I think the "day in wieghin's" are bullshit

If I`m not mistaken, I think that deal was effective during the official weigh-in not on fight night. That`s why even HBO sports analysts were surprised dela Hoya did not re-hydrate. Hmm, well maybe we are mistaken then, one of us is right... either way it gets my point across... he didn't rehydrate himself properly and you saw the difference. It wasn't a stab at Pacman mate don't worry... :fing02:

...Example would be De La Hoya vs Pacquiao, he usually weighs 160+ on fight night cause he would dehydrate to 154 and then let his body get back to normal by fight night... in that fight it was at 147 and he had to weight 147 on fight night or pay a certain amount for each pound he is over on the night, cause he was 147 on fight night instead of his normal 160+ he wasn't really fighting fit and you could tell he was dehydrated in the fight (not taking anything away from Pacquiao). If I`m not mistaken, I think that deal was effective during the official weigh-in not on fight night (because dela Hoya can weigh more than 147 and still fight because it was not a title bout). That`s why even HBO sports analysts were surprised dela Hoya did not re-hydrate.

clottey came in once at 147, and went up to 170 da next day? thats got to be bullshit, knowone can gain 23 pounds in 1 night, he'd die!!! theres a ton like dat, it makes no sense, someone explain this BS to me i think they call it UNOFFICAL wieghin' for a reason. To make weight, some fighters completely dehydrate themselves before the weigh-in and barely drink any fluids or eat anything... this kinda "dries" out the body so to speak because of the natural fluids they are missing from dehydrating themselves to make weight. After this, the fighter will drink and eat after the weigh-in whatever you want and the body receives these fluids back and gets food in your system... so once you get back from the weigh-in and making weight over night after getting fluids and food back in your system your body will rehydrate back to its more original body weight over night before the fight. This has been natural fact and is the reason for the day before weigh-ins being made, fighters used to dehydrate themselves to make weight on the day and were forced to fight in that state and were unhealthy, this was unsafe for the fighter so they brought the day before weigh-in in to give there body chance to rehydrate and take its normal course. Example would be De La Hoya vs Pacquiao, he usually weighs 160+ on fight night cause he would dehydrate to 154 and then let his body get back to normal by fight night... in that fight it was at 147 and he had to weight 147 on fight night or pay a certain amount for each pound he is over on the night, cause he was 147 on fight night instead of his normal 160+ he wasn't really fighting fit and you could tell he was dehydrated in the fight (not taking anything away from Pacquiao). They call it unofficial cause they just do it in the dressing rooms before the fight and write it down to put on HBO... they are still probably very accurate, but just not official, like when I weighed myself last month I was 9 stone, most likely pretty accurate, but not official.

I think a day before weigh-in was intended to protect boxers from being injured while dehydrated. But a lot of people had taken advantage of it, using it as a fight tactic. The public reason was fighter safety. Much like the change from 15 to 12 rounds, monetary reasons might've been the real reason for the change. Maybe it was both. Flip Homansky was one of those who led the change in the 80s, but he prefers same day weigh-ins now.

I think a day before weigh-in was intended to protect boxers from being injured while dehydrated. But a lot of people had taken advantage of it, using it as a fight tactic.

thats ****in crazy, why dont fighters jus fight at there natural walk around wieght??? Some like to cut weight and then replenish so they're bigger than their opponents in the ring. Now, so many fighters do this, fighters will be smaller than their opponents if they don't cut weight. Here's an article about it. http://www.ringtv.com/blog/689/its_time_to_reexamine_daybefore_weighins/

Because many fighters struggle to make their ideal weight, and the weight they measure at isn't really their "true" weight. It's just the weight that they can be most competitive in. You'd rather be a big 147, fighting littler guys, then going up to 154 where the guys are considerably stronger and taller, right?

Fighters aren't typical people just gaining 15+ lbs in 30 hours. They're often already drying out, dehyrated, starving themselves for a couple days. And then after making weight, they hit the water bottle, eat, and have a doctor inject them with an IV. thats ****in crazy, why dont fighters jus fight at there natural walk around wieght???

Well it wasn't really "normal" for me. I was struggling to make weight because my past two matches were at 168 and I put on a little too much weight while training, so I had very little fluids in me when I went to the weigh-in. I also was probably taking in very little calories a day or so before the weigh-in. Normally, I'd probably just put on 3-5 pounds after hydrating.

Fighters aren't typical people just gaining 15+ lbs in 30 hours. They're often already drying out, dehyrated, starving themselves for a couple days. And then after making weight, they hit the water bottle, eat, and have a doctor inject them with an IV.

If you re-hydrate that way, it's possible to put on a ton of weight. I can recall I had a weigh in at 175 for GG, and I put on about 18 pounds in less than 15 hours just re-hydrating and eatting a good breakfast. What's bullshit about it, everyone knows its just part of the game. are you sirius, i didnt even think it was possible to gain 20 pounds in a day, that shit is crazy

If you re-hydrate that way, it's possible to put on a ton of weight. I can recall I had a weigh in at 175 for GG, and I put on about 18 pounds in less than 15 hours just re-hydrating and eatting a good breakfast. What's bullshit about it, everyone knows its just part of the game.