Back in the old days when there was day of fight weigh in, were there fighters who

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cut Alot of weight weeks before like todays fighters? if so they must of been tuff cause they had to fight a few hours later
     
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    They often had to go to extreme lengths to make weight.

    When Barbados Joe Walcott was training for his fight with Kid Lavigne he had to shovel coal in a boiuler room wearing oilskins in the lead up to the fight. I don't think that it would have been any easy task for him making the weight today.

    It could work the other way as well. Fighters stepping up in weight often had to drink gallons of water before the weigh in. Imagine going 15 rounds having to hold back from pissing yourself.
     
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    good post very intresting, how about duran and la motta didnt they have to cut alot of weight week before a fight?
     
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    Absolutely.

    LaMotta is one of the few old timers who would probably be fighting in the same division today as he was back then. He used toskip in the sauna to get his weight down.

    Duran used to party hard between fights and had to cut huge amounts of weight. Opponents like SRL and Hearns tried to schedule fights with him at as short a notice as possible for this reason.
     
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  5. cotto20

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    Yeah ray did that to duran in there rematch duran had to cut over 60 pounds in 6 weeks
     
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    **** it.
     
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    **** what?
     
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    I typed something else but decided against it.
     
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