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2 things..

1. The commission overseeing the bout should be the ones giving the drinks out immediately before the fight so there is no chance of tampering.

2. Tampering is one thing, what about the sticky gloves issue? That's the main concern imo, because if that stuff gets on gloves that is going to cause cuts. I've used gatorade a lot from everything from just going to the gym to football and the stuff is like pine tar. It gets sticky and I'm sure it's abrasive.
Very good point you make, when gatorade dries out that S***! is sticky... And IMO it will cause an effect on punches landed....

Wow!! Wonder if they thought about this?
i think they'd just give them the stuff to drink. I don't think they'd be showering them with the stuff like that do with water (have separate water supplies for cooling off purposes ) if they did that the ring would get sticky too.
I see what your saying and it makes sense BUT what about when a fighter decides to spit it out and not drink it and it spills on him then he uses his glove to wipe you know after all he is in a fight and the last thing hes worried is where the water/drink will land once he decides to spit it out...

You only get 60 sec. so fumbling/throwing the drink around and it spilling isn't far from what CAN happen.