Too big for their weight ?

Chavez Jr

He has to take drugs to make weight

 

Matthysse weighed around 155 in his last fight

Broner is another exmple, he looks too big for 135, Chavez JR is possibly the best example of burning off lbs to make the weight

 

Williams should probably be a SMW with his frame/height reach

Infact HW probably

 

Bute is HUGE super middle

 

He was ridculously skinny.

He wasnt even rehydtrating up that much

 

While I wouldn't describe him as "average", Jermaine Taylor had a significant size advantage in most of his middleweight fights, and was less effective at a higher weight.

 

if u can make the weigh in legally without significantly hindering your performance, then you're not too big

 

There are a lot around these days.Broner Chavez jr Canelo looks big to me,probably should be middleweight 160.The old weight divisions were fine and made it harder for this to happen,its too easy now.I done a thread once saying"who goes where?" Broner ww would be the next step and all the guys he is "ducking" would be at 147 or 135 .Having said that,Chavez jr would still duck 168 and be a giant at middle weight,he really should be 175(I believe he has very little skill and would do nothing at 175)

 

Donaire

 

Historically, I think that Tommy Hearns had no business being a welterweight. With his height and build he was able to comfortably make Cruiserweight. Paul Williams was another string bean. Bob Foster was 6'3", so he should have just ate a few steaks and become a full heavyweight instead of brutalizing the light heavies.

 

I disagree about Foster. He moved up to heavy multiple times with disasterous results. He was perfect at 175. Some fighters are just lanky with smaller frames. Foster was one of them.

 

Whilst Hearn's frame would have allowed him to fight at many weights(he did),he was a solid welter and didn't come in massive on fight night.this if anything was his downfall because he would gas in later(12-15 remember) rounds,and didnt have the best chin.It was his height and boxing skill and his extraordinary power in his right hand that he troubled people with,not an unfair weight advantage on the night, that would have given him greater punch resistance and let him come on in later rounds ,like chavez jr does.

 

But then you got guys like Bradley fighting too high, look at the size of him imagine if he was like Josesito Lopez he'd be fighting Donaire next lol