I can't believe that Crawford could make 168

He turned pro at 135 and technically he only ever weighed within the lightweight limit six times

He was coming in as high as 153 at 135

157 at 140

169.8 at 154

Here he is six years ago weighing in the ''160s-170s'' looking as lean as a greyhound

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''This is the first fight where I don't have to cut muscle'' -- Terence Crawford

His S&C trainer

''It's a much easier cut because he doesn't have to cut so much muscle''

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So he's still cutting muscle. His S&C coach said he's still fast and explosive and can maintain the pace for all 12 rounds against big punching SMWs who are bigger than Clenelo

Weigh in

He looks super lean with extremely low body fat weighing a couple of pounds less than GGG's very consistent fight night weight. Looking crazy lean like that weighing 35lbs more than the weight you started out at is crazy

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“Man, listen, he should’ve been at 168 a long time ago,” McIntyre told The Ring. “But I was making him take advantage of ‘35, ‘40, ‘47.”

He was a huge weight bully beating up much smaller or smaller guys or ones roughly his size and he has never been undersized at any weight or looked so or ever been at a reach disadvantage

How many times has he been outweighed by even 5lbs or more? Very few I should imagine

How many times has he been outweighed by 10lbs? I'll hazard a guess never and chances are he won't be tonight

If he weighed 167.5 for the real weigh in looking like he did on the scales how much does he weigh here? There will likely only be a few pounds in it tonight if Clenelo is telling the truth about his fight night weight

Ceremonial weigh in

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How can you move up six divisions and never be much smaller whilst still looking very lean and never once being at a reach disadvantage in 42 fights?

 

I think he's a brilliant fighter and for sure one of the most skilled in the world but this narrative he's been the smaller guy beating up bigger ones is simply untrue nor even close to being so

I think Benavidez is naturally much bigger than him but he's a big weight bully himself. But yeah, Manny was actually fighting bigger or much bigger guys when he moved up in weight, in their backyards, and often whilst being at a big/huge reach disadvantage, and he did actually fight a lot of punchers his size, bigger or much bigger. Two very different things