Is Holyfield really a heavyweight?

Well he's not really getting lighter. Holyfield has been coming in at those weights since he first came to the heavyweight division. His weight fluctuates somewhere between 210 and 225.

One thing I heard a while back is that he actually walks around at about 200 lbs and then before a fight he bulks himself up to the heavyweight limit with weight lifting.

 

He made himself a heavyweight.

If not quite at the start of his HW career in '88, then most definitely by the time he came back from his first retirement in '93. Most fighters aren't as ripped, I can think of a few 230 pounders in the heavyweight ranks that could hit 210-215 if they trained right.

 

Evander is a heavyweight, many other heavyweight simply lack his dedication and that is why they come in overweight.

 

I would doubt that is the case to be honest, that would be a very unnatural approach. He is far more likely to walk around at 220-230 and drop the unnecessary bulk/fat throughout the training camp.

Man does he look good for his age though, thats one 46 year old you wouldn't want to **** with.

 

I bet he could make cruiserweight if he drained himself, but at this point in his career he does not have the speed to compete at that weight cause at heavy even at his age of 46 he has more speed then a lot of guys cause of his smaller size.

 

If Cruiser was 200 back in those days he could've made it for longer.

But Holy's far from the only great heavyweight to weigh in at 215 or less...

 

Just someting I heard a while back, I've doubted myself.. but it doesn't seem so unlikely if you've ever seen Holyfield in between fights. When he's not in shape to fight he really doesn't look any bigger or more muscular than your average guy. He really does look like he walks around weighing about 200 lbs.

 

Have you seen Holyfields legs? He's got serious chicken legs. Must save quite a few pounds that way.

 

look, Holyfield is nearly 6'3. He's not that small. Just cuz he was lighter when he was younger. There are plenty of guys who are contenders now or contended recently at heavy who are smaller than Holyfield. How about Ibragimov or Chagaev? Holyfield has not been a cruiser in more than a decade and a half. are people that surprised an American heavy keeps in shape instead of carrying useless fat around?

 

That may be the case right now, but in his prime his legs had some real good muscuar definition. Don't know what happend as he got older?