Fighting weight

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Anyone here who has any experience in boxing / some form of competeing martial art, do you have any idea what and ideal weight for a heavy weight would be?

I mean, at what weight would it be too much of a trade off, as in you begin to sacrifice speed and mobiltiy for strength. I have hard a weight of 230lbs for my size is about perfect, but I have naturally cruised past this and am at about 242lbs, thats including some heavy cardio training.

 

[James H]

Professional fighters (ideally, and most do) cut to < 9% bodyfat for a fight, weight has nothing to do with anything, that would totally depend on your height and build, there is no "ideal" weight for a heavyweight, and the belief that "The more someone ways, the slower they are" is just a common myth, look at 100m sprinters, don't see many light guys there.

 

[Stringy]

Professional fighters (ideally, and most do) cut to < 9% bodyfat for a fight, weight has nothing to do with anything, that would totally depend on your height and build, there is no "ideal" weight for a heavyweight, and the belief that "The more someone ways, the slower they are" is just a common myth, look at 100m sprinters, don't see many light guys there.

Yeah, but a few rounds in and it will make all the difference. Sprinters run for 10 or 20 seconds.

It would be very much subjective to you, finding a weight comfortable for you with a good power to weight ratio (heh).

 

[cleanbluesky]

I wouldn't say you should focus on weight. Perhaps weight/strength ratio or just strength. Also, cardio does a lot.

 

[cokker]

How tall are you?

 

[Depth]

How tall are you?

Just under 6 2.