Jose Sulaiman (WBC) "9.30AM FIGHT DAY Weigh-In Starts From July 1st" (AUDIO)

[BoxCleva]

No need for a fighter to have to make weight twice. It is all water at that point, and the fighters should be allowed to rehydrate as much as they need to/can.

Either have one weigh-in the day of, or have it the night before. Not both.

This isn't going to stop fighters from cutting obscene amounts of weight. It's just going to allow the WBC to issue more fines.

Sulaiman did address the issue of fines but he alleges that any fines levied against any particular boxer would be given, in their entirety, to the opponent.

[Russian Crushin]

i wonder if the math geniuses who defend the ibf rule and shoot this one down understand that 10% is only less than 10 lbs if the weight class is 100 lbs. smh...idiots.

What the fucck are you talking about

The only time the WBC 10 pound rule would be less then the IBF rule is if there was a weight class below 100, which there isnt.

What point are you trying to make?

[Deevel916]

If a fighter is rehydrating over 10% of his weigh-in weight... He doesn't belong in that weight class. The issue is that if other fighters are abusing the rules to have a size advantage on their opponents, how can someone tell the fighters not to?

If the commisions and sanctioning organizations employed a similar rule to this, it'd reduce fighters' suffering a long term injury in the ring and the vast majority of fighters would have to move up a class.

Fighters that rehydrate over 10% (and even less) of their weight from one day to the next, means that they lose around 20% of water weight during training camp. The weight cuts in boxing (and wrestling and MMA) are drastic. It isn't uncommon for fighters to lose 30-40 pounds during training camp; losing 30-40 pounds of (mostly) water weight and then having 1 to recover before taking punishment makes boxing even more dangerous than it is.

Good move by the WBC.

Exactly! I've been saying this forever!

[Russian Crushin]

If a fighter is rehydrating over 10% of his weigh-in weight... He doesn't belong in that weight class. The issue is that if other fighters are abusing the rules to have a size advantage on their opponents, how can someone tell the fighters not to?

If the commisions and sanctioning organizations employed a similar rule to this, it'd reduce fighters' suffering a long term injury in the ring and the vast majority of fighters would have to move up a class.

Fighters that rehydrate over 10% (and even less) of their weight from one day to the next, means that they lose around 20% of water weight during training camp. The weight cuts in boxing (and wrestling and MMA) are drastic. It isn't uncommon for fighters to lose 30-40 pounds during training camp; losing 30-40 pounds of (mostly) water weight and then having 1 to recover before taking punishment makes boxing even more dangerous than it is.

Good move by the WBC.

If a fighter rehydrates .01% over his weigh in weight, he doesnt belong in that weight class

[Deevel916]

This is a absolutely dumb rule.
People don't realize how dangerous it is to fight dehydrated.
People still will cut weight and a ******ed rule like this will just increase the risk of deaths in the ring.

Many fans simply don't understand how hard weight-cutting is and seem to think same day weigh-in is the way to go.

No! dehydration in the brain takes days to fully recover and if you have to cut weight 2 times within a day than you going to see so many more deaths.
Dehydrated brain is linked to increased brain trauma from impact.
Thats why American Football players drink pedialytes in games.

Not a dumb rule. If fighters want to try and kill themselves in order to manipulate their weight class, then they are the dumb ones. This rule will help fighters fight within their actual weight division. Coming into the ring 20+lbs over your weight class limit defeats the purpose of having a weight class!