Thread: Sign of being weight drained?

I just watched a 130 pound fight where one of the guys weighed in at 130 the night before the fight but then came into the ring at 147. Could this be a sign that he was over trained or not?

yes, that's a definite sign of a fighter being weight drained. imo, fighters who put on alot of weight after the weigh-in are either not in great shape to begin with and/or, have a distinct advantage by putting on all that weight. boxing should make it mandatory that fighters cannot put on more than 10-12 lbs. after the weigh-in. that way it would be fairer for everyone involved.

there's the weight gain, although sometimes it's due to lack of dedication, stamina problems in a fighter who would usually have at least decent stamina, very low punch output, pushed punches, all of the above are clear signs, there are also cases in which a fighter looks sickly (Morales in the last Pacquiao fight, and others)

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

there's the weight gain, although sometimes it's due to lack of dedication, stamina problems in a fighter who would usually have at least decent stamina, very low punch output, pushed punches, all of the above are clear signs, there are also cases in which a fighter looks sickly (Morales in the last Pacquiao fight, and others)

Yeah the fighter in the fight I was watching displayed those signs. Albeit he was fighting a very good opponent but he too was a good fighter. There was even a short history leading up to the fight where were discussing how one fighter wasn't going to fight the other guy at 135 and demanded that it be at 130.

What's funny is that with all the hoopla about draining fighters, this particular fighter earned his most significant victory over a fighter that in hindsight was clearly weight drained. I mean he looked like OSCAR in the pac fight...

Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

there's the weight gain, although sometimes it's due to lack of dedication, stamina problems in a fighter who would usually have at least decent stamina, very low punch output, pushed punches, all of the above are clear signs, there are also cases in which a fighter looks sickly (Morales in the last Pacquiao fight, and others)

Yeah the fighter in the fight I was watching displayed those signs. Albeit he was fighting a very good opponent but he too was a good fighter. There was even a short history leading up to the fight where were discussing how one fighter wasn't going to fight the other guy at 135 and demanded that it be at 130.

What's funny is that with all the hoopla about draining fighters, this particular fighter earned his most significant victory over a fighter that in hindsight was clearly weight drained. I mean he looked like OSCAR in the pac fight...

What fight was it?

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

there's the weight gain, although sometimes it's due to lack of dedication, stamina problems in a fighter who would usually have at least decent stamina, very low punch output, pushed punches, all of the above are clear signs, there are also cases in which a fighter looks sickly (Morales in the last Pacquiao fight, and others)

Yeah the fighter in the fight I was watching displayed those signs. Albeit he was fighting a very good opponent but he too was a good fighter. There was even a short history leading up to the fight where were discussing how one fighter wasn't going to fight the other guy at 135 and demanded that it be at 130.

What's funny is that with all the hoopla about draining fighters, this particular fighter earned his most significant victory over a fighter that in hindsight was clearly weight drained. I mean he looked like OSCAR in the pac fight...

What fight was it?

Mayweather-Corrales

He's talking about Mayweather-Corrales.

Yes, Diego was weight drained, but he would've been dominated by Floyd that night no matter what the weight was.

Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

there's the weight gain, although sometimes it's due to lack of dedication, stamina problems in a fighter who would usually have at least decent stamina, very low punch output, pushed punches, all of the above are clear signs, there are also cases in which a fighter looks sickly (Morales in the last Pacquiao fight, and others)

Yeah the fighter in the fight I was watching displayed those signs. Albeit he was fighting a very good opponent but he too was a good fighter. There was even a short history leading up to the fight where were discussing how one fighter wasn't going to fight the other guy at 135 and demanded that it be at 130.

What's funny is that with all the hoopla about draining fighters, this particular fighter earned his most significant victory over a fighter that in hindsight was clearly weight drained. I mean he looked like OSCAR in the pac fight...

What fight was it?

Mayweather-Corrales

That's the fight I thought you were referring to.

Originally Posted by SweetPea

He's talking about Mayweather-Corrales.

Yes, Diego was weight drained, but he would've been dominated by Floyd that night no matter what the weight was.

Possibly, but not 5 KDs worth...and the diego that fough JLC would have been much more game....

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

there's the weight gain, although sometimes it's due to lack of dedication, stamina problems in a fighter who would usually have at least decent stamina, very low punch output, pushed punches, all of the above are clear signs, there are also cases in which a fighter looks sickly (Morales in the last Pacquiao fight, and others)

I will admit that I don't look at a lot of weigh-ins but I do remember the photos from Morales - Pacquiao 3 and Morales looked like death. I knew right there that the fight leaning in Pac's favor.

i went to the 3rd morales/pacquiao fight and morales did look like he was about to drop dead from being weight drained. he also looked weight drained for their 2nd fight as well.

I'll never forget the state of oscar at the Pac weigh in, he looked like a poverty stricken pauper. Looked so ill.

Originally Posted by milmascaras1

i went to the 3rd morales/pacquiao fight and morales did look like he was about to drop dead from being weight drained. he also looked weight drained for their 2nd fight as well.

Amazingly the two fights he lost...

yeah, isn't that something, morales being weight drained for those two fights. just goes to show everyone that his body was no longer responding like before and he was near the end of fighting as a contender.

Ricky Hatton was weight drain at 140 against the Pacman, even though he came in at 140, that's what I heard from his fans. The theory was that Hatton likes to balloon to 190 pounds between bouts and it took a lot of energy out of him to get back to 140. Anyways weight drain or not Hatton wasn't going to win even if he was allowed to come in at 147 and Pacquiao at 140.

The talent and skill level between the 2 is huge.