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miles
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Taeth
Are you kidding me? What evidence was there that Mayweather was bigger than he used to be? There is no way he was even 155. He isn't a natural WW. The most he puts on for a fight is 6 pounds, and that was back at 130. He probably came in at 150-152. He's bigger than Manny and Marquez, but not by much, and he certainly is a lot smaller than Mosley or Margarito or Cotto, the same amount smaller than them as Marquez is smaller than Floyd. 155 would be the absolute most he could have weighed, and he didn't use size at all against Marquez. It was all speed and defensive skill.
I really don't get this "he isn't even a WW" business. Mayweather previously might have been a smaller sized WW, but he has come back a fully fledged one. He is bigger and carrying more weight and that's why he wouldn't reveal his fight night weight because it would have made a further mockery of what took place.
Mayweather might have been at smaller weights when he was younger but as he has matured so has his body. He is now a 32 year old I'm pretty sure he is at WW or LMW until the end now.
Age doesn't mean anything. Look how long Hopkins stayed at middleweight and didn't balloon up in the 24 hours from the weigh-in to the fight.
Floyd's dad said that Floyd didn't try to cut weight at all, which means that without too much of a work out he was pretty close to 147. Floyd weighed 160 with all his clothes and bling on when he had that stupid fight with the BIg SHow, thats walking around weight, When he is in true fighting shape he would be 10 pounds lighter.
The reason Mayweather looks bigger is because the last time he actually weighed more than an opponent coming into the ring was way back when he fought Demarcus Corley, and before that it was his 27th career fight against Jesus Chavez.
I saw them at the fight, in the ring, and besides height Mayweather wasn't that much bigger at all. He just looked taller, and more ripped but they're actual size seemed pretty similar. The reason Mayweather would look more ripped is simple, he does weights in the gym, that targets specific muscle groups where as more oldschool working out like what MArquez does usually doesn't build the same look of muscle, but it can be as effective pratically and in terms of mass put on. Mayweather wasn't any bigger than he was against Hatton or Baldomir, and he definitely wasn't as big as when he fought Oscar at 154. Appearances can be deceiving, and Marquez being so short and not offensive(even though he tried but Mayweather was too fleet of foot) made Marquez look all the smaller.
Look at Cotto, Mosley, Margarito, Clottey... they are way thicker than Mayweather, they are way bigger than him, and they weigh in at 160ish. I mean look at MAyweather against Baldomir, he's about Cotto's size, and he looked way thicker than Floyd.
I am not going to argue that Mayweather isn't bigger than when he was at 130 or 135, but he isn't a natural welterweight, he's way smaller than the other top guys in the division, and you will see that if Cotto wins or he ends up fighting Mosley, he will be as much smaller than Mosley as he was bigger than Marquez.... if he's lucky.
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