Are fighters tested for helium?

[Larry the boss]

[STEELHEAD]

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?

dude. helium is used by people that want to commit suicide in a painless unobtrusive way.

[Dorian]

[low_Bo]

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?

You're about as smart as the clown in your avatar.

[techliam]

[FrankieClutch]

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.

Yeah, Math *****! *Jesse Pinkman voice*

[ИATAS]

Rios fans

[RVABoxer]

It could be an interesting additive for **** talking sounding like Alvin and the Chipmunks talking trash at the weigh in but thats about it.

[gatorDelux]

atg thread

[Derranged]

If anyone needs to cheat on the scales, its Rios. Let's start with him.