The WBC's new Rehydration Rule Goes Into Effect Tomorrow

[GrandpaBernard]

Aren't they free to rehydrate as much as they want between the time of the 2nd weigh in and the fight? This is not a true blue rehydration clause

[Jack Napier]

curious to see how many WBC titlists end up getting stripped once this rule gets going :laugh:

[Bushbaby]

You need to pay more attention if you haven't ever heard of a fighter gaining up to 20 pounds after a weigh in.

Pounds & percentage are 2 different things brother. Example Chavez jr can still gain up 176lb's the next day & be fine. It rarely makes a difference, trust me.

[mathed]

Dude weighs in at 160....say he re-hydrates 20 pounds overnight, that's 20/160 = 1/8 = .125 = 12.5% of total body weight.

If he weighs in at 160, weighs in at 176, that still means that he is technically LHW on fight night which is still a 2 division difference.

They should make it so that you can only re-hydrate a max of 10 to 12 pounds or just do a same day weigh in.

[~AK49~]

You need to pay more attention if you haven't ever heard of a fighter gaining up to 20 pounds after a weigh in.

This rule is a joke, but headed in the right direction. Even under this rule, what would stop a fighter from still putting on 20 lbs? In the case of chavez, he can still put on 16 lbs, weigh in, and have 12 hours to put on another few lbs.

[Bushbaby]

Aren't they free to rehydrate as much as they want between the time of the 2nd weigh in and the fight? This is not a true blue rehydration clause

Exactly bro. They're throwing bull**** out there.

[BattlingNelson]

Its a silly rule. They should have made it 10% max increase in weight at fighttime. As it is this rule will have no significance at all.

[-Johannes-]

This affects the little guys the most as if they didn't have it hard enough already not getting much exposure and earning a lot less.

[AndNewChampion]

Yeah you're off ignore. When I be trolling, no one can ruin it. Comprendre LOL.

There are fighters who gain 10%. If someone is 135, adding 13.5 lbs isn't hard say Rios.

[~AK49~]

Its a silly rule. They should have made it 10% max increase in weight at fighttime. As it is this rule will have no significance at all.

10 percent is still quite a bit imo. Guess it depends on personal tastes, but id like to see 5% and weigh in about an hour before fightime.

If a fighter can safely cut down that much weight and be healthy/safe, i dont see any difference between a 10% max (16 lbs for 160'ers) and no max (20 lbs). By that point, the difference between 4 lbs is minimal, its just water and poop as the guy is already hydrated in either case. Might as well just leave it be in that case.