthfully, Eubank is a big 160. When he steps up to 168, he’s a smaller supermiddle. Murray had the same problem, it looks the same for Cox who got thrown around easy. Brant was too small. Kell Brook was a big welterweight but will be a small light middleweight. Jeff Horn is another huge welterweight but would lose all his advantages at light middleweight.

Most fighters boil down in weight, so naturally the fighters who step up in weight are always going to be up against it. They were big for their division but then they step up and realise that the lads they’re hitting are bigger and their own shots don’t hurt as much, whereas the shots they receive a much more heavier and hurtful.

Does this mean Groves is guaranteed to win...no. It is an advantage though and something Junior must overcome.

 

Very well put!

 

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can be a huge advantage boil down or opposite have nothing in the tank

 

Good post 20. I reckon gg will be about 10lb heavier

This is an art in itself and its a procedure that can go horribly wrong.
My understanding is the correct way to do it is bring the weight down steady at no more than 2lb a wk for fat burning. 24 hrs before the weigh in empty the bladder system, which is done by not taking in fluids or very little fluids in that 24hrs. sitting in a steam room and pulling out up to a few lbs for the middleweights, is acceptable and the correct way to do it.
What you get tho from some of the fighters is massive weight crashes often losing big amounts in a ahort period of time. Then they start dehydrating from 2wks out and sit in saunas for a full wk. I know a pro who was only allowed to drink 500ml of water a day by his trainer from 3wk away from 12rd fights. In this period he was still cutting weight, training hard and sparin 2 or 3 times a wk. I wouldnt let some of these so called trainers look after my dogs, i honestly wouldnt.
This weight cutting to gain an adavantage has gotten way out of hand and a lot of the time its been overseen by trainers who simply dont know how to manage this area correctly

 

Superb post.