Comments Thread For: World Boxing Council To Join IBF With Same Day Weighin?

[PittyPat]

Nice. I expect WBO to follow but WBA probably not.

Likely the other way around - it was the WBO who refused to do all that get-together stuff last year.

[techliam]

A lot of fighters will have to change weight classes if this is 100 percent real...but we all know $$$$ talks

Or change the belts they fight for..

It's no coincidence that it's pretty rare for the top fighters to fight for IBF titles, much less to defend them. Floyd only fought for an IBF belt once, and vacated it straight away. Yet he has a ton of WBC championships. Have you ever wondered why? Manny defended his IBF belt for a while at 122, but once stardom was in sight he never touched another.

Cotto has never fought for an IBF title, and Canelo enjoys a lenient Mexican relationship with the WBC.

If you have the pull with a corrupt organisation like the WBC or WBA, why bother with enforced mandatories and a same day weigh-in? Ill be very surprised if the WBC implement this and enforce it to all WBC champions.

[Jsmooth9876]

Yeah, you can't rehydrate more than 10 pounds over your division weight limit on fight night.

IMO this is a very good idea..

Also people mention Canelo having to move up, so will Lara he rehydrates around the same weight as Canelo.

It's only the morning of the fight they weigh in...after that they can rehydrate whatever extra weight they want..

[Raonic]

Likely the other way around - it was the WBO who refused to do all that get-together stuff last year.

I don't expect it right away (I don't think we'll wait a long time either) but I think it'll happen before WBA.

[turnedup]

This is something I don't think any self respecting boxing fan should be against. Dropping weight has become it's own sport in boxing. No 24 hour bloatathon hell this might actually save some mofo's problems when they get older. Gonna kill some careers tho, guys who can't fight at their natural weight because they don't have the chin or pop up there they need.

[aboutfkntime]

Wait, the IBF does same day weigh-ins where you can be no less than 10 pounds the contract weight? Sort of confused here.

Are they talking about the second weigh-in after the weigh-in the day before the fight?

Same day weigh-ins, and no more than 10lb heavier at the fight.

[aboutfkntime]

Or change the belts they fight for..

It's no coincidence that it's pretty rare for the top fighters to fight for IBF titles, much less to defend them. Floyd only fought for an IBF belt once, and vacated it straight away. Yet he has a ton of WBC championships. Have you ever wondered why? Manny defended his IBF belt for a while at 122, but once stardom was in sight he never touched another.

Cotto has never fought for an IBF title, and Canelo enjoys a lenient Mexican relationship with the WBC.

If you have the pull with a corrupt organisation like the WBC or WBA, why bother with enforced mandatories and a same day weigh-in? Ill be very surprised if the WBC implement this and enforce it to all WBC champions.

Because " the green belt " is traditionally the best, despite the WBA being the first. But there is little/no difference now imho.

[Eastcoast]

Nice. I expect WBO to follow but WBA probably not.

The WBA will create another belt for fighters who fail to make the 2nd weight.

[Eff Pandas]

Its obviously a step in the right direction. I hope to see more complicated measures employed at some point still doe like where medical experts determine a "healthy weight range" for fighters upon being given a boxing license. I think until something like that is happening weight cutting & re-hydrating will still be a sport within a sport.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

This is great, and it is yet another positive step

Although fighters can still put on weight after the weigh in, it is one thing to have 24 hours to rehydrate, another to have 5 or 6.

Guys like Canelo, Lara, Andrade, they will have more issues with this than guys like GGG. 170 is basically what GGG walks into ring at.

Canelo,mid he is at 155, would it be 165 or 170? "The contracted weight," sounds like the weight agreed upon.

Hopefully this can be done and put to rest all CW for title fights!

Looks like rios Canelo and others will have no choice but to move up. Good for boxing

Canelo has already moved up. He is just refusing to admit it.

I think he'd be more dangerous at full 160. Draining that extra weight hurts him.

Yeah, you can't rehydrate more than 10 pounds over your division weight limit on fight night.

IMO this is a very good idea..

Also people mention Canelo having to move up, so will Lara he rehydrates around the same weight as Canelo.

Lara comes in close. But it will mean they have less time to fully rehydrate, depending on what time same day weigh in is.

It makes it much hardly, and much more likely Lara, Charlo, Andrade, move up sooner than later.

Canelo has already moved up, he is just in denial about it. He's a 155 fighter!

Wait, the IBF does same day weigh-ins where you can be no less than 10 pounds the contract weight? Sort of confused here.

Are they talking about the second weigh-in after the weigh-in the day before the fight?

Same day of fight. It makes sure they are not cutting too much. Or coming in too heavy.

It's supposed to keep guys like Canelo from gaming the system too much.

Wow. Surprised Kovalev wasn't somehow breaking this rule as a unified champion. I thought he was 190 at least on fight night. He came in at 185 on the secondary weigh-in against Hopkins.

The 185 would be fine, but if he weighed in at 190, seems like it should of been an issue for IBF. Unless that title wasn't on the line.

It's only the morning of the fight they weigh in...after that they can rehydrate whatever extra weight they want..

True! But it makes it much more difficult on guys who drain massive weight to fight smaller dudes.