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Exactly. Great link, but even those weights are more for entertainment value than real accuracy considering they were done with HBO's unofficial scale and the boxers could be wearing clothes/shoes and aren't stripping butt naked like at the weigh-in. In between the time they step on the HBO scale and when they actually enter the ring, they could be chugging a gallon of water for all we know.
Considering all the variables, it's impossible to determine accurate in-ring weights and it doesn't even matter. Only weight that matters thoughout boxing history is the offical weigh-in. Everthing else is useless speculation. Only boxing nerds care about rehydration weights and debating how much "bigger" one guy looks compared to the other. You never hear arguments at a wrestling meet, tennis match, or golf tournament about how unfairly more one guy weighs lol.
Considering all the variables, it's impossible to determine accurate in-ring weights and it doesn't even matter. Only weight that matters thoughout boxing history is the offical weigh-in. Everthing else is useless speculation. Only boxing nerds care about rehydration weights and debating how much "bigger" one guy looks compared to the other. You never hear arguments at a wrestling meet, tennis match, or golf tournament about how unfairly more one guy weighs lol.
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