With a little performance enhancing photoshop, Paddy Barnes looks like a hell of a heavyweight

PADDY BARNES CAME up with a very simple solution to his struggles with weight in the 49kg division, just go heavyweight.

Sure if he has no trouble squaring up with London 2012 super heavyweight gold-medallist, and reigning IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, then it should be a doddle.

Reckon I could take him like.....@anthonyfjoshua pic.twitter.com/ajE2uAv5YZ
— Paddy Barnes OLY (@paddyb_ireland) August 21, 2016

Paddy Barnes / Twitter

OK, maybe the 6’6″ Joshua might be one step up in class too far for the 5’4″ Barnes. Unless…

Met @lancearmstrong and came back for another picture with @anthonyfjoshua pic.twitter.com/GnyizCFWnF
— Paddy Barnes OLY (@paddyb_ireland) August 21, 2016

Paddy Barnes / Twitter

That’s more like it.

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With a little performance enhancing photoshop, Paddy Barnes looks like a hell of a heavyweight

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