Why did they get rid of same-day weigh ins?

[Sheldon312]

It was health reasons. The thinking was dehydrated fighters are more likely to suffer head trauma due to the reduction of fluids in the brain caviity. Trouble is larger fighters that
cut a lot if weight get a day to rehydrate and there can be huge difference in weight on fight night. The IBF only allows fighters to gain 10 pounds which seems like the best compromise.

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Was this ever scientifically proven?

[_Rexy_]

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Was this ever scientifically proven?

I don't know if it's been proven in a study or not, but medically it is sound.

[Sheldon312]

I don't know if it's been proven in a study or not, but medically it is sound.

We should get rid of all Jr divisions Imo

[_Rexy_]

We should get rid of all Jr divisions Imo

I've been saying that just because there are too many divisions in boxing lol.

I'd say go back to the original 8, but also throw Crusierweight in there so you don't have 178lb fighters going against Tyson ****ing Fury.

[TonyGe]

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Was this ever scientifically proven?

I don't think so. Here is a link to an article that gives some of the background as to why it was changed. There are thoughtfull articles on both sides if you do a search.. One thing for sure the longer a boxer fights the greater the chances of permanent brain damage.

[GodLike]

The body is 80% water, Some guys are cutting 20+lbs of water 24 hours before a fight, By sweating it out in saunas, hot baths and from treadmills etc, They are dehydrated as **** at the weigh in, but with modern electrolyte drinks and they can re hydrate very fast.

The problem is the more muscle you have the easier it is to cut water weight. So more muscular guys get an advantage.

Same day weigh ins just means some guys will push things to even more extremes by risking their health from inadequate time to re hydrate safely, The only way to do it is to have a hydration test.

[TonyGe]

The body is 80% water, Some guys are cutting 20+lbs of water 24 hours before a fight, By sweating it out in saunas, hot baths and from treadmills etc, They are dehydrated as **** at the weigh in, but with modern electrolyte drinks and they can re hydrate very fast.

The problem is the more muscle you have the easier it is to cut water weight. So more muscular guys get an advantage.

Same day weigh ins just means some guys will push things to even more extremes by risking their health from inadequate time to re hydrate safely, The only way to do it is to have a hydration test.

The IBF used to allow 10 pounds of rehydration. That seemed like a good compromise but they dropped it for unification bouts after the Jacobs Golovkin fight.

[_Maxi]

Pure ******ity. The old rules were much better. Still Hurd weighed 163 on fight night to Lara's 162 pounds on fight night so it was a fair fight. Hurd was just a little better. Hurd's tiny 1 pound weight advantage in the ring was meaningless.

Those weights are lies. Lara normally weights 170. I explained it to you I think in other thread.

[soul_survivor]

If this was to happen, we wouldn't see a lot of great match up.

Why would great match ups not happen?

And are we seeing a lot of great match ups anyway?

[Lomadeaux]

they didn't want guys missing weight on the big day of the fight. They need to bring it back. Same day weigh ins, 8 oz gloves in all weight classes, and only 10 weight classes. If you can't hang, then find another sport

Absolutely.