I think the "day in wieghin's" are bull****

[TredKiller]

clottey came in once at 147, and went up to 170 da next day?

thats got to be bull****, 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.

[CharlieCA]

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 bull**** about it, everyone knows its just part of the game.

[TredKiller]

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 bull**** 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 **** is crazy

[Thread Stealer]

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.

[CharlieCA]

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.

[TredKiller]

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???

[CharlieCA]

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?

[Thread Stealer]

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/

[ThunderWolf]

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.

[Thread Stealer]

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.