If we had same day weigh ins who would be champ of what division?

Think about it, the best 2 fighters of the last decade Manny & Floyd fight at or around the same weight they weigh in at.

 

I guess some might try and stick on a few lbs, but it's likely to be a losing proposition. Any weight advantage gained is likely to negated by the by the bodys inability to recuperate fast enough

BTW I'm firmly in favour of same day weigh-ins, though I'm well aware of the safety arguments on both sides.

Hmm. I like the idea of the thread BTW but it's actually really hard to know who could make what weight and how a slight increase or decrease would effect each fighter since fight weight information is so scant.

Obvs Floyd would rule 147 and 154 - maybe even 160 if GGG was unwilling to fight that low (I think GGG would prefer to fight at 168/175).
Froch would still be in the 168/75 mix as he currently fights around 172/3.

Ward - hard to say, I think he's pretty big on fight night (like 180+ similar to some LHWs) but I could be wrong. I'm sure he would be fine at 175 though

Stevenson as a ex SMW would probably fight at 175, but Kovalevs already pretty lean fighting at 183/4and might have to compete at cruiser.

Cruiser's a tricky one, cos its such a big class, but I reckon most of the guys at the top aren't fighting much above 200 anyways and would probably just fight a little lighter so possibly Huck.

HW remains uneffected obvs.

At the lower weights I'm even less sure of the likely changes, though there's a coupla standouts (like Rigo) who are already fighting around or above their 'natural' class.

 

Didnt odlh bail floyd out financially? Oscar is floyds daddy.

 

It would force them to either move up or be more disciplined and keep their weight down. Fighters really shouldnt be more than 7-10 pounds than where they fight at. Notice how the older fighters lasted longer because they took care of their bodies.

 

Whats wrong with SMW?

 

168 - Froch
175 - Ward

 

135- Uchiyama/Mikey
126- Rigondeaux
168- Sergio/Golovkin
160- Lara/Alvarez/Golovkin

I don't know, when it comes to the divisions you just bump a fighter up one when envisioning this, pretty much. Everybody would just be sapped out of a touch more energy but I don't see every fighter, especially higher up, being two whole divisions higher.

Discipline would become that much more important.

 

His in ring weights relative to the division of competition truly are throw back like no other.

 

147- Manny Pacquiao :good

 

122 rigo
140 pac
147 floyd
126 mikey
160 ggg
cw ward
hw chavez jr

 

Exactly. The theory of weigh ins the day before was to prevent dehydration and brain damage. If they cut the # of divisions in half and had same day weigh ins just imagine the matchups you could get. Donaire, Salido, Mares, Chris John, Mikey Garcia, Rigondeaux, Santa Cruz all in the same division?!

Instead you get guys like Bum Jr. pretending to be a MW with the help of Texas and diuretics instead of being the Cruiserweight he is.