dont you think it would make a differents if they couldnt weigh more than there weight class on fight night.

Well every boxers would push themselves down weight anyway, however being badly dehydrated with just a couple og hours to eat and drink to get back upp would mean,2 things one the fighters would be more tired. 2 it would be a lot more dangerous to fight while dehydrated.

Well every boxers would push themselves down weight anyway, however being badly dehydrated with just a couple og hours to eat and drink to get back upp would mean,2 things one the fighters would be more tired. 2 it would be a lot more dangerous to fight while dehydrated.


That's why I think some fighters would move up to where they belong, and stop starving themselves to make weight in a class where they can meet smaller fighters and have an advantage in morphology.
It's one thing to loose maximum fat, but it's another one to dehydrate your body to make weight. a dangerous one as you say.
And when you have a natural, let say 140 pounder on the scale /142 the night of the fight, who meets a guy who weighted in at 140 but is over 150 the night of the night, I think it's just dangerous for the smaller guy!

Gains after the weigh-in are a pretty serious problem. I think that some amateur tornaments have switched to weighing guys in on the day of the fight...someone with more knowledge can fill us on this.

None. That is boxing, if you were to make fighters dehydrate themselves and make weight on fight day they could end up being seriously hurt.

Plus boxing has always been like that, make the lowest weight possible so that you are not outgunned by the biggest of the division.

def
weigh in on fight nite
fighters should be fighten guys of equal weight on the fight nite

all thos esayin guys would get hurt dehydraten themselves
dats the points
theyd move up
to where they belong
it would make fights alot fairer
then some one like cotto and castillo
who come into fights usually 12 lbs heaveir

def
weigh in on fight nite
fighters should be fighten guys of equal weight on the fight nite

all thos esayin guys would get hurt dehydraten themselves
dats the points
theyd move up
to where they belong
it would make fights alot fairer
then some one like cotto and castillo
who come into fights usually 12 lbs heaveir

Boxing is about sacrifice dude, whoever is willing to sacrifice themselves the most deserve it.

Plus in reality no one actually walks around in their weight division weight so they are all bigger guys, the guys who work the most are the ones who make it to the top. The ones that dont are the ones complaining.

That's why I think some fighters would move up to where they belong, and stop starving themselves to make weight in a class where they can meet smaller fighters and have an advantage in morphology.
It's one thing to loose maximum fat, but it's another one to dehydrate your body to make weight. a dangerous one as you say.
And when you have a natural, let say 140 pounder on the scale /142 the night of the fight, who meets a guy who weighted in at 140 but is over 150 the night of the night, I think it's just dangerous for the smaller guy!

i always wondered if boxers would fight any different on the night of the fight if they weighed the same as the limit suggests for their division. i dont know how morales managed to fight at 122lbs. even when he fought barrera recently he was 142lbs on the night of the fight, thats was 10lbs more than barrera.

Boxing is about sacrifice dude, whoever is willing to sacrifice themselves the most deserve it.

Plus in reality no one actually walks around in their weight division weight so they are all bigger guys, the guys who work the most are the ones who make it to the top. The ones that dont are the ones complaining.
exaxctly
and that needs to change
it is about sacrifce
dehydraten yourself is "workin"
its a cheap way to get an advantage
and advantage that can cause unfair fights
unfair fights that end up with serious injuries

dont you think it would make a differents if they couldnt weigh more than there weight class on fight night.


that would be dangerous to the fighters bro. fighters dehydrate themselves to make weight. when you are dehydrated you are more suseptable to getting brain damage from a punch. thats the big reason why Gerald McClellan got messed up in that fight.

that would be dangerous to the fighters bro. fighters dehydrate themselves to make weight. when you are dehydrated you are more suseptable to getting brain damage from a punch. thats the big reason why Gerald McClellan got messed up in that fight.
this is why we think they should make wiegh ins the nite of the fight
then fighters wouldnt endanger themselves by dehydtraten
and go to weights where they belong
yes its about sacrifice
sacrifice in the gym
not hurten ur body to gain an edge

this is why we think they should make wiegh ins the nite of the fight
then fighters wouldnt endanger themselves by dehydtraten
and go to weights where they belong
yes its about sacrifice
sacrifice in the gym
not hurten ur body to gain an edge



oh I hear you now. youre saying they should fight at their "walking around weight"...that might be a good idea.

Weigh in on the morning of fight night ;) .

No, I don't think they should. You would see guys struggling to make weight and wearing themselves out before the fight. Should have made this a poll.

I think they should..this way there will be no surprises..like Morales showing up 11 pounds heavier..

Fighters who "pig" after making weight pay the price. The body can only take so much abuse. One cannot drive oneself to near starvation and then suddenly feast! The body needs to adjust...nice and easy.

Trainers and managers who allow their wards to starve then feast often watch their fighters become sluggish and indifferent atop the ring. Serves them right.

I think they should..this way there will be no surprises..like Morales showing up 11 pounds heavier..


but that 11 pounds didn't help morales, it hurt him, it slowed him down considerably...however, in Kostya Tszu's case i think the fact that he comes in as a junior middleweight to his 140 lb fights gives him a big advantage in power. the trouble is i don't really think there's anything we can do to make it fairer for the fighters. one thing is, i'd rather come in a pound or two overweight at the weigh in and take a penalty for it than dehydrate myself. it takes 72 hours for the brain to recover after dehydration ( the fight happens 24 hours after the weigh in, do the math ), i've lost fights because i was weak and dehydrated, fights i would have won otherwise

Boxers would have to change the way they have been training there whole careers, its crazy. And by gaining all that weight in two days is not all that helpfull. Usually the fighter who gains the most is less effective than the fighter who got down to that weight naturally.

NO. But i think they should make the weight in just 12 hours from fight time.

Fighters who "pig" after making weight pay the price. The body can only take so much abuse. One cannot drive oneself to near starvation and then suddenly feast! The body needs to adjust...nice and easy.

Trainers and managers who allow their wards to starve then feast often watch their fighters become sluggish and indifferent atop the ring. Serves them right.

exactly...that's why they would then go the upper division.
I find unfair that somebody can fight "much" smaller dudes by loosing several pounds of sweat just before the weight in, and then have a couple of days to readjust and gain 10 pounds.
Weight in the morning of the fight would make it impossible (at least staying effective in the ring) .