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keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑Yesterday, 14:51

Taansend wrote: ↑Yesterday, 13:36Everyone who knows boxing knows this.

You're just being silly now by pretending he was a Super Middle from the off.

Yep.

Eolaithe wrote: ↑Yesterday, 20:56

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑Yesterday, 14:51

Taansend wrote: ↑Yesterday, 13:36Everyone who knows boxing knows this.

You're just being silly now by pretending he was a Super Middle from the off.

Yep.

Are you saying that a past-their-prime fighter, in their mid-thirties, who spent most of his career at super middleweight (for at least 25 fights), resorted to utilizing a sweat suit inside a high-temperature sauna (against the BBBofC's rules), even receiving a $500K fine for failing to make the contracted weight limit for the first bout, while being contractually required (due to a rehydration clause) to weigh less on fight-day than many marquee super welterweights, did not look visibly weight-drained in his second bout against Conor Benn?

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑Today, 06:50

Eolaithe wrote: ↑Yesterday, 20:56

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑Yesterday, 14:51

Yep.

Are you saying that a past-their-prime fighter, in their mid-thirties, who spent most of his career at super middleweight (for at least 25 fights), resorted to utilizing a sweat suit inside a high-temperature sauna (against the BBBofC's rules), even receiving a $500K fine for failing to make the contracted weight limit for the first bout, while being contractually required (due to a rehydration clause) to weigh less on fight-day than many marquee super welterweights, did not look visibly weight-drained in his second bout against Conor Benn?

He chose to fight at 160 in the previous fights because he was comfortable at the weight. He hadn't fought at 168 since James DeGale, which was SIX years earlier. He was comfortable at the weight, that's why he fought Liam Smith twice at 160 and Liam Williams at 160 and Kamil Szeremeta at 160. He didn't have to fight at 160 for any of those fights, but he did, because he wanted to, because he was comfortable at the weight. But it doesn't matter what I post, you'll just keep arguing that a guy's natural weight is the one he hadn't fought at for six years. Stop being silly.

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑Today, 10:31

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑Today, 06:50

Eolaithe wrote: ↑Yesterday, 20:56
Are you saying that a past-their-prime fighter, in their mid-thirties, who spent most of his career at super middleweight (for at least 25 fights), resorted to utilizing a sweat suit inside a high-temperature sauna (against the BBBofC's rules), even receiving a $500K fine for failing to make the contracted weight limit for the first bout, while being contractually required (due to a rehydration clause) to weigh less on fight-day than many marquee super welterweights, did not look visibly weight-drained in his second bout against Conor Benn?

He chose to fight at 160 in the previous fights because he was comfortable at the weight. He hadn't fought at 168 since James DeGale, which was SIX years earlier. He was comfortable at the weight, that's why he fought Liam Smith twice at 160 and Liam Williams at 160 and Kamil Szeremeta at 160. He didn't have to fight at 160 for any of those fights, but he did, because he wanted to, because he was comfortable at the weight. But it doesn't matter what I post, you'll just keep arguing that a guy's natural weight is the one he hadn't fought at for six years. Stop being silly.

This is what happens when someone bases all of their knowledge purely on Boxrec history rather than actual following the fights as they happened