Should Boxing Weigh-in be Changed to the day of the Fight?

06-05-2006, 02:58 PM

This is obviously over the canclled bout between Coralles and Castillo with Castillo failing to make weigh in. This raises an important question. Say Castillio made weigh in: he then gets a day to re-hydrate and possibly gain up to 20 pounds. You are then not fighting in your weight class, and even a 2-3 pound difference makes a big difference in a fight. I know they moved it to the day before for protection of the boxers who'd have to go fight after totally dehyrating themsleves to make weigh-in, but does this make the field even more unfair?

06-05-2006, 02:58 PM	#1
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	Should Boxing Weigh-in be Changed to the day of the Fight? This is obviously over the canclled bout between Coralles and Castillo with Castillo failing to make weigh in. This raises an important question. Say Castillio made weigh in: he then gets a day to re-hydrate and possibly gain up to 20 pounds. You are then not fighting in your weight class, and even a 2-3 pound difference makes a big difference in a fight. I know they moved it to the day before for protection of the boxers who'd have to go fight after totally dehyrating themsleves to make weigh-in, but does this make the field even more unfair?