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

[1nonlymre]

Correct, but that's to keep fighters in check for the initial weigh-in, so they don't "starve" themselves the same day of the fight to make the contracted weight. Thus, it was moved to the day before.
Problem is, very few fighters fight correctly in their weight class. Many weight bullies out there.
With the next day, you don't have to make the initial contracted weight, but have to be (either within 10 pound above or 10% heavier) I forget which it is. But you do hydrate, you just can't hydrate too much.

[OnlyBeingHonest]

Correct, but that's to keep fighters in check for the initial weigh-in, so they don't "starve" themselves the same day of the fight to make the contracted weight. Thus, it was moved to the day before.
Problem is, very few fighters fight correctly in their weight class. Many weight bullies out there.
With the next day, you don't have to make the initial contracted weight, but have to be (either within 10 pound above or 10% heavier) I forget which it is. But you do hydrate, you just can't hydrate too much.

No day of weigh ins stopped because fights were being called off
if fighters couldnt make weight. This was for money reasons not health reasons. If a fighter didnt make weight on the day of, the entire show would be cancelled and promoters were stuck with the liability.

[KillaCamNZ]

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

So of all the fights in history since the grey-theory Lineal Belt was "created", this is the fight that will ensure Orgs recognize it's alleged existence?

GTFO.

[peplz]

Correct, but that's to keep fighters in check for the initial weigh-in, so they don't "starve" themselves the same day of the fight to make the contracted weight. Thus, it was moved to the day before.
Problem is, very few fighters fight correctly in their weight class. Many weight bullies out there.
With the next day, you don't have to make the initial contracted weight, but have to be (either within 10 pound above or 10% heavier) I forget which it is. But you do hydrate, you just can't hydrate too much.

I don't see how you can call them bullies if most fighters are doing it. And cutting too much weight just to fight in a smaller weight class is taxing on the fighter's body who attempts such feats. So it balances out. In my opinion limiting how much weight a fighter can gain in 36 hours is wrong and dangerous. I think its a lot more dangerous for sanctioning bodies to tamper with the fighters physiology than for one guy to weigh more than the other. Heavy weight fights would never get sanctioned if it that rule extended to them.

[Shadoww702]

We all know this, captain obvious. What he's saying is that it was a ***** move by Jacobs to do that at last minute, when it could have been negotiated with the IBF and maybe Golovkin wouldn't have had to do the second weigh in if they knew all along that Jacobs wasn't interested in the IBF belt.

This! That was a BEYOND BI@TCH move!!! Having 1 guy doing everything right and making sure they make weight while that OTHER POS started hydrating like 24 hours earlier...Not hard to figure this sht out!

IMO this is CHEATING!!! You used a loophole to try and win! While the other guy was trying to play by the RULES!!!!

[Jimmy 23]

Your a GOD DAMN RTARD!!!! So 1 boxer has to watch what he eats and starve himself OVERNIGHT while the other *** gets to turn into BUTTERBEAN and go FULL BLAST on BUFFETS????

Again 1 gets to hydrates for like 8 hours While the other can hydrate practically for TWO FKN DAYS????

GTFOhere!!!!

What's wrong with Barret's comment?

[aboutfkntime]

fighters are not cutting weight to be " weight bullies "

they are cutting weight to operate on a level playing field

honestly, this rehydration weight nonsense needs to stop

FACT: if you can make 160, and go 12 hard rounds..... then you are a middleweight

some may have to work harder than others, so what

if a fighter drains himself to make weight, he will get found out

especially at the top level

until he moved up to 160, Charlo was a JMW

until he moves up to 168, Lemieux is a MW

who cares what those guys rehydrate to ?

the total amount of functional muscle-mass and conditioning that you can take into a fight is determined at the official weighin, NOT 1 day later..... excess water-weight, or rehydration weight, can even be detrimental

in every division, some fighters will be slightly bigger than others, so fkn what?..... there used to be only 8 divisions, and a much higher weight disparity in many matchups

it is impossible to have every matchup happen between fighters who are identical in weight

we have 17 divisions today, and again..... some fighters are slightly bigger than others, so what?

waaaaah, small doe

hmmm.....

in boxing, what is more over-rated.....
* rehydration-weight
* " P4P "
* powah

I will need to have a think about that

[Robbie Barrett]

Your a GOD DAMN RTARD!!!! So 1 boxer has to watch what he eats and starve himself OVERNIGHT while the other *** gets to turn into BUTTERBEAN and go FULL BLAST on BUFFETS????

Again 1 gets to hydrates for like 8 hours While the other can hydrate practically for TWO FKN DAYS????

GTFOhere!!!!

That's the IBF rules ******. I didn't make them.

[xhiddenx87]

Next week news, canelo-golovkin will be consider unification for the IBF. This is getting dumber by the day

[Larry the boss]

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

wtf is the lineal belt???lol