Comments Thread For: Alberto Machado's Ring Return Delayed, Move To 135 is Eyed

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The ring return of WBA "regular" super featherweight champion Alberto "El Explosivo" Machado will be delayed for a bit after the boxer suffered a cut on his knuckle during last Saturday's twelve round decision win over Rafael Mensah.
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[BigZ44]

He's a pretty tall guy so 135 shouldn't be too big of a problem, but it's about to get very hard to find a belt at that weight class with the unifications coming

[Bronx2245]

By 2019, things may have changed a lot:

Second-day weigh-in proposal for sanctioned title fights headed for vote

Brett Okamoto
ESPN Staff Writer
Jul 23, 2018

A new proposal aimed at addressing extreme weight cutting practices in combat sports will be introduced at the Association of Boxing Commissions annual convention this weekend in Orlando, Florida.

The potential policy changes, which would require a majority vote by ABC members to go into effect, call for a second-day weigh-in ahead of all sanctioned championship fights in boxing.

During this second weigh-in, which would take place the morning of the fight, athletes would not be allowed to weigh more than 10 percent over the contracted weight. If an athlete failed to comply, the contest would still go on, but that athlete would be ineligible to win the championship.

Additionally, offenders would forfeit at least 10 percent of their contracted purse, face the potential of a suspension and, perhaps most notably, be removed from the rankings of all sanctioning bodies until they successfully make weight at a future bout...

If the ABC passes the new proposal, it would not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2019. Both Foster and ABC president Mike Mazzulli said they are optimistic the proposal will pass.

[Boxinghero1]

I would love to see Machado vs Ryan Garcia!

[mezzaninho]

By 2019, things may have changed a lot:

Second-day weigh-in proposal for sanctioned title fights headed for vote

Brett Okamoto
ESPN Staff Writer
Jul 23, 2018

A new proposal aimed at addressing extreme weight cutting practices in combat sports will be introduced at the Association of Boxing Commissions annual convention this weekend in Orlando, Florida.

The potential policy changes, which would require a majority vote by ABC members to go into effect, call for a second-day weigh-in ahead of all sanctioned championship fights in boxing.

During this second weigh-in, which would take place the morning of the fight, athletes would not be allowed to weigh more than 10 percent over the contracted weight. If an athlete failed to comply, the contest would still go on, but that athlete would be ineligible to win the championship.

Additionally, offenders would forfeit at least 10 percent of their contracted purse, face the potential of a suspension and, perhaps most notably, be removed from the rankings of all sanctioning bodies until they successfully make weight at a future bout...

If the ABC passes the new proposal, it would not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2019. Both Foster and ABC president Mike Mazzulli said they are optimistic the proposal will pass.

Wow, thanks for passing that along. This could result in a major shakeup for some weight classes

[Bronx2245]

Wow, thanks for passing that along. This could result in a major shakeup for some weight classes

Long overdue! Someone nearly died, so they have to respond!