CEJ under investigation - weight cut method issue

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  1. Notepad12

    Notepad12 Active Member Full Member

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    Footage of CEJ using a sauna suit to try make the weight cut...

    "The BBBofC rules indicate that use of a sauna and heat suit are strictly prohibited."

    ....What are the penalties if found guilty of this?
     
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    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Since when was that a rule?
    I thought they would all be at it.
     
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    Mark Anthony Internet virgin Full Member

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    DynamicMoves Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Eubank jr. fighting matchroom, the ref, now the bbbofc, and I guess Benn.
     
  5. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    1. It wasn't a heat suit it was a bin bag he was getting ready to put in the bin and he accidently poked his head through it

    2. It wasn't a sauna, it was a small room full of sweaty likely gay men which so happened to have a very high internal temperature and humidity.

    BBBoc can suck a lemon.

    "oooo it's dangerous" - Yes it is and it's a dangerous sport regardless, the brutality is what makes it great and the fighters great. How about they get rid of weight cuts entirely for a start and that has no conquences to the show.. Get rid of horsehair derative gloves... make it 8 rounds with 2 minute breaks. In fact just make it a simulated fight through a computer screen instead of a physical fight. Then wrap everyone in cotton wool from the womb and encase them in a bomb proof hermetically sealed vault (like AJ)
     
  6. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The BBBoC also ban PEDs but allowed Conor Henn to worm his way back into a big PPV fight.
     
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    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How do the BBBofC actually think people go about making weight? Boxers and jockeys have been doing precisely what Junior did forever.

    Wish Smith & Co had been as vocal about Benn and his two positive drug tests as they are about Junior and his sleeping bag in the sauna.
     
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    alpo1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    But the rehydration clause wasn't dangerous.

    Absolutely spineless melts.
     
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  9. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    It´s been a rule for a while now. Back in 2022 Casimero got caught using a sauna to cut weight, so the BBBofC prohibited him from fighting. As a result Casimero lost his WBO bantamweight belt.

    It´s a stupid rule because clearly it´s really hard to implement it. The only reason CEJ got busted is because he wanted to boast about his though weight cut.
    And I doubt Casimero intentionally broke that rule, he probably didn´t even know about it.
     
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