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by Cliff Rold - Here we go again.
One of many farces boxing perpetuates, the day-before weigh-in is one of the more foolish and dangerous. An incentive for fighters to shrink even farther past the point of wisdom than they might have in other eras, the whole point of the day before weigh-in is supposed to be fighters having more time to make weight and rehydrate to their health.
The real reason, one might argue (and the history indicates), is to mitigate cancellations of big fights. Another, grown in relevance in recent years, is the chance to make the weigh-in a further part of the hype for a fight.
Both are all about money and little about the fighters.
The impacts have been seen repeatedly. We get the comedy of Lightweight title fights between Jr. Middleweights. We get the horrendously unfunny Arturo Gatti-Joey Gamache. We get fighters who pay the price to make weight getting money to go through with fights against men who can’t make weight and might, likely will, dwarf them in the ring on fight night.
There’s not a damn thing healthy about any of this. [Click Here To Read More]
One of many farces boxing perpetuates, the day-before weigh-in is one of the more foolish and dangerous. An incentive for fighters to shrink even farther past the point of wisdom than they might have in other eras, the whole point of the day before weigh-in is supposed to be fighters having more time to make weight and rehydrate to their health.
The real reason, one might argue (and the history indicates), is to mitigate cancellations of big fights. Another, grown in relevance in recent years, is the chance to make the weigh-in a further part of the hype for a fight.
Both are all about money and little about the fighters.
The impacts have been seen repeatedly. We get the comedy of Lightweight title fights between Jr. Middleweights. We get the horrendously unfunny Arturo Gatti-Joey Gamache. We get fighters who pay the price to make weight getting money to go through with fights against men who can’t make weight and might, likely will, dwarf them in the ring on fight night.
There’s not a damn thing healthy about any of this. [Click Here To Read More]
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