I used to hate it... now I accept it as simply part of the sport. Some people either have the genetics to make unusually large weight cuts and get to weight classes they seem too big for, and others go to hell and back to make it, and some have both.... why should they be prevented from making a weight they can physically make? Idk.
Like Kirk, i used to hate it. Now it's just 'Bis'niss as usual' in boxing. It's up to the ABC's or state commissions to squash this. Impose a second day weigh in limit. How freakin hard is that?
Depends what you mean by weight bullying, bigger fighters shrinking into smaller weight classes is not weight bullying. if you make weight you made weight but if you mean people making fighters in their divisions take catchweights instead of fighting at the full weight limit then that is some bull crap and i can’t get behind that at all. It’s usually done by ‘A-sides’ to limit the chance of a threat beating them.
Crawford was draining to make 135. Would rehydrate to nearly 20lbs. Chavez Jr. at 160 would hit 180lbs. Errol Spence drains to make 147. Brook even more eyeball socketed could make 147. Many Cruiserweights are simply Heavyweights. Look how massive Usyk or Gassiev looked in the ring vs their weigh ins.
Never heard of the term during the days of same day weigh-ins. I believe if you make the weight, then it is not an issue since it is within the rules but I long for the days of same day weigh-ins when boxers fought in the divisions they really belonged in.
I could be wrong but I think making huge weight cuts works until the fighters are around 28/29 years old, after that the benefits aren't as great and it becomes much harder to do them.
I'm in two minds. On the one hand it's clearly advantageous to have a significant weight advantage over your opponent. On the other hand if the bully messes up the cut he could be worse off. Canelo to me was an example of a weight bully at 154. He was much larger and stronger than most of his opponents. On the other hand he gassed by round 4 and seemed to live on the ropes. When he stopped cutting vast amounts of weight and joined 160, his stamina, mobility and chin all magically improved. So clearly his weight advantage at 154 was offset by the toll weight cutting takes. I guess I'm in the "we have to live with it" camp.
