Porter-Broner Fight Has A 10 Pound Rehydration Clause

Very old news, Paul.

 

good for boxing.

Time these guys sto rehydrating 20 pounds over the weight limit

 

I agree it will be good for boxing when it is standardized across divisions as a % of the division weight limit. I feel stuck in a catch-22 right now because it feels unfair in one-off situations like these to the guy who's not used to a rehydration limit. But then again how will things change if we don't start somewhere? :think

 

I don't mind rehydration clauses, but if there's already a catch weight in place it's clear Broner tries to drain him.

 

Pathetic.

 

This isn't good either one guy will be drained regardless ..Catchweights suck all together.

 

Or they could fight at the regular weight limit and not have a catchweight fight which is the problem to begin with. Not sure how they can really enforce a re hydration clause and it is actually dangerous. People react different to fluids, sodium etc one person may drink 16 oz and gain 3 pounds another might gain 5. It isn't an exact science.

 

Umm, yeah.

This was part of the contract when it was signed a couple of months back.

Nothing new here

 

I have the feeling this fight might be cancelled due to weight issues. What was Porter's fightnight weight last time out?

 

Enforcing a rehydration clause is simple. You weigh the fighters again officially before they enter the ring. You would have to give the new rule a lag period of at least a year, probably two, before coming into effect so that fighters could adjust to what their new weight class would be. In no way would it be more dangerous to have fighters cutting less weight once their bodies became adjusted.

And I can guarantee you that no one on earth gains either 3 or 5 lbs from drinking 16 oz of anything. Well, maybe 16 oz of Mercury. :think

 

Porters father said he was 154 a month out from the fight.

If thats true, he shouldnt have too many problems getting to 144

 

then you are not aware of the effects of sodium (which just about every bottled water adds) and other electrolytes on the body. You would literally have to either not drink anything or stand on a scale all day before the fight monitoring it which is ridiculous. It is dangerous.

 

Explain the dangers to me then, please. What would happen is fighters would move to their correct divisions within the bounds of a 7.5% rehydration limit. If you are a fighter who usually drains 20 lbs at MW like Quillin or Lee then you would not be able to squeeze down to the 172 rehydration limit at MW but you would be perfect for the rehydration limit of SMW which would be 180.5 and you would move up. The landscape would change and we would see the divisions represented by fighters of more equal size.

Please explain to me how a person can gain 5 lbs from ingesting 16 oz of anything.

 

I took classes in sports medicine and nutrition. I also cut weight, wrestled and boxed in college.

The rehydration cause it dangerous because our bodies are 60-80% water and it's important for all our functions. The sweat to cool our bodies down, CSF fluid to protect our brains, the glucose in our blood which supplies energy to our muscles. Being low on H20 will mean Porter has compromised the whole system and be sluggish. Porter isn't only going to want to drink 10 lbs of liquid, he probably also needs 10 lbs of food for energy. He can easily sweat out 5-8lbs of sweat on fight night and will probably be slow to react and have less CSF fluid to cushion his brain on impact.

The problem is that most fighters in a division are already cutting about the same and rehydrating about the same. It's more common for example top middle weights to weigh in 160 and come in 170+ on fight night. There is only one top middleweight who probably came in at 160 on fight night, Cotto. Everyone else at middle is about the same size: GGG, Quillen, Lee, etc. So they are all already about equal size.

I think the best way to avoid size advantages would be to go back to same day weigh-ins so fighters are more likely to fight closer to their natural weights. Just about everyone would go up a weight class.