Marvin Hagler ring weight

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  1. Manu Vatuvei

    Manu Vatuvei Active Member Full Member

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    Completely factually incorrect. It is easier to cut weight if you are more muscular as muscle contains more water.

    This is why UFC fighter Paolo Costa is able to weigh in at 185lb and come in to the ring at 213lb absolutely ripped to shreds with next to no body fat.
     
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  2. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Approx 60% of body weight is water. I guess if Hagler weighed in the day before the fight he could/would have dehydrated a lot more than he safely could for same-day weigh-ins, because he would have had 24 hours to rehydrate with no negative impact....
     
  3. TFP

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    well - it's easy imagine him foregoing drinks etc shortly before the weigh-in. as per my post, i agree that the difference between his weigh-in & fight weights would, as with other fighters of his time, be incredibly modest by modern standards.
     
  4. Scott Gilmour

    Scott Gilmour New Member Full Member

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    Marvin's muscles were long and lean
    he wasn't Mike Tyson. The bigger u are, the more u can cut. Marvins muscles were long and lean and stretched onto his wide frame. There is also not and infinite amount of water u can lose and it varies from individual to individual.
    Even on same day weigh ins he could have dropped five pounds down to 154 and rehydrated, why didn't he???
    I'll tell you why. Cause he knew his body and how he felt more than you did.
     
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  5. Scott Gilmour

    Scott Gilmour New Member Full Member

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    Benifit of the doubt on what?
    The discussion was Hagler dropping weight divisions?
    Also, bear in mind, the 168 division was a nothing then. It wasn't until Hearns and Leonard chased multiple division titles it got any legitimacy, which was after Marvin retired. His only option was going to 175.
     
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  6. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The benefit of the doubt that Hagler would be able to perform against larger opponents like Pac and Mayweather. Im not blaming Hagler for not doing it, im fully aware of the why. I'm just not going to assume he could have based on his career at 160.
     
  7. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    I watched Hagler-Mugabi the other night. Hagler was listed as 5 9 1/2 and Mugabi was list as 5 8 1/2. When they went head-to-head for the ref's onstructions, Mugabi was clearly the taller of the two.
     
  8. drenlou

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    Id say around 175-180. Hagler was ripped on fight nights
     
  9. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You do realize that when fighters cut weight they aren't losing fat or muscle right? Dehydrating to make weight has absolutely nothing to do with "where would the weight come from". It water weight. Everyone has it.
     
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  10. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah I dont recall writing that post, perhaps it wasn't really well thought out. It wasn't a comment on the science of it, just more about the general assumption that all fighters from the same day weigh era would automatically be fighting several divisions lower when even today you have guys on weight days out from a fight.

    Of course it offers advantages to some fighters and is pretty common place but its not a one sized fits all approach as obviously it can eventually catch up to guys who drain themselves to long.
     
  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ever asked him about the height of Campbell ?
     
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  12. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’ve walked past him also and have watched him spar, it was a few years ago and he was slightly taller than Ricky Hatton
     
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  13. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I saw Clottey's weight on fight night listed at 169 in one of his fights at 147. I doubt Hagler ever was as high as 169 on fight night.
     
  14. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There isn't many fighters today that have about same weight on fight night as on weigh-in. Pac and Floyd, but they were stand outs. Just look at how much smaller they are than most of their opponents at 147 and 154.
     
  15. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Romero was much the same. That those two monsters have made 185 so many times is just crazy.
     
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