~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

He always do it this way.

I think I've heard him say in an interview that he usually loses 8-9 lbs (of water) during a single training session. He actually only need to lose 5-6 lbs addition weight for the weight in.

As far as "losing the weight at the last minute". It's much better (if it's done the right way) for the body to lose it a few days before the fight and put it back on right away then starving himself for weeks to show up at the scale at 168lbs. He would be very weak and he would probably have a harder time to make the weight.

Case and point.... Jermain Taylor. He's been having a hard time to make weight for a while now. He comes down from 180-185 at the beginning of his training camp to ~166-168lbs on fight night.

Bute weight in at 183lbs on his first day of training camp and that's probably about what his weight was just a few days ago.

 

He asked her for a prediction of Bute's weight at the weight in before the fight. She said "167.6 lbs" and then laughed.

 

How could he "cut down"? The only way for it to be easier to make the weight would be to move up to 175lbs.

If he lost weight to make 168lbs easier (walk around or have a fight night weight of like 174-175 lbs). He would have to lose muscle mass. It's not like he has a beer belly and he needs to train to take off all the fat. So he would have to lose muscles. He would also lose stamina and strength in the process. Just look at Roy Jones when he moved back down from Heavyweight. He barely lost 9-10lbs and he looked dead!

 

I'm not an expert in this field. I wish I could explain it to you better. There was an excellent explanation by Bute's nutritionist during a clip leading up to his fight with Bika last summer. I wish I could find it. It would help you understand. But if I remember correctly she explains that the muscles are like a sponge or a ballon if you prefer. They are squeezing as much out of the sponge as possible in a short period of time and then let it come back to it's normal state after the weight in with minimal effect to the body.

 

When I run, I don't eat carbs 3 days before my run. That way, when I eat carbs the day before, my body wants them desperatly and absorb them entirely. I think Bute is doing the same thing. His body is capable of reabsorb all he lost if it's done in a short time. If it's done in a long term, his body will lose muscle and he will have to train several weeks to regain it.

 

When I run, I don't eat carbs 3 days before my run. That way, when I eat carbs the day before, my body wants them desperatly and absorb them entirely. I think Bute is doing the same thing. His body is capable of reabsorb all he lost if it's done in a short time. If it's done in a long term, his body will lose muscle and he will have to train several weeks to regain it.

 

I heard Bute would wear Reyes gloves. Poor Joppy! That means he wants to make a clear statement with this fight. Don't miss the beginning of it.

 

Knowing Taylor was at 167 (if I'm right) the night of his fight against Taylor and knowing his stamina is already low for an elite boxer, what do think would happen against Bute, who is something like 180 in the ring, and is sometimes more active at the end of the fight than at the beginning?