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marigolds6 t1_j3n0wox wrote

Reply to comment by Fantastic-Tomorrow-8 in 2012 Olympic male athletes’ weight [OC] by highcharts

I'm surprised the weight classes are not more visible then they are.

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West-Stock-674 t1_j3naggs wrote

I think the bottom three classes are very visible.

The highest weight class has no upper limit, so I think what we're seeing is genetic differences in muscle gain and people who have been in the sport for different amounts of time as gaining mass takes time.

For example, Tyson weighed in at 212 for his pro-debut at the age of 18. In 2001, when he was 35, his fighting weight was 240.

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