Fight weight vs weigh-in weight

[RodBarker]

Fight weight stepping into the ring is true weight , the weigh-in weight is just fight weight thats been dehydrated down to make the lighter weight , its not real body weight .

If the boxing ruling bodys all decided to do the weigh-in right before the fight , the entire world population of boxers would all fight in the next higher division to what they are in now .

So this Hatton is not a welter and Floyd is and the fight should be this and that is all bull**** , thier fighting weight is the same !

[circleinsidebox]

that may be true, but something is different along the ways of losing and/or gaining weight because winky had to MAKE 170 pounds to fight hopkins and he looked slow/sloppy,fat and lathargic and his legs were shaky as hell, but yet he looked as sharp and crisp as ever fighting at 169 pounds against jermain taylor
i dont get it, kan someone explain it to me???

[circleinsidebox]

Fight weight stepping into the ring is true weight , the weigh-in weight is just fight weight thats been dehydrated down to make the lighter weight , its not real body weight .

If the boxing ruling bodys all decided to do the weigh-in right before the fight , the entire world population of boxers would all fight in the next higher division to what they are in now .

So this Hatton is not a welter and Floyd is and the fight should be this and that is all bull**** , thier fighting weight is the same !

i think there will be a difference because hatton normally naturally blows up to 147-150 pounds on fight night whereas now he has to go up to 147 before the fight night, i think its a natural vs forcing thing

[RodBarker]

i think there will be a difference because hatton normally naturally blows up to 147-150 pounds on fight night whereas now he has to go up to 147 before the fight night, i think its a natural vs forcing thing

He would be that the night before anyway , he dont make 140 untill the weigh-in and probably trains at about 150 to 155 , the only difference between Floyd and Ricky last fights is Ricky dried out to 140 the day before , where Floyd actually weighed more at the weighing 151 I think it was , then at fight time he dropped to 148 , Floyd didnt need to dry out thats the only difference .


@ ljr06
He was fighting at close to 180 with Hopkins 170 was the day before , at 180 he is fat not like when he fought Taylor more than 10 pnds lighter at fight time , dont confuse weigh-in weight and fight weight .

[Left2body]

He would be that the night before anyway , he dont make 140 untill the weigh-in and probably trains at about 150 to 155 , the only difference between Floyd and Ricky last fights is Ricky dried out to 140 the day before , where Floyd actually weighed more at the weighing 151 I think it was , then at fight time he dropped to 148 , Floyd didnt need to dry out thats the only difference .


@ ljr06
He was fighting at close to 180 with Hopkins 170 was the day before , at 180 he is fat not like when he fought Taylor more than 10 pnds lighter at fight time , dont confuse weigh-in weight and fight weight .

Totally right. The weight is a non-issue for these two fighters.

2 Scenarios:

1) The fight is at 140lbs and Hatton drys out to make weight and then rehydrates to come in on fight night at around 150lbs-ish.

2) The fight is at 147lbs and Hatton doesn't dry out and makes weight at 147lbs while rehydrating to 150lbs-ish.

So tell me whats the difference when PBF will weight in at 146lbs-148lbs MAX come fight night.

[hemichromis]

the reason they dont weight in before the fight is to prevent dehydration during.

[Spontaneous]

It's for power. Paul Williams fought Margarito at 162lbs. That is 2 divisions higher than the 147 the day before. Margarito was at 157lbs.

[Orange Sneakers]

Hatton makes 140 easily.

Kerry Kayes put an extra 7lbs of muscle onto Hatton's already short, squat frame and already musclular body, for the Collazo fight, and it ****ed him up because he came in at 158 (instead of his usual 147-149). If that happens again, he won't win 10 seconds against Mayweather.