Weigh in / weight class

No, the weigh ins were moved for safety reasons and it seems to work. I would like "them" to look at limiting the amount of weight that can be put on in the 24 hours between the weigh in and the fight though.

 

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Agree, but If they wanted it to be safe they would put in measures to ensure a fighter isnt dehydrated.

Cutting loads of weight by dehydrating isnt healthy!

 

Fighters will always cut weight though, even to the detriment of their health. What ever system is in place has to protect the fighters from themselves as much as anything else.

 

Ideally we'd have a same day weigh-in system, with check weigh-ins a month and a week before the fight.

But like Gaz says people will always cut, so the system needs to be designed to prevent them cutting too much in the training period and also putting on too much after the fight. I'd like to see a 5% rule brought in.

It's also noteworthy that most of the top P4P fighters at the minute aren't weight cutters, they are the most skilled operators and don't rely on size/weight to beat their opponents.

A middleweight entering the ring around 180 is ridiculous. If you're that size, fight at 168 or 175, against ''people your own size''.

 

I disagree, its just a natural weight which means the body is happier / stronger.


Agree and this is just as big a problem for safety, if your weighing nearly a stone more than your opponent the likelihood of injuring your opponent massively increases.

 

I'd guess theres also an argument that under the current system this huge rehydrating is an option for all fighters, not just the ones that do it.

 

Is huge rehydrating a good thing for the sport?

Does it make contests fair & is it safer than same day weigh ins?

I would prefer same-day weigh ins, with checkweights before & a rehydration limit set at around 5% of bodyweight.

That might make more fighters fight nearer their natural weight, which would be a good thing imo

 

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Yeah but then Rob won't be able to praise Mayweather for beating Ortiz

 

Its not ideal but yes it is safer than same day weigh ins. Any solution to the issues it brings with it has to bear that in mind.

The checkweights and rehydration limits are good ideas but talking about going back to same day weigh-ins is a moot point because it will never happen. No commission, organization etc will sign off on repealing what is seen as a safety measure.

 

Didn't jcc jnr not train well and had to cut a lot of weight quickly? Might explain his huge rehydrated size. I'm not sure if it works like that, just plucking a possibly valid point from the maelstrom of **** that is the general.

 

Don't agree with same day weigh ins. But definitely rehydration restrictions of upto 8-10lbs. It would stop one fighter from gaining a significant size advantage on another. Cutting 20lbs+ in body water is not healthy at all so would also help prevent fighters from doing themselves internal damage from drying out.

 

When you gonna do these rehydration restriction check weigh-ins?

The only time to know for sure is before they do the ring walk. You gonna disqualify a fighter minutes before a fight with thousands of fans in the arena?

 

This would raise the horrible possibility of fighters entering the ring underweight and trying to survive until the end of round 1 when they can drink a gallon of water in their corner though!

I agree with 24hr weigh ins, but I think there should be step down weigh-ins previously to make sure the fighter is dropping weight correctly, not boiling it off, or being rehydrated intravenously after a weigh-in.