One month out and Martinez is 176 pounds....meanwhile Williams is at 162

[amat]

What does Martinez rehydrate to on fight nights? 19 pounds is a lot but if this is how he always does things then so be it, different people's bodies work in different ways but he is a fairly old aged fighter even with such fresh legs but he could ware them out quickly if this is what he does everytime. Who knows though. Williams getting to 147 isn't the stretch I think everyone believes it is, he did it with supposedly no problems in the past and it doesn't look like he's put a whole lot of mass on.

[Gandalf]

If it's his normal routine then fair enough, but I realy had no idea that he was a 'bloater'. I had always regarded him as fair sized JMW who became a smallish MW. Perhaps I was wrong in that assumption. Most fighters boil down to some degree, but I had never pictured Martinez as one of those types. We've never really seen him walking around looking like Hatton or Duran.

Totally agree about Williams. He's tall, but seems to be blessed with a frame that simply doesn't need all that much meat on it. You really sense that if a money fight at 147 came about then he could make it. Doing what he's doing now is comfortable for him and he's probably able to enjoy 3 square meals, making WW would simply mean having to work harder than what he's doing now.

[miron_lang]

Martinez last fought at Middleweight and i think Williams knew that Sergio was heavy.


Why nobody is shooting Williams for asking 157?

[boxingbantz]

Sergio at the weigh in:



Fat bastard.

[Gandalf]

Martinez last fought at Middleweight and i think Williams knew that Sergio was heavy.


Why nobody is shooting Williams for asking 157?

Agreed, it is is bullshit. I see no need for the catchweight either. Either have it at MW or JMW, take away the CW nonsense.

[generalbulldog]

Martinez last fought at Middleweight and i think Williams knew that Sergio was heavy.


Why nobody is shooting Williams for asking 157?

Because he's not 1 of the 2 faces that is carrying boxing.

[JonnyFolds]

Well Martinez has only had 1 real fight at Middleweight and if I remember, they bot came in just a few pounds north of the contract on fight night. These two guys are not intimidated by each other in size. It's 100% a scrap. These two guys like to unfoil game plans, and I think it's hard to imagine this fight even reaching a lull.

I think both of the guys were ok with 157, if they think this is leveling the playing field good for them, but I just don't see how you can blame either of them for a catchweight. This is neither of their natural weights. Maybe Maravilla is blowing up a little more between fights? If anything it is to Williams advantage.

FURTHERMORE these guys are both gentlemen in and out of the ring. Don't ever compare these two to the scumbags in boxing that spend far more time complaining about circumstance than actually taking a stance.

Maravilla will have no trouble weighing in he's not even 6'0" tall

[armin]

20 pounds is a lot but far from impossible. Yes sergio didn't look like a bloater to me neither but hopefully this is his normal routine. I do think having a catchweight of 157 is bullshit, I mean williams fight against winky was at 168 if I remember right, so what the hell?

[killersheep]

I have to say this is concerning to me. 4 weeks, 5 pounds a week that's doable, but in a malnourished way, it's not like he has a lot of fat to lose. What do I know though, I'm not in his camp.