What should a natural WW weigh in at on fight night?

[ИATAS]

IBF

They stripped Salido the day he fought Gamboa because Salido gained 12 pounds after weigh in, maximum allowable was 10

thanks. I think all should do the same. This would force guys to fight in their natural weight class.

[DIB42]

thanks. I think all should do the same. This would force guys to fight in their natural weight class.

I don't think its a bad idea, saying you can gain x amount of weight... however, i hate to agree with the IBF...

[Spray_resistant]

thanks. I think all should do the same. This would force guys to fight in their natural weight class.

Nah, its a terrible idea, it could hurt fighters performances and produce fights that wouldn't be as good as they could have been with weakened fighters.

Why does anyone care what they weigh after the official, if a fighter is outweighed constantly he obviously needs to move down.

[Wreckless]

IBF

They stripped Salido the day he fought Gamboa because Salido gained 12 pounds after weigh in, maximum allowable was 10

Both came in at 140lbs coming from 126 on the HBO scales.

[Maidana vs Rios]

"There shall be a second weigh-in on the morning of the event. At this weigh-in, boxers cannot weigh more than ten (10) pounds over the weight limit. If a boxer weighs more than ten (10)pounds over the weight limit, he will have two (2) hours thereafter to make the prescribed weight. If after two (2) hours he still weighs more than ten (10) pounds over the weight limit, the fight can proceed only as described below."

http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/userfiles/File/RulesGoverningChampionshipContestsEffectiveSeptember1_2006with10_21_10*********s.pdf

IBF same day weigh in happens in the morning, so I guess the fighter is still free to rehydrate the rest of the afternoon up until fight time.

[Maidana vs Rios]

Both came in at 140lbs coming from 126 on the HBO scales.

That was the HBO unofficial scales. IBF did their own weigh in earlier, in the morning.

[Maidana vs Rios]

Orlando Salido Likely To Lose IBF Title, Before The Fight
By Rick Reeno

BoxingScene.com was advised that Orlando Salido will likely get stripped of his IBF featherweight title after reportedly being overweight for Saturday's morning weigh-in. Per the IBF rules, a fighter in the featherweight division can't weigh more than ten pounds over the division limit on the day of the fight. Salido is said to be 138-pounds after making the division limit of 126-pounds on Friday.

As it stands at the moment, the IBF title will only be at stake for WBA champion Yuriorkis Gamboa when the two fighters collide in Saturday's main event at The Palms in Las Vegas. If Salido wins, he will become the WBA champion, but the IBF title becomes vacant.

http://www.boxingscene.com/orlando-salido-likely-lose-ibf-title-fight--30857

[Pullcounter]

Victor weighing in at 161 seems pretty big, and to think he was moving up from 140. Berto coming in at 156 lbs seems about right.

147-153 is a small WW

154-158 is a regular WW

159+ is a huge WW

[-Spinal-]

WWs do not normally come in at 147-150 on fight night, even if they are in tip top shape. You can expect the majority of fighters to gain around 10 pounds or more (typically more) with the 24 hour weigh period. 147-150 is a very small WW, one who probably has no business fighting at 147 because of the size difference they'll encounter. I can almost guarantee you PBF hasn't come in at 147 on fight night ever since moving up to 147, no one does really (except for Pacquiao but he's the exception). Against JMM and Mosley he looked huge, he was more likely closer to 160 than 150. JMM claimed in the post fight that PBF had 20 pounds on him on fight night, which looked about right. We'll never know for sure since he refused to be weighed in on fight night which will leave you to believe he was pushing close to 160 in there.

What are you talking about in the bold? He's come in at 147 and even less in each of his WW fights tracked by HBO's unofficial weigh in. He came in at around 147 vs Mitchell, Baldomir, and Judah.

Example:





And if you actually follow Floyd's fight night weigh in's, you would know he stopped unofficially weigh in for HBO as back as 2006, he didn't do it for the DLH fight, Hatton fight, Marquez fight and Mosley fight. The last fight he did it for was for Baldomir.

When you officially weigh in at 150 for a JMW fight, you are not that big.

[GreatestIam]

This day and age making weight is easy, i know guys who weigh 220 that can get down to 175 easy... I know guys who weigh 160 who can make 140 easy....