Donaire is 7lbs over the 122 limit a week before the fight?

A lot of people in this thread know nothing about cutting weight. 7lbs a week before the fight is nothing. lol I hear ya.

Please stop saying a week. Whats the difference. By saying he is 7 pounds over the limit (129), he is implying that is his current walking around "natural weight" and he needs to cut 7 pounds of water to make the limit. This is done usually during the last couple days, so if he's 7 pounds out 5 days or 7 days out doesnt make a difference really

A pound of water weighs roughly 8.3 pounds. He needs to lose about .84 - .85 gallons to make weight. Wait what?

Please stop saying a week.

5-7 lbs is about the norm a week or 10 days out. They know what they are doing.

Must have a great conditioning team.

Water weight/retention is normally lost in the first few weeks of a camp or excercise program. That is why the 1st month or so in the gym you make the biggest and quickest weight loss. Unless his diet has moderate-high levels of sodium, hes probly not carrying 7lbs worth of water weight at this point in time. He's going to have to not eat and sweat out most of that in the upcoming days. Doable? Yes, but not easily or good for your health for obvious reasons.

Quote: Originally Posted by !! Shawn If anything, I am more worried that Rigo is already on weight. Absolutely. I don't know what everyone's on about. It's much more worrying that a guy is already down to 122 weeks or a week out. It shows he is over trained or small for his division. Maybe a bit of both in his case. 7 pounds is easy to lose over a week. This is completely normal for all modern boxers. Welcome to the world of the day before weigh in! He's a small dude. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

A pound of water weighs roughly 8.3 pounds. He needs to lose about .84 - .85 gallons to make weight. With a name like Mathed, I'm hoping that's just a typo. :lol1:

If anything, I am more worried that Rigo is already on weight. Absolutely. I don't know what everyone's on about. It's much more worrying that a guy is already down to 122 weeks or a week out. It shows he is over trained or small for his division. Maybe a bit of both in his case. 7 pounds is easy to lose over a week. This is completely normal for all modern boxers. Welcome to the world of the day before weigh in!

7 pounds over a week is not much at all. Most boxers lose that, and more, with a week left. It really is normal. He probably loses much of it during workouts, but then puts it back on overnight rehydrating etc. 7 pounds with a week left is fine. Nothing to worry about at all.

Cant be worse than the weight that Julio has to lose during fight week.

A pound of water weighs roughly 8.3 pounds. He needs to lose about .84 - .85 gallons to make weight.

I can't believe Donaire even makes 122 with his frame. Donaire should be fighting at 126-130 easy. Until he settles in where he physically should be I don't see too many people beating him. Mares/Donaire is the fight to see, I think that is a 50/50 fight in my eyes. I still think that everyone may be underestimating Rigo though...I also feel Donaire is gonna win but it may not be the guaranteed destruction everyone thinks it is. I think Donaire highlight reel KOs Mares due to styles. Mares has a chin but Donaire's power transends 122.

7 lbs isn't much to have to lose in a few days, but it's a lot more for a small fighter like donaire....I still think it won't have much effect on the outcome. I think it's a 50/50 fight.

shouldnt be a problem his bread and butter is cutting weight the one thing that always impressed me about Donire more then anything else is his ability to make 118 and 122 with that frame

Nonito "Chavez jr jr" Donaire

Weigh in should only last 2 minutes at most so why be on weight days before the weigh in.

Nice comment I agree with you. Filipino Flash Donaire is really tough but it does not mean that he will always smile after every round. El Chacal Rigondeaux is a different challenger for him. To be or not to be that is the question. And we all know well in boxing anything can happen happen.

That's not too bad, he'll be fine. He better be anyway if he wants a chance to win.