Ignorant boxing question

No.

 

He could come in any weight as long as that fighter does not go over the contracted weight, and yes Marquez could have gone in at 135 ,but that would have been suicide against a fighter like Floyd.

 

Weight limits are for maximum weight only.

Henry Armstrong regularly fought below the limits he fought at.

 

Wait, I thought there was...? I'm pretty sure Roy Jones was <200lbs when he fought Ruiz, but I thought they changed the rules since then? I read it on here a few months back- and it wasn't just one person saying it, it seemed to be a consensus

 

I'm pretty sure Roy Jones weighed in somewhere in the lower 190s. At any rate, the contracted weights are for maximum weight only. Paul Williams occcasionally fights below the weight limit as well.

 

Roy was actually 199 not the 193 he weighed in at.


But you can weigh whatever as long as your not over.

 

all the above posts are bang on. MOST of the time the weight stipulations are only for over. however sometimes it's written in that fights have to maintain a minimum weight

for instance, mayweather could not weight in less than 151 when fighting oscar (i believe) for fear he'd be too quick. rare though

 

There is a minimum requirement for strawweight fights though, right? Several fighters, most notably Pacquiao, have put weights in their pants to make the required limit.

 

That would make sense... you don't want a 80 lb dude getting broken in half.

 

tiny ****ers can go compete at minimum weight if they want

 

I've never actually read that there is a minimum weight but I can't see why boxers would carry weights if there wasn't. It's only logical that there is some minimum limit.

 

there is a minimum weight class (105 i believe). can't see why straws wouldn't compete there if they want

correction: i'm a huge tit and minimum IS strawweight, just what the WBA calls it

 

That's not an ignorant question although some of the answers were. Of course their is otherwise we would be living in an 8 division era and not a 17 one. Their is no freakin way that a featherweight weighing in at 126 today would be able to challenge for a lightweight title.

 

It's not an ignorant question. No one seems to know the real answer.

http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-03.htm

http://www.abcboxing.com/documents/abcboxing_regulatory_guidelines.htm

Scroll down and you'll see various weight difference allowances according to the Association of Boxing Commissions.:good