Which Active Boxers Have Benefited The Most From Weight Cutting?

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think a lot of boxers benefit from it apart from heavyweights, But there are some that benefit big!

[marvelous marv]

Easter is a near 6 foot fighter at 135 who would get KTFO if he went up in weight class.

[littlepug]

Jamie Mcdonnell 5"9 bantam !

[Ruthless-RKO]

I wonder what Hurd weighs on fight night. Guy looks too huge. I think most guys in 154 cut a lot of weight.. Would rather fight at 154 than 160

[jamamb]

donaire back in the day seemed a lot bigger then most opponents

[Ruthless-RKO]

donaire back in the day seemed a lot bigger then most opponents

When he was at super flyweight?

[Cent0089]

Yuriorkis Gamboa looked like a dwarf against Terrence Crawford.

[jujigatame]

Donaire was huge for 112 back in the day, same for Crawford at 135. But as for the present day, maybe Rungvisai? Or Nery?

[Boxing Writer]

Canelo

[Ruthless-RKO]

Canelo

The 155 catchweight was something else.. God knows what he weighed.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Yuriorkis Gamboa looked like a dwarf against Terrence Crawford.

Even at 140, he seemed to be cutting a lot.. but May have been the same as him making 135.. He was still growing as a human..

[littlepug]

Khaosi Galaxy was massive at superfly

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think the smaller guys can cut the most weight seeing as there is like 3-5 pound difference in weight classes.. Meaning a someone that fights at supler flyweight might weigh 130 pounds on a normal day..

t's more effective for the bigger guys though

[happyNY18]

Chavez Jr has stolen a living from the sport by cutting weight. He was hitting around 182lb when competing at middleweight. When he moved up to compete against LHW his own size he was nowhere near world level. The weight advantage at MW let him win a world title and collect purses beyond what his ability should warrant.

Ps lemieux is a strange poll option; he just lost to a bigger drainer in BJS.

[Yes We Can]

Adrian Broner is top of the list. No way he has the talent his career suggests without major cutting.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Adrian Broner is top of the list. No way he has the talent his career suggests without major cutting.

Na... He moved up gradually.. He even shot up to 147..

[Enlightened-One]

This post isn’t entirely relevant to the fighters listed in the thread poll, but I did find it interesting to review the sort of weight that is gained (in general) between the official weigh-in and fight night:

• Only one week after his 143lbs catch-weight fight against Danny Garcia, Lamont Peterson rehydrated to a massive 182lbs... And he was apparently still pretty ripped. He actually entered the ring weighing 165lbs.

• Marco Antonio Rubio officially weighed 161¾lbs when he faced GGG, but his HBO unofficial ring-weight was 181lbs.

• Daniel Jacobs managed to drain himself down to 160lbs for the official weigh-in for the GGG bout, but it is rumoured that by fight time, he would have faced Golovkin weighing at least 178lbs.

• When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was competing as a middleweight, he rehydrated to 185lbs when he fought John Duddy, 179lbs against Billy Lyell, 181lbs against Sebastian Zbik, 179lbs against Peter Manfredo Jr., and 181lbs against Marco Antonio Rubio.

• Terence Crawford recently posted a picture of himself weighing 177lbs and we've also seen him rehydrate to an enormous 157lbs to dominate significantly smaller opposition in the 140lbs weight class (i.e. the Viktor Postol fight).

• Going back in time, James Toney entered the ring weighing 184lbs when he faced Roy Jones Jr. in a super-middleweight bout.

• Francisco Sierra weighed 200lbs for his light heavyweight bout against Badou Jack.

• Jermall Charlo weighed 170lbs for his light middleweight bout against Lenny Bottai.

• Francisco Santana rehydrated to 167lbs when he faced Sadam Ali at welterweight.

• Daniel Geale was 182lbs for his 158lbs catch weight bout against Miguel Cotto.

• Erislandy Lara was 170.5lbs for his light middleweight bout against Ishe Smith.

[Ruthless-RKO]

This post isn’t entirely relevant to the fighters listed in the thread poll, but I did find it interesting to review the sort of weight that is gained (in general) between the official weigh-in and fight night:

• Only one week after his 143lbs catch-weight fight against Danny Garcia, Lamont Peterson rehydrated to a massive 182lbs... And he was apparently still pretty ripped. He actually entered the ring weighing 165lbs.

• Marco Antonio Rubio officially weighed 161¾lbs when he faced GGG, but his HBO unofficial ring-weight was 181lbs.

• Daniel Jacobs managed to drain himself down to 160lbs for the official weigh-in for the GGG bout, but it is rumoured that by fight time, he would have faced Golovkin weighing at least 178lbs.

• When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was competing as a middleweight, he rehydrated to 185lbs when he fought John Duddy, 179lbs against Billy Lyell, 181lbs against Sebastian Zbik, 179lbs against Peter Manfredo Jr., and 181lbs against Marco Antonio Rubio.

• Terence Crawford recently posted a picture of himself weighing 177lbs and we've also seen him rehydrate to an enormous 157lbs to dominate significantly smaller opposition in the 140lbs weight class (i.e. the Viktor Postol fight).

• Going back in time, James Toney entered the ring weighing 184lbs when he faced Roy Jones Jr. in a super-middleweight bout.

• Francisco Sierra weighed 200lbs for his light heavyweight bout against Badou Jack.

• Jermall Charlo weighed 170lbs for his light middleweight bout against Lenny Bottai.

• Francisco Santana rehydrated to 167lbs when he faced Sadam Ali at welterweight.

• Daniel Geale was 182lbs for his 158lbs catch weight bout against Miguel Cotto.

• Erislandy Lara was 170.5lbs for his light middleweight bout against Ishe Smith.

[Yes We Can]

Adrian Broner is top of the list. No way he has the talent his career suggests without major cutting.

Na... He moved up gradually.. He even shot up to 147..

Doesn't mean he wasn't cutting dramatically. He was draining a shed load.

[ValMar]

I wonder what Hurd weighs on fight night. Guy looks too huge. I think most guys in 154 cut a lot of weight.. Would rather fight at 154 than 160

x2...............

[gilgamesh]

Chavez as a Middleweight always seemed like a Cruiserweight come Fight time, and without that size advantage he's basically been a non factor at the higher weights.

[IKSRTFO]

Yuriorkis Gamboa looked like a dwarf against Terrence Crawford.

That was more Gamboa being small than Crawford being big. That said, Crawford wasn't a small 135lber at all.

[Enlightened-One]

Yuriorkis Gamboa looked like a dwarf against Terrence Crawford.

That was more Gamboa being small than Crawford being big. That said, Crawford wasn't a small 135lber at all.

No! Crawford was fûckîng huge at the weight. Seriously, he is really big.

He's almost certainly going to be one of the biggest world-class 147lb-ers when he eventually faces Horn.

[IKSRTFO]

Yuriorkis Gamboa looked like a dwarf against Terrence Crawford.

That was more Gamboa being small than Crawford being big. That said, Crawford wasn't a small 135lber at all.

No! Crawford was fûckîng huge at the weight. Seriously, he is really big.

He's almost certainly going to be one of the biggest world-class 147lb-ers when he eventually faces Horn.

He's big, yes, but not the biggest I've seen. Gamboa at 5'4 is one of the shortest lightweights ever.

[caldo2025]

What's the point and who cares? As long as the fighters make weight then they are free to rehydrate as much as they want. People get way too carried away thinking that being heavier equates to strength and power or unfairness. Anyone with experience in weight cutting will tell you that the person who had to cut the most weight has the disadvantage come fight night regardless of the weight gain.

If the fight was 2-3 days after the weigh-in then the drastic weight gain would be more of a factor. But with only 24 hours, the body can't replenish itself with everything ripped out of it to make weight. No matter how much the boxer gains in weight and water.