Why do most deaths and serious injuries happen in the lower weight classes

I think they should just outright ban dehydration, if a substance was that dangerous and advantageous it easilly would've been.

 

How would that happen?

 

You'd need to set some minimal hydration level at the way in. Urine tests (not allowing any diuretics) could do it routinely, and I'd be surprised if there wasn't a way to do it with blood tests or something randomly to check for cheaters who still get through.

 

Weight is the main reason as stated by the posts above. 140 lb former champs
Kostya Tszyu , Ricky Hatton and Terence Crawford virtually walked around as
LHW when not in training camp. Another is allowing the fighters to rehydrate
with no limit. Pacquiao vs Margarito . Pacquiao 148 vs Margarito 165. Even though
Pacquiao won in near shut out the heavier punches and physical punishment meant he
was never the same afterwards. A even more brutal conclusion was Arturo Gatti vs
Joey Gamache . At fight night Gamache 145 and Gatti 160. A brutal ko with Gamache
spending a work in hospital and the end of his career.

 

Hi everyone, I reckon a few people have nailed it.

A. Dehydration in the lighter classes, especially the 112-135 divisions.
B. Unlike Heavyweights the little guys don't hit hard enough as a rule to end fights quickly. I have seen some absolutely horrific beatings in the flyweight to lightweight classes. Fighters who get concussed early in a fight and then just get beat on for 12 rounds.

I have seen more than a few arguments that also reckon modern heavier gloves also contribute to fighters being badly hurt compared to the old 6 oz or even 4 oz gloves of the past. They also contribute to incorrect punching form.

Good thread ty.

Cheers.

 

Heavyweights can end it quicker, whereas the lower weights absorb tremendous amounts of punishment and reinjury to the same spots over and over.