Garcia bulking up for Spence

[Beanz]

He is a bit weird (Glen Quagmire) looking anyhow but he looks to be looking to add a lot of bulk quickly for Spence.


https://twitter.com/_garciapita/stat...48126743625729




Spence has said about Spence that he 'looks like Kangaroo Jack on steroids'. March is a long way off yet . Garcia is training with Vicor Conte and there is VADA testing in place -


https://www.boxingscene.com/mikey-ga...-fight--135030

[powerpuncher]

Bulking up never seems to work other than maybe for people moving to HW.

[Spicoli]

It's all wrong man. More and more I think Garcia is seriously short changing his natural talent and possibly career packing on all that slow muscle and jumping up.

[imp]

Why did he not fight Loma?

Is he doing this fight like Brook stepping up to GGG?..or Khan to Canelo?

Why take a loss and ruin confidence by fighting the bogeyman at 147?

Not unless he knows something that he can seriously exploit about Spence.

Don’t get this fight...Spence is wasting time not fighting a Crawford or Porter.

Spence has not got a great resume at 147.

[powerpuncher]

Why did he not fight Loma?

Is he doing this fight like Brook stepping up to GGG?..or Khan to Canelo?

Why take a loss and ruin confidence by fighting the bogeyman at 147?

Not unless he knows something that he can seriously exploit about Spence.

Don’t get this fight...Spence is wasting time not fighting a Crawford or Porter.

Spence has not got a great resume at 147.

He wanted Loma but Arum wasn’t going to make it. I think Garcia wanted a big fight now instead of treading water.

[J_Undisputed]

Question is will the extra weight wear him down prematurely and making him a sitting duck to get steamrolled by a Spence who will probably be 160 come fight night. He'll need to keep his hands high the entire time, use his jab to set up combinations and get out without being caught on the ropes. This will be draining.

Flash knockdowns he got dropped with at lower weights could be fight ending here, so hes going to have to find a way to wear down Spence as well and take the power off his shots. Then again I still don't buy into Spence as the heir apparent and wont till i see him fight a good fighter at their natural weight and in their prime (or at least on the uphill side)

[p4pking]

First thought is if he’s going to do well in this, it’s not coming down to matching strength, and the fact that he’s making that any kind of aim just makes me doubt his chances more.. I wonder what he walks around at? Strikes me everything should be about the game plan and tweaking what he already has, there surely isn’t enough time to add size and become a different guy, especially with no prior fights.. then again perhaps it’ll prove neccesary to bulk up somewhat, I’m no expert. The for sure thing is this deserves respect. Mikey is not a guy who would take a fight without believing he could win, and he didn’t need this. He could have set his sights on any other welterweight, more winnable fights, and gotten nearly equal money and credit.

[Master]

Garcia needs to use his smaller size to his advantage so speed will be important for him. Bulking up on muscle will surely slow him down and reduce his stamina.

Good luck to him as this is mission impossible.