Quote Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO
I like the earlier weigh ins thats better for the fighters healths
Its a bit 'catch-22' this one. If you have the weigh-in on the day of the fight you have the risk of a fighter who has struggled to make weight getting into the ring de-hydrated and evidence shows that this causes a lack of protective fluid around the brain which leads to injury in the later rounds (ie between 12 and 15). However, with the weigh-in the day before the fight it can lead to a huge difference in weight between the fighters come fight time. This is especially prevalent if one of the fighters is boiling down and the other stepping up or a 'natural'. I think there should be two weigh-ins... the official one the day before (as is the case now) but the fighters should also have to weigh into the ring and not to be more than, say, 4 pounds over the weight limit. I do agree though that 15 round fights were better for world title fights. Rounds 13 - 15 weren't known as the championship rounds for nothing.