Biggest weight gain from the day before the fight

He was 170 and was weighed fully clothed.

He could of had items in his pockets/jacket pockets etc.

He came in against Judah at 156. So something was not right with that weigh in.

 

I really struggle to believe some of these weight claims.

I assume most of the weights quoted for the fight are fully clothed on fight night which would account for some of the difference.


I mean 20 pounds is ridiculous - that is about 20 pints of water - being retained. Youd probably need to drink alot more than that (ie 30 pints min) to actually hold and retain that much fluid. To even attempt that would be very dangerous.


Are there any medically trained people who can tell me that this is possible / how this is possible?

 

Pacman was 148 lbs after weighing in 130 for Marquez fight

 

Wrong.
He was 145 after weighing 129.

 

It is very possible and happens often, how well people can do it depends on a few factors though.
Semi fasting and dehydrating for a weigh in is a real trick that can give a fighter a significant advantage by fight time if his opponent hasn't done it. In effect, you are gaining a significant weight advantage.

Truth be told, a good fighter that conditions himself to this process well will be sitting at least 10lb above his "fighting weight" year round (obviously significantly more when not in training). The weigh in weight isn't the true weight of a fighter, rather an artificial limit attained for as little as possible a few hours a year.

First of all, not all the weight is water. If you have ever weighed yourself in the morning after taking a dump and not having had anything to eat or drink you will considerbaly lighter than at the end of the day. This in itself can be 6 - 8 lb's.
Imagine doing this but on a larger scale, reduce food intake for the days leading up to the fight, keep all carbohydrates low particularly - which also reduces glycogen storage (which can be another 4lb's or so) and even take some diuretics to take a further 5 - 6lb's of water the night before weigh in.

The tricky part however is ensuring carbohydrates, water and other nutrients are reloaded rapidly enough afterwards so you are close to 100% before figt time.
In the past when fighters fought the same day as they weighed in, people had all sorts of problems with this. The answer which was to have them weigh in early, while fixing the problem to an extent, further encourages people to go nuts with the process.

 

Should Clottey try to gain as much as possible against Cotto? Could he get up to around 160-165 comfortably?

 

There was a fight about a year after Toney fought Jones, against Ernest Mateen, where Toney weighed about 20 lbs. more than after he weighed in.

I think he had clothes on though.

 

Hugo Pineda weighed 167 fight night for his WW bout with Trinidad...