Frankie Gavin at Welterweight

Needs to get on Tim Bradley's vegan diet and he'd make 140 no doubt.

 

way too fat for welter, got the physique of a journeyman, not a world class fighter

 

It's a hard call, he has got world class skills but looks a bit fleshy.

It all comes down to how comfortable you feel at the weight, draining yourself down works for certain fighters but not all just look at Chavez jnr vs Martinez.

Frankie has been boxing long enough to know if his body is capable of making the weight below and if he would be comfortable doing so.

 

This one has been done to death theres no way hes going back down to 140 hes been at 147 for 3 years now.

 

I think Denton Vassell might disagree after having his jaw badly broken by Frankie Gavin in their fight!!

I think people underestimate his punching power tbh.

 

I agree with the style but with the right opponents I think he could be in interesting fights. The problem is that most of the guys he has fought aren't really in his class and don't have the skill to properly put their stamp on the fight.

I have seen Denton up close and he is a massive welterweight, good pedigree and Frankie made him look very ordinary imo. I'd like to see him step up his level of opponent so we can see how good he really is!

 

It's no about draining himself down to 140,it's about being professional and putting the work in. Beans on toast won't cut it at that level!

 

Gavin's opponent was decent it was a good win and now he's mandatory for the European title against Bundu. Bundu will be a tough fight, but i'm sure Gavin's class will tell and he will come through that fight comfortably. IMO Gavin will make Bundu look the old age he is.
Then i think his Promoter should look to some sort of eliminator or maybe the winner of Khabib Allerkvhierdiev-Jessie Vargas or even the Puerto Rican Thomas Dulorme. Gavin would make Dolurme look stupid and beating these type of opponents would open doors to the big fights against Khan and Brook.

 

Frankie is working with Kerry Kayes so I would think that one of the first things they would have spoke about was the possibility of him going down, so maybe Kerry has decided that it wouldn't be the best idea. Just because he isn't ripped doesn't mean he needs to move down, if he feels good, strong at the weight that is more important.

Look at Tony Bellew he didn't look ripped even when he was killing himself to make Light Heavy! Every body is shaped different and some athletes don't get ripped.

Frankie will be the only one to blame if his career doesn't turn out the way his skill should take him and he could have safely make Light Welter but we will have to wait until the end of his career and look at the titles he has or hasn't won to see if he was right.