My theory on why Mayweather and Pacquiao are dominating...

[Althugz]

but i dont think adding size/weight makes the other fighters named more explosive or faster tbh thats not really what the weight liftings about in boxing in my opinion.

What is weight lifting in boxing about then?

If you are doing something, you should do it for a reason. Just like if you're doing weights or resistance training it should be geared towards what you want to be doing in the ring - You want to be faster, stronger and more explosive.

If you're moving up in weight is the only reason you would do weights to bulk up. Otherwise you shouldn't want to be bulky for the sake of it..it should be functional weight.

Good example - Alex Ariza with Manny Pac..hitting tyres with sledge hammer/medicine balls. Good for explosive power.

Bad example - Kerry Kayes with Ricky Hatton. Makes Ricky do lateral raises and reverse flyes using a slow tempo. No functionality in what he is doing at all.

Camp Ricky, if you need a trainer call me

[littlebif]

but i dont think adding size/weight makes the other fighters named more explosive or faster tbh thats not really what the weight liftings about in boxing in my opinion.

What is weight lifting in boxing about then?

If you are doing something, you should do it for a reason. Just like if you're doing weights or resistance training it should be geared towards what you want to be doing in the ring - You want to be faster, stronger and more explosive.

If you're moving up in weight is the only reason you would do weights to bulk up. Otherwise you shouldn't want to be bulky for the sake of it..it should be functional weight.

Good example - Alex Ariza with Manny Pac..hitting tyres with sledge hammer/medicine balls. Good for explosive power.

Bad example - Kerry Kayes with Ricky Hatton. Makes Ricky do lateral raises and reverse flyes using a slow tempo. No functionality in what he is doing at all.

Camp Ricky, if you need a trainer call me

Kery Kayes helped Hatton alot with his weight.Hatton was alot better at making the weight with Kayes in his corner look at the weighing against Manny Hatton looked shocking.

[Althugz]

He may have helped him with losing body fat through cardio - Or maybe the weights helped him burn the extra calories he might have retained when training with Floyd Sr...

But fact remains, Kayes knows fuck all about training a boxer functionally with weights.

[WayneFlint]

but i dont think adding size/weight makes the other fighters named more explosive or faster tbh thats not really what the weight liftings about in boxing in my opinion.

What is weight lifting in boxing about then?

If you are doing something, you should do it for a reason. Just like if you're doing weights or resistance training it should be geared towards what you want to be doing in the ring - You want to be faster, stronger and more explosive.

If you're moving up in weight is the only reason you would do weights to bulk up. Otherwise you shouldn't want to be bulky for the sake of it..it should be functional weight.

Good example - Alex Ariza with Manny Pac..hitting tyres with sledge hammer/medicine balls. Good for explosive power.

Bad example - Kerry Kayes with Ricky Hatton. Makes Ricky do lateral raises and reverse flyes using a slow tempo. No functionality in what he is doing at all.

Camp Ricky, if you need a trainer call me

Personally i think weight lifting is useful in boxing to be able to gain and drop weight for fights, it gives you an understanding of your body and how to manage your weight, also enables you to drop or gain weight as easily as either not hitting the weights or by hitting them hard and eating to build mass, if you werent to lift weights as a boxer i believe it would be much harder to drop or add weight in preperation for a fight, like i said this is just my personal experience i know before i started lifting if i had to put weight on for a fight because of my high metabolizm it was near impossible aswell with the workrate undertaken to prep for a fight just makes it even harder still and vice versa to drop weight would be much harder and you would be looking at fighting at a dangerousely drained state if losing fat is your only option to lose weight where as if you have muscle there that can be dropped much easier and faster you decrease the risk of fighting dehydrated/drained etc. aswell it astheticly looks much better if you can add size to make weight for a fight rather than just adding mainly fat which i suspect is what would happen if a boxer that didnt lift weights tried to move up a class to many in too short a time, aswell it just looks more intimidating which helps gain the mental edge what everyone is trying to do with the stare downs pre fight.