[daveDaboxingfan]

The weight-in the day before is BS
The weight-in should be no earlier then 3 hours before the fight.

 

[TripleA]

I completely agree. The fighters should do the weigh in befoer they get the tape put on and not 36 hours prior.

 

[roysclockgun]

I have, for years, believed that the day before weigh-in is not only a cheat, but very dangerous to the boxers. Who follows boxing that doesn't know that that a 160 lb. boxer enters the ring weighing 176 lbs.? Dehydrating that much, just to make weight is not a joke, it is life threatening. A boxer would be much less apt to dehydrate a couple hours before a fight, knowing how weak such an action would cause him to be! Having boxers step on the scale just before entering the ring makes sense.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

Plus it’s not fair for the naturally smaller guy as he can’t just gain weight over night to be bigger and stronger.
This will help keep the bigger guys where they belong with the bigger guys.
I always felt this way but it really hit me when I saw corales VS Castillo 2
That is the perfect example of it.

 

[Word2Action]

I have, for years, believed that the day before weigh-in is not only a cheat, but very dangerous to the boxers. Who follows boxing that doesn't know that that a 160 lb. boxer enters the ring weighing 176 lbs.? Dehydrating that much, just to make weight is not a joke, it is life threatening. A boxer would be much less apt to dehydrate a couple hours before a fight, knowing how weak such an action would cause him to be! Having boxers step on the scale just before entering the ring makes sense.

This is absolutely the issue at hand. Hey, if its for the sake of the livelihood of the fighter then weighing in the day before can't be that bad can it? I don't want to see a boxer collapse during a fight because he was dehydrated. Let them get their fluids back in.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

This is absolutely the issue at hand. Hey, if its for the sake of the livelihood of the fighter then weighing in the day before can't be that bad can it? I don't want to see a boxer collapse during a fight because he was dehydrated. Let them get their fluids back in.

just fight at your correct weight and you wont be dehydrated for the fight.
it is really that simple.

 

[roysclockgun]

I do know a bit about, "Anything for the almighty dollar!", and THAT is why boxing runs into most of it's tragedies and scandals. If the fighters were weighed just before the bout and we began to see some of them collapse during the bouts and those collapses are traced to dehydrating to make weight, then stricter oversight of trainers would have to be instituted and if trainers were shown to be dehydrating boxers to make weight, then they would be heavilly fined/expelled from boxing, whatever! This sham of having what are supposed to be 160lb boxers, entering the ring at 176lbs., simply has to end. We all would like to see boxing move forward and continue to have enough draw to warrant international TV contracts. That is not going to happen if fewer and fewer people watch. What most fans want to see in boxing is a lot of action between well matched boxers, not boxers coming down in weight, artificially, just to make weight, in a match-up in which they think that they can win big bucks.
Certainly the size of the purse is determined by how much revenue a fight can generate, but big bucks are generated by boxers who time after time, put on great fights in weight classes in which they belong.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

I do know a bit about, "Anything for the almighty dollar!", and THAT is why boxing runs into most of it's tragedies and scandals. If the fighters were weighed just before the bout and we began to see some of them collapse during the bouts and those collapses are traced to dehydrating to make weight, then stricter oversight of trainers would have to be instituted and if trainers were shown to be dehydrating boxers to make weight, then they would be heavilly fined/expelled from boxing, whatever! This sham of having what are supposed to be 160lb boxers, entering the ring at 176lbs., simply has to end. We all would like to see boxing move forward and continue to have enough draw to warrant international TV contracts. That is not going to happen if fewer and fewer people watch. What most fans want to see in boxing is a lot of action between well matched boxers, not boxers coming down in weight, artificially, just to make weight, in a match-up in which they think that they can win big bucks.
Certainly the size of the purse is determined by how much revenue a fight can generate, but big bucks are generated by boxers who time after time, put on great fights in weight classes in which they belong.

very good point

 

[bill1234]

It is BS that do the weigh in 1 day before the fight, last thanksgiving I gained 8lbs from just pigging out, the fighters might do the same thing even though I kind of doubt that.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

It is BS that do the weigh in 1 day before the fight, last thanksgiving I gained 8lbs from just pigging out, the fighters might do the same thing even though I kind of doubt that.

WOW 8LBs of food in one day.
i love TG day to.

the next boxer thats going to be doing the same thing is
paul williams.

i think 6'2 and made 147 pounds that is nutz.

 

[bill1234]

He can't have any muscel or fat on him.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

comming back

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

Why most boxers don’t want the weigh-in 1-2 hours before a fight?

Why most boxers don’t want the weigh-in 1-2 hours before a fight?

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

Why most boxers don’t want the weigh-in 1-2 hours before a fight?
1-Because they are punks.
2-they don’t want to fight somebody their own size
3-the bigger guys want to just beat on the naturally smaller guys.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

A naturally smaller guy can’t just go up in weight over night or get stronger so why allow it happen.

 

[daveDaboxingfan]

i am a Cotto fan.

but how would he do on his next fight against a true 156 or 160 guy would he be able to take the power.
would he still be able to over power the other guy the way he does it now.

i don't think so.
i guess he too is a punk.