Chris Algieri on Conor Benn weight gain
por Yamanaka: Chris Algieri
Chris Algieri predicted Conor Benn would survive the full fight before seeing the weight gain claim of over 30lbs against Ryan Garcia. After spotting that jump, he flipped his take and says Benn will get stopped because performance drops when you gain too much. Algieri works in sports science and nutrition where diminishing returns kick in fast. BIGGER IS NOT BETTER.
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it's definitely possible um i've seen it and but it's funny because i made a prediction prior to the weigh-in on my podcast and i said you know what i think ben is durable enough that he's gonna make he's gonna make it to the end once i saw that he gained that much weight i was like no he's getting stopped people think bigger is better it's not it's not so um i i work in sports science sports nutrition um i have been involved with studies where we tested fighters in terms of their weigh-in weight and their fight weight and there's a very distinct threshold about when diminishing returns shows up when you gain too much weight you actually decrease your performance um when i saw that he had gained that much weight i was like oh no he's getting stopped and it's
