Harsher penalties for failure to make weight

Walters had to pay his opponent 40k and lost belt......id say that was fair?

what was not fair was getting in ring at 145 for a 126 fight....this issue is driving me mad

 

Fair point. I remeber Broner weighing in miles over the limit when he fought Escobedo. He was massive compared to him but obviously the other boy put himself in harms way to get a decent pay day. It is dangerous and shows a complete lack of respect for the fans the sport and especially their opponent.

 

Maybe the IBF have it correct in that you can only gain a certain amount of weight post weigh in, means that fighters have to fight close to their natural weight as they cant rehydrate by 20lb, therefore fighters wont weigh in over the limit? I agree though, punishment needs to be more harsh, Walters was going to step up so why does it matter to him if he is vacated. 40K? That's really not a lot to him also, maybe receive no purse from the fight, 6 month ban from boxing or inability to ever box for that organisations title again?

 

What about the likes of cotto getting opponents to fight well below the weight limit for their title? Far worse that IMO, can excuse being a little overweight but not that

 

The present one-off weigh in the day before must go. It allows huge rehydration and consequently one fighter can be much bigger in the ring, with consequent safety risks for the smaller man.

More weighing ...maybe daily...before fights with strict target weights that must be met.
A weight check before they enter ring too with only a small say three pound discrepancy in the boxers weights allowable.
Much stricter limits.

 

7lb I reckon is fair/fine, weigh in the day before, 4lb the morning after and 7lb just before

 

You can be as professional as you like but sometimes your body just doesn't allow it, giant difference between being a few oz/1lb over like linares initially and being 3/4lbs over, plus ridiculous draining of someone like geale is far more harmful to fighters

 

Something needs doing regards this , weve had many a chat on this subject Billy about the sculduggery and antics that some boys have done over the years to make the weight , do the weight properly theres no issue , do it wrongly your lifes in danger , fines etc need stopping , fail the scales the fights off and your purse is witheld and your opponent still gets paid seems fair to me

 

I agree, I do not think people think much about the opponent who is at a disadvantage, the fighter who has made the weight has struggled, boiled down and sacrificed. Weight limits are there for a reason.

And you're right, the paying public get cheated.

A fine isn't really helping the fighter who made weight correctly and I believe most of the time this is a completely calculated risk on the overweight fighters side.

A ban for any title fights for a period of time is a good idea.

 

Re the title fight ban it would pretty much only apply to that sanctioning board/governing body eg if floyd came in overweight for a wbc strap and the wbc banned him for a year from title fights I doubt the wba would ban him as well

 

Completely agree.

 

Something needs done, I would suggest the fight being stopped from taking place and the person who fails at the scales cannot fight again until he pays the guy he was scheduled to fight his purse for the fight