Are fighters tested for helium?

[Warrios]

Helium is lighter than air and easily rises to the top. Could a fighter realistically consume helium to make himself lighter on the scale?

Thomas Hearns comes to mind here; he was huge and he made the welterweight limit, how?

[Rapid Counter]

Helium is lighter than air and easily rises to the top. Could a fighter realistically consume helium to make himself lighter on the scale?

Thomas Hearns comes to mind here; he was huge and he made the welterweight limit, how?

Ali used to use it. How else do you think he could have floated like a butterfly?

[Warrios]

Ali used to use it. How else do you think he could have floated like a butterfly?

I don't know about that. I meant during weigh-ins where it's safer to use.

[Dorian]

[Rapid Counter]

I don't know about that. I meant during weigh-ins where it's safer to use.

Rumour has it that Amir Khan has had about 75% silica, quartz sand, and other additives like sodium carbonate, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide injected into his chin

[Homervanderjazz]

Hahahah classic!

[PAC-BOY]

Helium is lighter than air and easily rises to the top. Could a fighter realistically consume helium to make himself lighter on the scale?

Thomas Hearns comes to mind here; he was huge and he made the welterweight limit, how?

This should be an episode on Myth Busters. Ill write the staff now!

[FrenchDeLaHoya]

lol haha yooo thats the funniest face/gif ive ever seen
gotta save that

but to answer op aka the biggest rios fan on nsb.. helium displaces oxygen in the body nd your tissues & brain needs the diffusion of oxygen to survive. a little bit temporarily wont hurt. but a lot, would be fatal. 4 mins w/o oxygen begins brain damage, hence holding your breath that long is impossible

[Dorian]

Hahahah classic!

[miniq]

Do some maths. No.

By my estimation it would require something like 400 LITRES of helium to lift around 1 pound of weight

[buoyant mass for one m3 of helium in air = 0.178 kg * (1 − (1.292 / 0.178) ) = −1.114 kg] see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting_gas

Lung capacity is around 6 litres... If you managed to get 5 litres into your lungs that's still only 5 grams loss of 'weight'

Also if you filled your lungs with 6 litres of helium you'd pass out.