Iran Barkley ring weight

Bujia · Aug 12, 2020

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BI: Which fights in your career do you feel you were at your very best?

Iran Barkley: All of them. I must say all of them. From when I was coming up, I was at my best in all of em. I put my heart all the way into it. All the way until the end.

BI: Your fights with Thomas Hearns were amazing. Hes an all-time great, you were the decided underdog, but you bested him not once but twice. What do you remember from those fights?

Iran Barkley I remember the first time everybody was saying that he was gonna beat me. I knew he was a good fighter and everything. But that didnt matter, I was determined. I knew that I was gonna beat him. And I knew how I was gonna beat him. And the only way was to beat him impressive. I knew I had to make a statement.

BI: What was your gameplan? Why did you know you could beat him, I mean, that was Thomas The Hitman Hearns.

Iran Barkley Well, true it was Thomas Hearns. But I waited my whole life to do that. I looked to fight all the great ones. My strategy was just to go in there and take him out.

BI: Was there a moment in that fight when you saw in him that he realized what he was in for? That defeat was inevitable?

Iran Barkley: Definitely. Like in the second round. When I jumped on him and got serious about doing what I was gonna do, instead of boxing him, after I got all cut up. He knew how hard it was gonna be for him. He knew he was in for a rude awakening.

BI: Did he praise you after the fight?

Iran Barkley: Well, you know, Tommy said to me, Good fight. It wasnt much that he would say. Theyd just carried him out.

BI: Have you seen him lately?

Iran Barkley: Ive seen him once or twice. We speak but he stills got that driving energy that he still got to beat me [smiles].

BI: Would you say Hearns was your toughest opponent?

Iran Barkley: The toughest I had to fight? I would say Duran was like the toughest. Because I had to stay smart, to be smart to compete with him. You had to always keep your eyes opened with him. You never knew with Duran, he could be so crafty. He wasnt that powerful a puncher but he was powerful enough to hang in. I was so much bigger than him you see but that crazy son of a ***** still gave me everything I could handle and some

BI: You say you were much bigger than him? You were known for cutting a lot of weight. How much did you used to cut back then when you campaigned at middleweight?

Iran Barkley: ''Making weight was sheer torture for me. Man that was tough. I used to have to come down from like 235-240 and then eat like a horse nonstop after the weigh in to put it all back on. I weighed 226 for the Duran fight.''

BI: Was there one fight you really wanted but never got?

Iran Barkley I wanted Sugar Ray Leonard in the 80s and 90s. But Ray didnt want to fight me. Ray was like, man, Im not looking for that kind of fight. Iran, you hit too hard. He told me that at Top Rank Gym.

BI: Gil Clancy once said about you that he never saw a fighter achieve so much with so little natural talent. What do you think of that comment?

Iran Barkley: That was a good comment because thats true [laughs]. I never got all the recognition that I deserved to get for beating everybody. He said that I didnt have much talent but I do got talent. I even got things that Gil Clancy never knew that I had [laughs]. You know what Im saying. He cant really say that because Ive been trained by the best (Connie Bryant, Davey Vazquez, Bobby Miles). I fought the best.
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I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure that’s not humanly possible, so I’m gonna have to just call BS.

Serge · Aug 12, 2020

Bujia said: ↑

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure that’s not humanly possible, so I’m gonna have to just call BS.
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No question it sounds borderline impossible but I have no reason to believe Barkley would lie about it and he looks at least 60-70lbs heavier than Roberto to me

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DirtyDan · Aug 12, 2020

226 pounds? I'm dying...

Rdc4444 · Aug 17, 2020

Iran Barkley: ''Making weight was sheer torture for me. Man that was tough. I used to have to come down from like 235-240 and then eat like a horse nonstop after the weigh in to put it all back on. I weighed 226 for the Duran fight.''

226? ...... He is obviously giving a tongue in cheek answer or he meant that he had to come down from 226 for the Duran fight. He had almost 9 months off before his fight with Duran so maybe he had ballooned up to 226 before the Duran fight. Looking at his boxrec stats some of his weight changes between fights seem hard to believe. He gained 72 pounds in one month going from 227lbs to 299lbs and then went down from 299lbs to 254 lbs (45lbs) two months later. Is it even possible to gain and lose so much weight in such a short period of time?

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/447

UnleashtheFURY · Aug 17, 2020

Serge said: ↑

BI: Which fights in your career do you feel you were at your very best?

Iran Barkley: All of them. I must say all of them. From when I was coming up, I was at my best in all of em. I put my heart all the way into it. All the way until the end.

BI: Your fights with Thomas Hearns were amazing. Hes an all-time great, you were the decided underdog, but you bested him not once but twice. What do you remember from those fights?

Iran Barkley I remember the first time everybody was saying that he was gonna beat me. I knew he was a good fighter and everything. But that didnt matter, I was determined. I knew that I was gonna beat him. And I knew how I was gonna beat him. And the only way was to beat him impressive. I knew I had to make a statement.

BI: What was your gameplan? Why did you know you could beat him, I mean, that was Thomas The Hitman Hearns.

Iran Barkley Well, true it was Thomas Hearns. But I waited my whole life to do that. I looked to fight all the great ones. My strategy was just to go in there and take him out.

BI: Was there a moment in that fight when you saw in him that he realized what he was in for? That defeat was inevitable?

Iran Barkley: Definitely. Like in the second round. When I jumped on him and got serious about doing what I was gonna do, instead of boxing him, after I got all cut up. He knew how hard it was gonna be for him. He knew he was in for a rude awakening.

BI: Did he praise you after the fight?

Iran Barkley: Well, you know, Tommy said to me, Good fight. It wasnt much that he would say. Theyd just carried him out.

BI: Have you seen him lately?

Iran Barkley: Ive seen him once or twice. We speak but he stills got that driving energy that he still got to beat me [smiles].

BI: Would you say Hearns was your toughest opponent?

Iran Barkley: The toughest I had to fight? I would say Duran was like the toughest. Because I had to stay smart, to be smart to compete with him. You had to always keep your eyes opened with him. You never knew with Duran, he could be so crafty. He wasnt that powerful a puncher but he was powerful enough to hang in. I was so much bigger than him you see but that crazy son of a ***** still gave me everything I could handle and some

BI: You say you were much bigger than him? You were known for cutting a lot of weight. How much did you used to cut back then when you campaigned at middleweight?

Iran Barkley: ''Making weight was sheer torture for me. Man that was tough. I used to have to come down from like 235-240 and then eat like a horse nonstop after the weigh in to put it all back on. I weighed 226 for the Duran fight.''

BI: Was there one fight you really wanted but never got?

Iran Barkley I wanted Sugar Ray Leonard in the 80s and 90s. But Ray didnt want to fight me. Ray was like, man, Im not looking for that kind of fight. Iran, you hit too hard. He told me that at Top Rank Gym.

BI: Gil Clancy once said about you that he never saw a fighter achieve so much with so little natural talent. What do you think of that comment?

Iran Barkley: That was a good comment because thats true [laughs]. I never got all the recognition that I deserved to get for beating everybody. He said that I didnt have much talent but I do got talent. I even got things that Gil Clancy never knew that I had [laughs]. You know what Im saying. He cant really say that because Ive been trained by the best (Connie Bryant, Davey Vazquez, Bobby Miles). I fought the best.
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The Underdog · Aug 18, 2020

Barkley obviously meant he came down from 226 lbs at the start of camp. Duran-Barkley weighed in same day, Barkley was 159 and wouldn’t have put on more than about 6lbs between then and his ring walk. 165 is my guess, 167 tops.

Serge · Aug 18, 2020

UnleashtheFURY said: ↑

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https://themaclife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rumble-Johnson-Welterweight.jpg
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Exactly. Rumble Johnson used to step on the scales looking like this

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And the 24 hours later you're confronted by this terrifying sight snarling at you in the opposite corner

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Serge · Aug 18, 2020

Rdc4444 said: ↑

Iran Barkley: ''Making weight was sheer torture for me. Man that was tough. I used to have to come down from like 235-240 and then eat like a horse nonstop after the weigh in to put it all back on. I weighed 226 for the Duran fight.''

226? ...... He is obviously giving a tongue in cheek answer or he meant that he had to come down from 226 for the Duran fight. He had almost 9 months off before his fight with Duran so maybe he had ballooned up to 226 before the Duran fight. Looking at his boxrec stats some of his weight changes between fights seem hard to believe. He gained 72 pounds in one month going from 227lbs to 299lbs and then went down from 299lbs to 254 lbs (45lbs) two months later. Is it even possible to gain and lose so much weight in such a short period of time?

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/447
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There's no ambiguity about what he meant. Barkely makes it very clear that 226lbs was his ring weight.

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