Would bringing back same day weigh ins be positive or negative to the sport?

I prefer the old weigh-in procedures. A jr. welterweight title fight shouldn't have one guy entering the ring at 140 and the other at 157.

I don't really blame the fighters provided they follow the rules. The system is all screwed up.

It's supposed to be for the safety of the fighters, but has it shown that it is really safer? Flip Homansky led the argument for the change to day before weigh-ins, and now he wants the old way back.

Like the change from 15 to 12 rounds, I have doubts whether or not the changes were actually taken into action for the publicly stated reason of fighter safety anyway.

 

The rule was brought in because boxers were dying as a result dehyrating to make a weight and not having sufficient time to rehydrate before entering the ring, it far outweighs the danger of having opponents a few pounds apart on fight night. For that fact alone the rule should stay until someone thinks up a better way to do it IMHO.

The rule is there for all the fighters so if a jr welterweight is only weighing 140 on fight night then he really should be thinking about giving lightweight a go......

 

I'm with 8 divisons, same day weigh-in. Weigh in the morning of the fight, and no more catch weight fights. What makes Armstrong holding 3 titles simultaneously legend is that there basically was no 130 or 140 lbs divisions. Imagine that... They say Dlh, Pac, Hearns and Leonard won like 5 to 6 in multiple weiht classes. Look at what Armstrong did lol. What those guys did does not even compare...

 

The same day weigh-ins is just too logical to do.... That would mean we'd get many more equal adversity between fighters, no other advantage but pure skill !

 

It's a great idea if you want people to die or suffer brain injury.

 

They wouldn't if it was well supervised and for instance, not allowing fighters to drop more than 5 pounds, 7 days prior to the fight and no more than 2 pounds 24 hours before fight night !

 

It would just bring out the weight drain excuse even more than the nuthuggers use it now when their fighter loses.

 

Reason they switched from day of the fight weight ins to the day before was because too many guys were getting into the ring dangerously dehydrated and getting hurt.

Whether you bring back day of the fight way ins of not fighters will still attempt to cheat and come in at weights that they don't belong in. The way they do them now is at least a little safer because it allows these guys to rehydrate themselves properly so they're not putting themselves in great mortal danger. I don't have much of a problem with it.

 

I like same-day weigh-ins.

...Advantage Floyd and others who stay in shape and fight at their weight.

People suck weight either way, and this would create more of a level playing field in terms of what people ACTUALLY weigh.

 

On the other hand it is more dangerous for the opposition who has to sometimes face someone weighing 15 pounds or more heavier.