Most unnatural weight classes a fighter...

[Russell]

Has put himself into?

Basically, a weight class where a fighter had no real place in being, but by staying unbelievably lean or becoming overweight, they ended up in anyway.

I don't know if this applies to Hearn's or not. The man was definitely kept nearly superhumanly lean for years. But he did move up well regardless...

[Icemmann]

I used to laugh my ass off whenever i watched Eric Morel, I think he was fighting at 112.

Deigo Corrales comes to mind, he was way to big for 130.

[bladerunner]

Panama Al Brown i dont remember is height but he was very very tall for a bantamweight.

[Danny Ocean]

today baldy at 154 and gatti at 147

[Jose FM]

6'2 Paul Williams at Welter.

[bladerunner]

Caballero at 122.

[janitor]

When Barbados Joe Walcott fought Kid Lavigne under the lightweight limit he had to work in the furnace room of a steamer, shoveling coal while wearing oilskins.

[mcvey]

Has put himself into?

Basically, a weight class where a fighter had no real place in being, but by staying unbelievably lean or becoming overweight, they ended up in anyway.

I don't know if this applies to Hearn's or not. The man was definitely kept nearly superhumanly lean for years. But he did move up well regardless...
Jimmy Ellis ,beaten by Ruben Carter at middleweight went on to beat Jerry Quarry for a version of the Heavyweight title.

[KayEpps]

Winky Wright @ 170. He did well against B-Hop - but his mid-section was looking a little big there.

[LogDog69]

Winky Wright @ 170. He did well against B-Hop - but his mid-section was looking a little big there.


Yea his man boobs were on display when he was jumping up and down in his dressing room. :yep

[Titan1]

James Toney and Roy Jones at HW
Oscar De La Hoya at MW
Alexis Arguello at LW

[LogDog69]

Guillermo Jones. He's 6' 4" and started out at MW and is knocking people out at HW and CW. I don't know what weight class he's suppose to be at!

[LogDog69]

Guillermo Jones. He's 6' 4" and started out at MW and is knocking people out at HW and CW. I don't know what weight class he's suppose to be at!



No I screwed up. He actually fought for a LMW title!

[TBooze]

A lot of the Thai fighters boiled down.

The excellent Thai Sot Chitalada suggested the Thai way was to find a fighters 'fighting weight' then stick him in a sauna for a gym and make him lose 10% of their weight.

Chitalada walked around at 135 and has fought at 108...

27lbs may not seem an awful lot of weight for this debate, but we are talking about nearly a quarter of the fighters natural weight.

I guess it also may also show why in part many Thai fighters have short boxing careers (although many also do Mauy-Thai stuff)

[Russell]

Asian fighters in general seem to have little to no longetivity...

Why is that?

[TBooze]

Asian fighters in general seem to have little to no longetivity...

Why is that?

Well fighting 10% under your natrual fighting weight is certainly not going to extend your career.

[nick wells jr]

no doudt toney!!!!!

[Boilermaker]

not 100% under the rules, but Jeff Fenech was a former bantamweight, retired from the ring and bulked up to somewhere near the heavyweight limit(or not far off it) to play rugby league, and then went back to junior lightweight? for his comeback.

[Lex]

Pazienza.

Qawi.

[Jear]

Iran Barkley at heavy

[salsanchezfan]

I remember reading the "box scores" in the boxing magazines back in the day and seeing Lupe Pintor' name at junior welter. :-( Can't imagine what he must have looked like.

[Street Lethal]

Roberto Duran at middleweight. For the world lightweight champion to whip so many top middleweights, even winning the title, and putting on a real show against the best ever middleweight - well, that's just amazing!