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    Default Re: I feel weight classes should be changed!

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    the weight divisions HAVE all changed ..... Huge advances in diet, training and nutrition as well as the changes to weigh in times mean that the fighters competing in each division are generally much bigger than the guys from the past.

    Does anyone really think that Sergio Martinez is the same size as Carmen Basilio, for example?
    That could be more to do with not having same day weigh in than nutrition.
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    Default Re: I feel weight classes should be changed!

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    the weight divisions HAVE all changed ..... Huge advances in diet, training and nutrition as well as the changes to weigh in times mean that the fighters competing in each division are generally much bigger than the guys from the past.

    Does anyone really think that Sergio Martinez is the same size as Carmen Basilio, for example?
    That could be more to do with not having same day weigh in than nutrition.
    ... and the main reason why they changed same day weigh in was because of health concerns and fighters weight draining, that and "time"... so, what exactly do we want?!!?
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