Same day Weigh-ins. Yes or no?

Main events getting cancelled due to one fighter coming in way overweight, costing the networks, promotors and alphabets money...

 

No no no and no! Its out for a reason!

 

That's what I've argued for, weight testing over a longer period so that there's no cutting or dehydration going on. I thought they may need to start up to a month before, but fight week may be more practical.

 

yes I'm sure you're right.If the problem is extreme weight cutting to gain an edge then I'm sure it can be addressed and policed which would mean no fight or payday for those missing weight on purpose.
The scenario we have now is that it someone can make the weight then they're ok to fight in said division but what they weigh on the scales has no bearing on what they weigh on he might which is what counts.

I don't think it's even happened yet where a bigger guy after hydrating killed a man but Gatti v Gamache was called at the time as an example of someone having a size advantage and you could see Canelo was visibly concerned after knocking out Khan.
my guess is it might not change a thing but it would be seen to be doing th right thing in the spirit of the sport of boxing(whatever that is).

 

Of course NOT. This is a dumb idea. Less time to rehydrate. It might cause even more deaths if a guy enters a ring barely rehydrated 10 hrs after he made weight.

If you want to change the weigh in system then go for constant weight checks before a fight. Like 4 weeks, 3 weeks, 2 weeks, 1 week. If a guy losing too much weight in last 2 weeks - fight cancelled. At least on a certain level where you HAVE TO make weight (title fights, eliminators...). But this is hard as many fights would be cancelled and many fighters would have to change their weight cut massively. Tons of fighters cutting a lot of weight in the last few days so they can rehydrate more in shorter time period compared to cutting weight over a longer period. It's a very complex topic btw.

 

I agree it should be the same day, but I think they should incorporate one week weigh ins and things like that. It is not safe, but then again it is about fairness. I am for safety and fairness. How do you make both things incorporated into the rules?

 

This.

 

How it should work? This isn't realistic. There are guys like Gervonta Davis who are walking around 180 and fighting at 130 or 135.

 

1. If you make the weigh in an hour or two before the fight, how will a fighter have a chance to get an IV in with all the commission people around?

2. Both Jesse Owens, and Bob Hayes would be top sprinters today, if they were running on modern synthetic tracks, instead of cinder, which is nothing more than loose dirt with bits of wood in it.

 

The idea works in theory but if a fighter is still overweight the morning of the bout then they may still cut. Weight management isnt particularly easy and sometimes doesnt go to plan. If it means not fighting for the title or potentially having the bout cancelled then most would probably take the risk and hit the sauna.

Then you have the question of what time do you have the weigh in? Morning weigh ins, such as the IBF next day are still gamed by fighters so that wouldnt stop cutting and a couple of hours before means fighters waking up on the morning of the day at their weight limit means theyll go all day without food or water to make sure they dont go over in the hope they can make it up in the time between weigh in and ring walk.

The potential of fighters entering the ring dehydrated far outweights the risk of weight bullies.

The ONE championship method looks very good but a fighter could just go Keto that week/2 weeks before, stay hydrated, pass the SG test and then just carb load the night before and continue gaining weight.

Fighters of old entered the ring at their camp/walkaround weight because most of them fought once a month, maybe even more so they were always training. Fighters now fight twice a year and probably spend a good portion of their camp just trimming excess fat off because they lived like a king since their last bout.

 

It was proven after the Boom Boom Mancini debacle that not giving people time to rehydrate leads to more brain bleed problems. The brain is 60-70 percent water and when you lose water weight it no longer sits comfortably in the skull shell. When the brain literally bounces around inside the skull there is an increased opportunity for a brain bleed. Why not have both boxers weighed when they sign the contract and boxers must be within a certain distance of the division weight. Maybe the max is 10% but it ought to be easy for doctors to decide what the rule should be. This would cap someone who walks around at 170 to not be able to fight at less than 154 (153 but the division limit is 154) Maybe that is too much. I know amateur wrestling has a minimum weight people can wrestle at based on the body fat. Moving weigh ins to the day of the fight will cause more probems not less

 

Teddy Reid killed a guy and he was a very big 140.

 

Anybody who suggest this doesn't know * about boxing