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Do some fighters use blood transfusions to make the weight by having blood ****** out of them just before the weigh in and injected back into them after. It seems a simple foolproof way of making the weight and difficult to detect. Is it against the rules and can it be tested for?
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thats called blood doping. Its illegal and there is ways to detect it but im not sure how they go about checking for it in professional boxing fights -
Blood doping is actually increasing the amount of red blood cells present in the blood stream, not the same as what he's asking.
The answer is no. Blood only compromises 7% of your body weight. To extract enough to make a significant change to your weight would be astronomically bad for your health, and possibly fatal. The risk is not on par with the reward unless you're extremely crucial for a weight limit and need to lose .2-.4 of a pound and water weight just isn't cutting it.Comment
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Blood weighs a little over 8 pounds per gallon. When you donate blood you're donating one pint which is about 1 pound.
I don't know what a safe amount of blood one can remove but I'm fairly certain one can safely give 2 pints if you're fully hydrated (that would be 2+ pounds). Of course, if you're massively dehydrated giving 2 pints would probably be very harmful.Comment
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