Weighing The Weight Issue

[Em1]

Why isn't it more of a big deal for a guy to put on 10+ over night? If a fight is at 160 and the dude comes into the ring at 178 or something crazy, that should be a big f'n deal but it's just gets glossed over.

"X fighter can't knock out Y fighter, he's a bum. No power. He hit him all night and barely rocked him"

If the dude comes in 1-2 weight classes where the fight is scheduled for, of course it's gonna be a struggle to hurt him.

[White_Knight]

Even if there were stricter limits in place it wouldn't stop criticism of a fighter. If he did knock them out, he would get criticised about something else.

Size is the only advantage that is regulated. All the others (speed, skill, reflexes, etc.) are unregulated. If we apply even stricter weight measures that advantage will be gone altogether, even though it is a legitimate strength.

[Los Zetas]

The aim is to make the weight limit. After that, it should not be a case of restricting what weight a fighter comes in at.

[Jloro]

The aim is to make the weight limit. After that, it should not be a case of restricting what weight a fighter comes in at.

Unless they somehow go up to 180 over night as some people here think Bradley does lmao

[Doctor_Tenma]

With that amount of weight to shift, that plays a major role in power, as well as durability. Look at the Lara-Angulo situation, although Lara was told he couldn't weight 10 pounds over the Jr MW limit. It's a joke, I'm not understanding the point of weight classes anymore.

[Bigg Rigg]

It's only unfair if a ww comes in weighing like 153 on fight night the other guy is 160+. You could then argue that the guy weighing 153 be fighting in a lighter division though.

[boliodogs]

This never happened in the same day weigh in days. Fighters had about 8 hours between the weigh in and the fight. If they gained more than a few pounds they would be waterlogged and bloated. They won't go back and this problem won't go away.

[Dr Rumack]

This never happened in the same day weigh in days. Fighters had about 8 hours between the weigh in and the fight. If they gained more than a few pounds they would be waterlogged and bloated. They won't go back and this problem won't go away.

Obviously the issue with same day weigh-ins is fighters being seriously weakened in the effort to make weight and not having enough time to recover.

Some people suggest two weigh-ins is the way to do it, with the first being the day before like it is now, and the second being on the morning of the fight with a limit in place for how much the fighters can gain.

Allows fighters some recovery time after the weigh-in but makes it harder for them to balloon in weight as they still have to be under a certain limit the following day.

It's a difficult problem to solve. There's doesn't seem to be any easy answer to it.

[Left Hook Tua]

it's not a good idea to limit how much a guy rehydrates.

the elimination of same day weigh ins has lessened deaths and brain damage imo.

if guys are too big in a division for you, move down.

limiting how much water puts in his body is not good at all.

lots of fluid around your brain when you're getting hit in the head is a good idea.

[Left Hook Tua]

Obviously the issue with same day weigh-ins is fighters being seriously weakened in the effort to make weight and not having enough time to recover.

Some people suggest two weigh-ins is the way to do it, with the first being the day before like it is now, and the second being on the morning of the fight with a limit in place for how much the fighters can gain.

Allows fighters some recovery time after the weigh-in but makes it harder for them to balloon in weight as they still have to be under a certain limit the following day.

It's a difficult problem to solve. There's doesn't seem to be any easy answer to it.

guys being unfairly heavier is not as big a problem as boxers dying imo.