How Welterweights Shrunk Over Time

[daggum]

Boxing as a sport has lost ground to other sports in America. Thats one reason.
PED Testing wasn't a staple in the sport and fighters abused that low-key governance. Another reason.

its ok now we got tue's! uh i was dehydrated dropping 2 pounds so i had to flush my entire system with ten times the recomended amount for severe dehydration...can i have a tue now? usada is like "that checks out to us! oh and you can send us that 150k now floyd." no conflict of interest there

[anonymous2.0]

Not sure what happened but I think most of these guys at 147 are there because of the money. I mean a lot of them can actually shrink down to 140 if the money is there and the discipline is there.

I think this is the most likely answer.

[4truth]

It’s weird. Lightweight Crawford was weighing in over 150 on the day of the fight. Welter Hearns had to make 147, miscalculated against SRL and came in at 145