What if boxing would have kept the old weight divisions and same day weigh in

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  1. bad4benny

    bad4benny Member Full Member

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    I just read a thread then about weight divisions and which fighters would have been where. Think about it with same day weigh ins aswell cause a lot of fighters take a lot of weight off before for eg remember when clottey weighed in nextday at 170 so what would he be a middleweight with stricter training or go to lightheavy ,ricky hatton would be a possible middleweight so think of the matchups
     
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  2. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Weights in should be just one hour before entering the ring.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    The big differene is weight-making would be less of a science. You can't send a guy into the ring to fight with 12lbs cut from his body becaue you will lose (though people did). I don't like to see these guys making weight so severely. I don't think guys can give of their best when cutting so much weight, so it's the fan that's cheated (Again).
     
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  4. bad4benny

    bad4benny Member Full Member

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    thats what im saying but who would be where now all the middles would be light heavies and the welters would be middleweights
     
    bad4benny, Jan 20, 2009
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  5. imp4pdabest

    imp4pdabest Guest

    Basically, you would see AM & PW fighting guys their sizes!
     
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  6. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    they changed it becuase fighters were working so hard to make weight that on fight night (hours later) they couldnt perform and some actually managed to die on the course of 15 rounds or managed to end up in critical condition
     
    AbbasKhan6428, Jan 20, 2009
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  7. DOM5153

    DOM5153 They Cannot Run Forever Full Member

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    boxers like margarito wouldnt be able 2 put on 15 pounds after weigh in it would be for the better
     
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  8. imp4pdabest

    imp4pdabest Guest

    LoL. You would see guys like PW & AM getting KO'd by guys like Judah & PBF
     
    imp4pdabest, Jan 20, 2009
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  9. imp4pdabest

    imp4pdabest Guest

    LoL. True, but dont forget about Oscar. Oscar was the first fighter that stopped allowing HBO to weigh him on fight night because of that. :deal
     
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  10. DOM5153

    DOM5153 They Cannot Run Forever Full Member

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    lol ur right i saw him against magic man he was built like a tank :lol:
     
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  11. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    It doesn't matter one single bit because the same size guys would be fighting each other but just be in a division with a different name. People get too nostalgic about the "old days" especially in boxing and tend to exaggerate how good they really were.
     
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  12. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Everybody moves up 1 division, and we see far more brain injuries and ring deaths.
     
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  13. imp4pdabest

    imp4pdabest Guest

    Ricky Hatton would be a JMW, Guzman would be a WW, AA would be a LHW!
     
    imp4pdabest, Jan 20, 2009
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  14. ninebar

    ninebar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So why not post in it then instead of starting a new one:bbb
    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118351
     
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  15. imp4pdabest

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    It would make fighters work harder. They would have to train full time. I wish it was like this.
     
    imp4pdabest, Feb 16, 2009
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