If you are suppose to be a 147 pound fighter you should not be rehydrating to 165 pounds..., Correct????
This tells me that Fighters are not just replenishing water but actually gaining weight.
Thats why Holding the weigh-in on the day of the fight, as Pennsylvania does, encourages fighters to make weight in the proper way.
The reason that weight classes exist at all is to ensure a fair fight. Fair and safe competition begins with the requirement that the two men facing each other are the same size.
What ever happened to rules?
If too Fighters suppose to Natural 147 pounders and If a fight is contracted for 147-pounds and a fighter shows up 170 then the fighter has breeched the contract.
Without rules, where's the legitimacy?
If an athlete is well-conditioned, the timing of the weigh-in shouldn’t matter,The primary objective of having 17 weight classes in this sport should be to determine the best fighters within specific intervals of weight.
130 pounders fighting 130 pounders
140 pounders fighting 140 pounders
147 pounders fighting 147 pounders
Not 130 pounders fighting 150 pounders
Not 140 pounders fighting 160 pounders
Not 147 pounders fighting 170 pounders
if A Fighter weighs 165 lbs. on fight night, then how can we call him the 147 lb. champion ?
Without rules, where's the legitimacy?
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