Weight drain - how valid an excuse is it?

maybe overused but then i rarely c it . i c injuries used much more often s Xcuses .

There R , although fewer than u think .


I might carry on d use of your "avatar" once u abandon it .

 

Now that's a Legitimate win. :yep

 

indeed , but that's not 2day .

 

today with months & months between fights, fights made months in advance and weeks & weeks to get down and train, No Excuse.

But in the past fighters were at times called to order with very little time to break a sweat, never mind lose 10, 15 or 20 lbs, it meant life or death!

 

Sometimes I think the weight drained excuse is really just that. Fighters let go of themselves between fights, balloon up in weight, and then basically go on a crash diet to shed the pounds.
It's as much a mark of poor discipline as anything.

It really depends though. Some fighters try and hang on in a weight division they have clearly outgrown, and do some crazy things to keep within the stipulated weight. I think it's those guys, the ones that drain themselves fight after fight, that suffer the most from weight cutting.

 

This is how most fighters view it.

Making weight is part of the game. You have to do it. If doing it weakens you, this is something you consciously risk and calculated to be a bigger man in the ring.

And if being sapped gets you beat, you earned it. Full credit to your opponent for preparing the right way and outfighting your ass.

 

Says the heavyweight...

But seriously if someone is weight drained they're weight drained. It's there job, so act professional.

 

Couple of things on LaMotta:

He had a substantial weight advantage over Robinson, a welter fighting up, in all their encounters. To use weight loss on his part as an excuse is an insult to the fact that he was fighting a much smaller man in every one of their bouts.

LaMotta made 160 for the fights leading up to that bout. He took a little extra time off, but if he sat on his arse and let himself get so overweight that he had to drain it leading up to the weigh-in, then the reason for the loss isn't weight drain -- it's lack of discipline.

If LaMotta stays in some semblance of shape during his few months of downtime, he makes weight as easily as in any other fight. "If he didn't have to cut so much weight ..." is trumped by "if he had cut the weight earlier in training or stayed away from the buffet ..."

 

Meh I used to use it a lot but a fighter knows their body more than anyone and knows the risks involved in trying to make weight. I can understand draining for getting that big fight which can benefit one and their family well but again boxers know the risks of making weight. They know what they're doing signing the contract.