Weight Issues Leading To Brain Injuries ? Discuss.

[killersheep]

I've been having an interesting conversation with my mate at the gym, about issues making weight for a fight. So basically my question is are fighters more suspect, to brain injuries when they are weight drained ?

Paul Ingle
Gerald McClellan
Duk Koo Kim

All 3 had trouble making weight and all 3 had disasters in the ring, could this be a concidence ? or is there more to this than meets the eye ?

I think staying hydrated is an essential element to keeping function going (should be common sense). I think moreso than anything else it's dehydration that has the effect of making fighters more prone to brain injury. Same day weigh-ins would certainly help this issue.

[amat]

I've been having an interesting conversation with my mate at the gym, about issues making weight for a fight. So basically my question is are fighters more suspect, to brain injuries when they are weight drained ?

Paul Ingle
Gerald McClellan
Duk Koo Kim

All 3 had trouble making weight and all 3 had disasters in the ring, could this be a concidence ? or is there more to this than meets the eye ?

I think staying hydrated is an essential element to keeping function going (should be common sense). I think moreso than anything else it's dehydration that has the effect of making fighters more prone to brain injury. Same day weigh-ins would certainly help this issue.

I like the next day weigh ins and if I recall correctly it's because of that malnourishment. At least if someone is dehydrating themselves they have a day to get it all together which wasn't the case before.

I remember an interesting story from a Zahir Raheem fight, which is funny in itself. Remember a couple years ago he told Teddy Atlas it was BS that he couldn't use IVs before a fight after cutting weight and he's right, there should be no rules against IVs which in that state there was. I thought it was interesting I wanted to know more about how IVs are used in boxing and what states or countries allow them and which don't. Never followed up on it.