Over the years of watching boxing for more than 30 years now we’ve noticed some things that apply to professional boxing in terms of moving weight.
Very few becoming world champion.
Even fewer become undisputed or unified world champion in a weight class in professional boxing.
A very rare select few men then becoming multi-weight division, pound for pound champions.
When you look at those who do, whom do so successful, they usually have some things in common.
Once they go through the weights and move up in weight and win titles in weight categories, they always move up another one usually.
They rarely then go back down in weight.
That’s because the body is not meant to put on increased muscle mass and added weight gain then lose it all and go back to a lesser weight again and be optimal in professional boxing at.
A Key Thing For Boxers Not To Do When Moving Weight
Professional boxing is not weight lifting or body building and those who have gone up in weight a lot then went back down in weight again after that, have faced issues with it.
Roy Jones Jr did this by becoming one of only two men in world title history to go from middleweight champion up to heavyweight champion but when he went back from heavyweight, down two classes, to light-heavyweight, it effected him adversely.
Losing to Antonio Tarver and others afterwards.
Going up in weight is okay but then to crash the body and come back down after putting on all the bulk had a detrimental impact on him and his snap in his shots was never the same, nor his cardio really.
Something to always be mindful of for the few who even attempt such a heroic venture in the toughest game and sport of them all, professional boxing.
Aesthetics are not everything in boxing whether it be pad work or moving weight to try to bulk up or whatever.
Moving back down then is not easy in weight.
