Attack of the Fatties, Castillo Couldn't Make Weight Either!

bernard still gets himself into top shape for his fights

 

They are failing to make low weights, this doesn't surprise me, it actually shocks me it don't happen more often, to stay below 140lbs I'd need to pretty much stop eating, 147 I'd be able to have one meal a day, and 154 (my actual weight) if I have anything too fatty I'd go just above.

Making weight is hard, it's even harder to do with endless piles of money.

But the thread title is funny.

 

Maybe its just me but it seems to happen to latino fighters more often than not

 

happens to south american footballers (soccer) more often than not as well

 

also a slowing metabolism as fighters get older

 

Of course. It's genetic predisposition. There are of course obese blacks like James Toney, but in general in the mid 30s latinos put on a LOT of weight across the board, even if they don't really change their eating habits.

When I was working in my ex-wife's family run Mexican circus, all the guys were skinny when they were young and fat by 30. I was eating the same things as them (though not drinking) while I was there, and didn't gain any weight because I am just not genetically prone to be fat even if my diet changes. (Mexican food is deadly bad for weight, though). It's not like they were inactive, they worked like laborers all day long.

This is entirely that mestizo genetic heritage, small frame and a tendency to carry little muscle and a lot of fat later in life.