Comments Thread For: IBF Abolishes Second Weigh-in For Unification Bouts

[Dyl-G]

"We lost out on sanction fees for Golovkin-Jacobs and want the money in future, so no need to weigh in" - Basically it


I thought the IBF was the most credible org but they just took a hit with this.

x2 they should have kept to their standard. One of the few rules left keeping the sport fair. The only thing I'd I thought canelo already agreed to second dayear weigh in??

[killakali]

Canelo gonna be 205 on fight night now lol

YEAH man. They said Jacobs was 276 lbs after rehydrating vs GGG. This is the Dannie Jacobs rule

[Lester Tutor]

"Finally, I feelz great! This weight jussss perfect fomi! I feels like Arthur Abraham... yes diss true my knockout power fomi. I dunno... jusss...maybe 168 definitely fomi...I use Abel's belly as heavy bag!! this is box.. I like fat!" Lil'G

[Street15]

Golovkin-Canelo isn't a unification fight though.

Naw. It is. Canelo got the lineal belt from Cotto.

[1nonlymre]

Interesting rule change, but it really doesn't apply to the Alvarez - Golovkin fight as there is no unification happening. Therefore, as I understand it, same rules apply and both fighters must adhere to the same day weigh in.

If anything, the IBF should have something in place where the challenger must agree the day before if he will be weighing in.
Failure to agree makes the IBF belt ineligible to the challenger, and remains with the champion.

In addition, if the challenger refuses the day before to adhere to the same day weigh-in, the champion is able to then forego that weigh-in by default. Otherwise, both must adhere. This way, the champ isn't cheated out of hydration at the very last minute.

Then again, all bets are off if the Ring Belt is considered for the unification, which it may very well be in this case.

[Robbie Barrett]

Naw. It is. Canelo got the lineal belt from Cotto.

There is no lineal belt and the orgs don't recognise lineal or the RING title AFAIK.

[kafkod]

Don't Canelo got some Jr Cheeseburger belt or something?

F#ck its so hard to keep up with these bs titles.

Naw. It is. Canelo got the lineal belt from Cotto.

The only MW belt Canelo has is the Ring. Ring magazine isn't a sanctioning org, so I doubt the IBF will see this as a unification fight.

[Shadoww702]

Interesting rule change, but it really doesn't apply to the Alvarez - Golovkin fight as there is no unification happening. Therefore, as I understand it, same rules apply and both fighters must adhere to the same day weigh in.

If anything, the IBF should have something in place where the challenger must agree the day before if he will be weighing in.
Failure to agree makes the IBF belt ineligible to the challenger, and remains with the champion.

In addition, if the challenger refuses the day before to adhere to the same day weigh-in, the champion is able to then forego that weigh-in by default. Otherwise, both must adhere. This way, the champ isn't cheated out of hydration at the very last minute.

Then again, all bets are off if the Ring Belt is considered for the unification, which it may very well be in this case.

I agree they have to have something in writing early morning the day before the fight that way they can't they change their mind later that night once they realize they won't be able to make it. That way one party doesn't have to spend all day watching their weight while the other one doesn't. Then it will give both fighters the normal weigh-in time to hydrate back up.

I would be pissed if I spent all day trying make same day weight and the other guy wasn't. Say like right after the day before weigh in have both agree in writing to do same day weight. If one says no at least they both have equal time to hydrate...

[Gunpowdergreg]

WTF the one ABC cartel that had it at least half right, should still be day of fight.

[Street15]

There is no lineal belt and the orgs don't recognise lineal or the RING title AFAIK.

They will start recognizing lineal or atleast recognize it starting with this fight - hence the "convenience" of it all. This is a cold sport. Smh