Can somebody explain to me how being weight-drained affects a boxers chin?

For example, whenever people bring up Cotto being badly rocked by Corley and Torres they point to the fact that he was weight-drained from having to make 140. I don't doubt that this could be true, but I have never seen convincing evidence presented as to how it would affect his chin. Is it just something as simple as the fact that being dehydrated etc. would make a person more prone to passing out/dizziness? I can easily understand it eroding a fighters resistance to body punches, but how does it affect a fighters ability to take head shots?

weight drained can be a factor as so to speak in the manner of upseting your system by not eating solid foods for upto 3 days for some guys and taking a limited amount of liquids which will weaken a fighter and lessen there reflexs and decrese the stamina in turn they may not see in coming punches as well as they norm do...........the classic case of " the punch you dont see is the one that gets you" some boxer can do it better then others..........bottomline it doesnt give you a weaker chin just tires you quicker which lowers your ability to take punches

I would kind of see it like taking a punch first thing in the morning right after you wake up and eat breakfast as opposed to that same punch later on in the afternoon after being at work all day right before dinner after not having lunch.

When a fighter is weight-drained, the water that would normally protect the brain is no longer there. Therefore the brain is bashed about which could lead to brain damage. The effect of a punch on the chin is also much greater as the brain is bashed around much more when it has no water surrounding it.

That's a very simple way of explaining it.

ono correct, plus you are more likely to get hit, it affects the muscle nuerons and eyesight.

Thats why the weigh in is 24hrs before a fight ,it allows the fighters to rehydrate their bodies before going into combat.

the chin is always the weak spot, when a fighter is weight drain his legs are a lot weaker therfore if hit in the chin it seems like his chin is weaker but in fact his body especially his legs is whats weaker. the chin stays the same, the body and legs doesn't. He may of taken the same shot if he wasn't weight drain and stayed up but when weight drain, he'll fall cause his legs give in easier. Therfor making it seem it is the chin that was weaker.

Everything gets weak from improper weight loss, not just the chin.

Interestingly if you dehydrate badly it takes four days to Hydrate properly. There are more accidents now with weigthins the day before than when same day weigthins were the norm, funnily theres a lot less bouts work that one out. :o

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ono

When a fighter is weight-drained, the water that would normally protect the brain is no longer there. Therefore the brain is bashed about which could lead to brain damage. The effect of a punch on the chin is also much greater as the brain is bashed around much more when it has no water surrounding it.

That's a very simple way of explaining it.

---

That's what I assumed, but no one ever spelled it out for me before. Thanks.

Erik Morales is a good example too. He was well known to have a granite chin. But that chin slowly deterioted when he started having some weight issues.

So is it actually a feasible issue amongst fighters then??

Ive always naturally assumed that the 24hr rehydration process would allow for any vitamins/minerals needed to return to the body and recouperate the person in question!!

I think it comes down more to weight draining puts much stress on the body, leaves the body fatigued and less alert and starving for nutrients,

Even after re-hydration, a body will still be in a fatigued state and a fighter is more prone to getting tired faster and when you are tired, you can get knocked down or out much easier.

Weight drained usually occurs in fighters struggling to make weight.

Fighters who struggel to make weight usually attempt to dehydrate themselves and shed any retained water in the last few days before a fight.

The membrane inside the cranium, thats serves as a shock pad, is composed of a very high percentage of water. When the body's water percentage decreases so does this mebrane. With the membrane depleted, the brains shock absorption capabilities are diminished.



Some of the guys that drink may understand this. Alcohol too causes the body to dehydrate. This causes headaches the morning after.
I magine getting hit in the head in this state.

Now imagine you are dehydrated for days before a fight with another professiobal athlete looking to hurt you.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Weight drained usually occurs in fighters struggling to make weight.

Fighters who struggel to make weight usually attempt to dehydrate themselves and shed any retained water in the last few days before a fight.

The membrane inside the cranium, thats serves as a shock pad, is composed of a very high percentage of water. When the body's water percentage decreases so does this mebrane. With the membrane depleted, the brains shock absorption capabilities are diminished.



Some of the guys that drink may understand this. Alcohol too causes the body to dehydrate. This causes headaches the morning after.
I magine getting hit in the head in this state.

Now imagine you are dehydrated for days before a fight with another professiobal athlete looking to hurt you.

---

Yep and which is why you should never punch a drunk bloke if they hit their head they can cause serious damage even death. Seems to have happened a lot in my part of the world lately.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Salty

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Weight drained usually occurs in fighters struggling to make weight.

Fighters who struggel to make weight usually attempt to dehydrate themselves and shed any retained water in the last few days before a fight.

The membrane inside the cranium, thats serves as a shock pad, is composed of a very high percentage of water. When the body's water percentage decreases so does this mebrane. With the membrane depleted, the brains shock absorption capabilities are diminished.



Some of the guys that drink may understand this. Alcohol too causes the body to dehydrate. This causes headaches the morning after.
I magine getting hit in the head in this state.

Now imagine you are dehydrated for days before a fight with another professiobal athlete looking to hurt you.

---

Yep and which is why you should never punch a drunk bloke if they hit their head they can cause serious damage even death. Seems to have happened a lot in my part of the world lately.

---

Happens all the time:rolleyes:

Guys out to prove they're hard:-\

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Scrap

Interestingly if you dehydrate badly it takes four days to Hydrate properly. There are more accidents now with weigthins the day before than when same day weigthins were the norm, funnily theres a lot less bouts work that one out. :o

---

Excellent point scrap , I enjoy your articles !

Very dangerous dehydration to make weight, the fluid that protects the brain from the skull is depleted causing more chance of severe injury on impact.. it take at least 48 hours for that fluid to replenish leaving the fighter vulnerable to increased chance of being knocked out and worse.

I like the rules which some sanctioning bodies have put in place that makes a fighter weight in at different cycles during the preparation period , to insure that fighters are within the weight limit via proper diet and work ethic. . I’d like to see more of these type weight maintenance programs instituted across the board.

Losing weight makes you weak . Someone who is strong is harder to knock over than someone who is weak.

Eh its not really effecting their chin..it effects their legs and survival ability against damage.

Usually when a fighter weight drains their legs go.