Rehydration clause tomorrow night

Can Canelo and his team go one fight without cheating and stacking the deck?
Absolutely pathetic.

 

So I know that this is causing a lot of people to go bonkers, and personally I care for them, but rehydration limits have become pretty standard in boxing.

https://www.*****.net/2019/02/01/wbc-10-day-rehydration-clause-compulsory-title-fights/

Two years ago when Rigondeaux fought Lomachenko they agreed to a rehydration clause.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2017/11...agree-to-rehydration-limit-for-dec-9-showdown

They couldn't weigh more than 138 lbs the morning after the weigh-in. So where was the outrage there? Was Rigondeaux "stacking the deck" against Lomachenko??

When Mikey Garcia moved up and fought Errol Spence, both sides agreed to a rehydration clause. Neither fighter could surpass 157 lbs, 10 lbs above 147, at the weight check the morning of the fight. Then the day of the fight they can rehydrate to as much as they want. I don't care for them because it forces both fighters to get up early the day of the fight and go to a weigh-in before eating breakfast. But we've seen rehydration clauses in recent years when fighters move-up. Canelo and Kovalev is subject to the same rules that Rigondeaux and Lomachenko were, the same rules that Mikey Garcia and Errol Spence were. So if you didn't complain about those then then complaining about one now is dumb.

Kovalev inherently has the decked stacked against Canelo as he's the bigger fighter, fighting in his weight division, and there was no catchweight as many said there would be. Why is it OK for there to be rehydration clauses for Rigondeaux Lomachenko or Garcia Spence but when there's one for Canelo Kovalev everyone goes bonkers?

 

Damage Control Unit Shadow-111 has arrived.

 

LOL Rigondeaux Lomachecnko had one, Garcia Spence had one. No one batted an eyelid. No one complained. Now they find out there's one here and they throw a hissy fit. So please explain why it's OK for rehydration clauses there but not one here?

 

These fighters had more than 6 weeks to train and they weren't 36 years old. Keep coping though.

 

Maybe you'd like it if Canelo had to fight Kovalev with one arm tied behind his back. Would that be fair to you LOL.

 

And they tried to hide it. That’s what makes it so much more pathetic.

 

Because there's no IBF belt on the line unlike Spence-Garcia.
So why did Canelo do this to an old declining fighter and told the promotion to keep it on the low?
Because he's a *****, thats why.

 

LMAO That's the argument you are making. Seriously? Reyhdration clauses are only fair if you have more than 6 weeks to train and are below a certain age? Don't you realize you're trying to stack the deck against Canelo by giving advantages to Kovalev for being old.

 

Rehydration clauses are only fair if they don't drain the bigger fighter severely. Obviously draining takes a bigger toll on someone who is already old, then that is even harder to do. Kovalev already missed weight because he had short time to train, and after that he has to fulfill a rehydration clause. So no, this type of ****ery is anything but fair.

 

good point. if hes too old to be #1, then let canelo get rid of him, he dont belong there anyway. at least this way he gets 12 million for his belts.

 

Rehydration clauses have become pretty standard in boxing. Why are you assuming that Canelo told the promotion to keep it on the low? This information typically comes out the week of the fight, didn't the same thing happen in Garcia Spence? It was announced that there was a rehydration clause. No one cared, no one said anything. But because Kovalev is old now it's this big thing like Canelo was trying to keep all this hush hush. This **** is mental. Stop making excuses for Kovalev because he's old. Kovalev shouldn't get any preferential treatment or additional advantages that other fighters didn't have because he's older. Loma had to do a rehydration clause when fighting a much smaller man, Spence had to do a rehydration clause when fighting a much smaller man. Kovalev does too, he doesn't get preferential treatment because he's old. Canelo is fighting him at 175 lbs. That's a massive advantage for Kovalev. To give Kovalev additional advantages is pandering and to throw hissy fits about it when Loma and Spence had to do the same thing is sissy ****.

 

Of course being older draining takes a bigger toll on someone, but there's no catchweight so Kovalev not making the 175 lb limit on his first attempt isn't due to any attempted draining, making 175 is his responsibility. That's his weight class where he's champ lol. Why are you making excuses for him saying that he didn't make weight because he had a short time to train?

You can make the argument as many have that because of the short training camp he didn't have time to put on weight then have to take it off again which also would make it heard to make weight. (think Naz vs Barrera where Naz put on lbs then signed to fight Barrera and had to shed all that weight which affected his performance)

Many intelligent posters have made the argument that the short camp benefits Kovalev because he will stay in fighting shape and closer to 175. And let me be clear that I'm not a fan of the same day weigh-ins, but I'm just pointing out that if it's OK for there to be one in other fights where a guy is moving up in weight then it should be OK here, otherwise you are trying to stack the deck against Canelo when he's already not insisted on a catchweight which would have drained Kovalev.

 

I’m absolutely floored, shocked even, that Euros are crying about something.

 

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