Cutting Weight

[Youngblood]

Screw it,maintain a steady diet when you know you have to fight.
Andrew never did before I got him,and had to sauna suit himself down against Dumas and was completely gassed for the fight.
Oddly enough,now that we've tweeked his diet repeatedly,his metabolism is running high enough,we have to fight to keep weight on him

I think you are missing the point. I was carrying my correct weight. I had to drop down a weight division if I wanted a fight. I've been building muscle for a while now, eating properly, having good recovery and building muscle everywhere I wanted, including the legs which I think added a lot of less noticable weight. Then at the last minute...boom...lose the weight and drop a division or have no fight. There wasn't really an option if I wanted to compete for a gold medal and fight in front of the national team scouts and the boxing commision...not to mention fulfill a dream of mine. It was a no brainer.

Yeesh,didnt your trainers have a guy lined up,or was it a sudden cancellation or something?

It was our provincials. The same as your state Golden Gloves, and yea...I had people in my age and weight category cancel on me...so ended up having to fight a guy from an older class, but at his lesser weight (66-70kgs), where I was naturally 70-75. It all worked out okay...KO'd him early in the 2nd, got me my gold...but came to realize that I may be facing this sort of thing if I want to get fights in. It really wasn't too tough, but I imagine it would tougher if I had to drop more weight, if not dangerous.