Fighters who came in over the weight limit and still loses the fight in the process

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Missing weight will happen every so often, whether its having troubles with the weight, lack of discipline, or a poor attempt to gain an unfair advantage. Are there any fights that you can think of where one guy misses weight, intentionally or unintentionally, with the fight still proceeding as scheduled and the end result is the fighter who failed to make weight also losing the fight in the process?
     
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  2. Drew101

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    Lupe Pintor vs Samart Payakaroon.
     
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  3. NoNeck

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    Stephen “Fat Boy” Fulton
     
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  5. clum

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    Chartchai Chionoi against Susumu Hanagata. Weighed in at 115.5 for a flyweight title defense, got stripped before the fight (which he proceeded to lose anyway), and came in at 130 for his next fight. Needless to say, he didn't have a lot of career left.

    Toney against Thadzi. This was supposed to be for a light-heavyweight title. Because Toney came in at 179, does this count as his only cruiserweight loss?

    In this scenario, is it more common for the overweight fighter to win or for the overweight fighter to lose? The only fight I know of when the overweight fighter won was Toney (again!) against Francesco Dell'Aquila (but I'm sure there have been plenty).
     
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  6. El'Ice

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    His mind is not on it anymore.
     
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  7. Flo_Raiden

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    Most recently Luis Nery came in 4 lbs overweight against John Riel Casimero and ended up getting dropped 6x and stopped within 4 rounds. Same guy who popped dirty and also came over weight intentionally in other fights prior so seeing him ragdolled around was satisfying.
     
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  8. NoNeck

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    Both of these guys need to cash out in bare knuckle or retire.
     
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    I’m convinced Toney’s fights vs John Ruiz and Rahman II were no contests because James failed to make heavyweight.
     
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  10. Flo_Raiden

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    Fulton vs Nery as a retirement fight for both of them. Fatten up and weigh in however much they want since they're good at missing weight. Make it happen.
     
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    Luis Concepcion came in 4.5 lbs over weight at Super Flyweight against Nonito Donaire and still ended up losing via UD.
     
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