I'm not even close to fighting yetand just thought of some things I'd like to know: 1) How long before a fight do you get weighed? 2) When you go away and have week long tourneys are you weighed everyday or just prior to a fight? 3) When turning pro do many guys choose a weight lower to what they were in AM due to increased time to make weight? Cheers
1.) Day of the match, depends on where you're at. 2.) You have to make weight everyday. 3.) I would assume so.
1) My last fight for example, and it was very similiar for the ones before that, we started weighing in at 9am then the bouts started at 7pm. So theres time to rehydrate and load up on some good carbs. 2) Never did a big tournament so I wouldn't know. Did one that was classified as it but was only 3 guys in my weigh class. Someone else can get that one. 3) Wouldn't know this one either but I'm assuming the smart ones pick the weight that they can make and still feel comfortable and strong at.
2) i fought the british uni championships and had to weigh in everyday....fri sat sunday, there was some argument that once u weighed in on the first day the next 2 days you could weigh in 10percent over.... not sure how true this is as the coaches were arguing over it
3) Never heard of any boxers doing this. Most elite amatures weight just about as low as they can anyways.
That doesnt sound right about a fighter being able to weigh in 10% over. If a fighter was fighting at 64kg and weighed in 10% over the next day he would be over 70kg which would make him 2 weight classes heavier. As far as i know you have to weigh in everyday on your weight.
yeh 10% doesn't seem right now that you've done the math....but fighters were definetely given an extra half kilo
Varies all over the world it seems. For me 1) At 'club shows' weighins are supposed to start 2hrs before the event. At the tournament I was in weighins started at 8am and fights started at 1pm and then another session at 7pm. 2) Depends. I've only been to one tournament. I fought three days in a row and had to weigh in under 69kg/151.1lbs every day. Someone at my gym goes to international tournaments and there everyone has to weigh in on the first day, and after that you just weigh in on days that you fight. 3) Don't care enough to find specific examples of boxers and what weight they fought at amateur/pro but it happens all the time. I fight at 69kg/151.8lbs. In a few years if I decide to pro I'd fight at 147 or maybe even 140. Extra time between weighins and the fight means you can dehydrate yourself more and weigh in lower.
