Why dont they make the weight in just before the fight?

[AIR_KENG]

well we wouldn't like to see fighters with very low intensity levels, would we??? it's like killing the intensity of the fight... it will be so boring... but then there are still a lot of boring fights, lol...

[potatoes]

just courouis.

will it make boxing a better sport?

.....because boxing is the only sport in the world in which the participants believe that dehydration is a clever thing to do. Today we have middleweights pretending they are welterweights, a silly little game that would have been impossible 50 years. The problem is it is killing people, virtually 100% of deaths in boxing are the consequences of dehydration. Yet under pretense of safety put on by these phony boxing commissions they tell us that heavier gloves is the answer.

The correct way to eliminate the dehydration disease afflicting boxing is to have a weigh in both the day before the match and on the day of the match. Dehydration can be detected from a simple blood test. Compare results from the two tests and the problem is eliminated. Middleweights will then be forced to fight as middleweights.

[Guest]

Some guys will do it anyway

And they'll feel like **** in the ring because they won't have enough time to rehydrate...

[Crazy Dude]

And they'll feel like **** in the ring because they won't have enough time to rehydrate...

Like potatoes mentioned, they'll put themselves at risk by doing so. That's something officials and rule makers have to be concerned with.

[FLASH GORDON]

that what they used to do. It is safer now....you getting the picture?

Very true. Fighters drain themselves just to make weight. Only PBF I know usually walks around the weight he fights at. Unless of course the heavy weights.

[macman]

Agree that that the weigh-in should atleast be on the same day - ideally around 3 to 6 hours before the bout.
Too many boxers take advantage of the 24 hours these days, & leads to a massive advantage of those boxers with a big team & the right build to take advantage of it.
Getting to the point these days most big Junior Welterweight bouts are fought by junior Middleweights (Cotto probably the most notorious at the moment).
Not to forget De La Hoya's early days when he routinely weighed atleast 5 Kgs more than his opponents.

As regards to safety, it's on the boxers head to prepare properly - doesn't matter if it's 24 hrs or 3 - if you're fighting in the right division it shouldn't be a problem.

[Easy-E]

Some guys will do it anyway

But they will have nothing in their systems to actully fight.
That one day does alot.
Fighters would be more inclined to move to their actual weight.

[vB Martin]

It cracks me up when people talk abouthow it's much safer to do the weigh in the day before. It's ridiculous for 2 reasons:

1. How is it safe for a guy who walks around at 160 to fight at 135 against a guy who walks around naturally at 135-140?
2. Constantly dehydrating yourself results in slow death instead of immediate death. It's just as dangerous, but the death is less likely to happen in the ring.