Natural Weight!

[butterfly1964]

How would you determine what a fighter's natural weight is? Would it be by a certain age, or the fact that a person has stayed at a certain weight for a long period of time or what?

[Verstyle]

by what they do when they dont box as in training

[snap the jab]

This is a very interesting question. Probably an important one, too, if you're a boxer - how do you determine the weight at which you will be the most effective and therefore have the greatest chance of success? I have no clue...

[butterfly1964]

i want to hear more replies.

[Da Iceman]

lose weight and stay at that weight

[cple]

The lowest weight-class a fighter can make without struggling.

[fistlegend]

The lowest weight-class a fighter can make without struggling.

yep true.

and the weight that they perform best with

[butterfly1964]

yep true.

and the weight that they perform best with

so some people like james toney should go to another weight class huh?

[blockhead]

so some people like james toney should go to another weight class huh?

natural weight changes as we age as well. our bodies change the way they utilize food and energy and it shows in our shapes and weights as we age. i know i am 26 now and i used to be lean and muscular and now i am bulky and as each year passes my neck seems to be engulfed by my shoulders. not fat but bulky muscle instead of lean.

[habZ]

as long as your stomach is lean, then thats your perfect weight