Why dont they make the weight in just before the fight?

It cracks me up when people talk abouthow it's much safer to do the weigh in the day before. It's ridiculous for 2 reasons: How is it safe for a guy who walks around at 160 to fight at 135 against a guy who walks around naturally at 135-140? Constantly dehydrating yourself results in slow death instead of immediate death. It's just as dangerous, but the death is less likely to happen in the ring.

Some guys will do it anyway But they will have nothing in their systems to actully fight. That one day does alot. Fighters would be more inclined to move to their actual weight.

Agree that that the weigh-in should atleast be on the same day - ideally around 3 to 6 hours before the bout. Too many boxers take advantage of the 24 hours these days, & leads to a massive advantage of those boxers with a big team & the right build to take advantage of it. Getting to the point these days most big Junior Welterweight bouts are fought by junior Middleweights (Cotto probably the most notorious at the moment). Not to forget De La Hoya's early days when he routinely weighed atleast 5 Kgs more than his opponents. As regards to safety, it's on the boxers head to prepare properly - doesn't matter if it's 24 hrs or 3 - if you're fighting in the right division it shouldn't be a problem.

that what they used to do. It is safer now....you getting the picture? Very true. Fighters drain themselves just to make weight. Only PBF I know usually walks around the weight he fights at. Unless of course the heavy weights.

And they'll feel like shit in the ring because they won't have enough time to rehydrate... Like potatoes mentioned, they'll put themselves at risk by doing so. That's something officials and rule makers have to be concerned with.

just courouis. will it make boxing a better sport? .....because boxing is the only sport in the world in which the participants believe that dehydration is a clever thing to do. Today we have middleweights pretending they are welterweights, a silly little game that would have been impossible 50 years. The problem is it is killing people, virtually 100% of deaths in boxing are the consequences of dehydration. Yet under pretense of safety put on by these phony boxing commissions they tell us that heavier gloves is the answer. The correct way to eliminate the dehydration disease afflicting boxing is to have a weigh in both the day before the match and on the day of the match. Dehydration can be detected from a simple blood test. Compare results from the two tests and the problem is eliminated. Middleweights will then be forced to fight as middleweights.

How about this, if you are fighting at 140, and you come into the fight at more than say 145, you lose your entire purse, which will go to a charity of your opponents choice.

I agree, but same days weigh-ins would stop people from draining their bodies to make a weight that they should not be at. In the long run, that is more unhealthy for their bodies... Some guys will do it anyway

I think the optimal way is to allow fighters to weigh in the day before the fight.... and then again a couple of hours before the fight and each weight class can gain X amount of weight, and not a pound more. That might be the best solution, kind of a compromise. Let them rehydrate some, hopefully enough that they're not in dehydrated in the ring and eliminate the gross mismatches.

I think the optimal way is to allow fighters to weigh in the day before the fight.... and then again a couple of hours before the fight and each weight class can gain X amount of weight, and not a pound more.

Some people say same day weigh-ins are safer because the fighters wouldn't try to dehydrate themselves to gain an advantage over a non-dehydrating opponent and mismatches would be prevented. Some people say day before weigh-ins are safer because that way the fighters aren't dehydrated when they’re in the ring. Critics of the day before weigh-in say it’s done for business reasons, to get publicity for the fight the day before.

okay how to make some fights within the wieght limits. We dont want another case of Castillo or Corrales in boxing. I a loss of time and money there should be something to control boxing weight in safer than now and better for both fighters.

just courouis. will it make boxing a better sport? lets just say it won't make it a safer sport.