Why not have same fight night weigh ins again?

[bzkfn]

As we all know the reason with the weight divisions is to keep the fights fair. So why not have same fight night weigh ins and then the boxers go into the ring the same night? Wouldn't this be fair than having one guy balloon up to 20 or 25 pounds to hydrate himself while the other guy can only muster up like 10 pounds?

A clear example is the Clottey-Corrales fight at welterweight a few years back. Corrales came into fight night around mid 150s while Clottey went in around low 170s. Can anyone really tell me that this was a "fair" fight? Or Paul Williams coming into a welterweight fight and then ballooning up to mid 170s for his opponent.

So why is it consider a fair fight when a guy comes in at the weight of a light heavyweight for a welterweight fight?
So what's wrong with having a level playing field? There are now 17 weight classes instead of the original 8. If a guy is struggling to make weight and has to drain himself then move up in a weight division.

Back in the day Sugar Ray Robinson met Jake Lamotta for the Middleweight championship at their same fight weight they were on the scales hours before. Legendary fights and was fair for both sides.

By your logic then, Chagaev should not have beaten Valuev, but he did. I assume you believe that very few fair fights happen in the Heavyweight division.

I'm with Kel, I think weighing in the day before is safer. There is also alot of pressure on guys to make weight and I think following the way in its good that fighters can take 24 hours to relax, eat sensibly and rehydrate their bodies properly.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

If the weight making process was monitored more stringently (a starting weight, a check weight then fight night weigh-in). Then there would be little room for the irresponsible, feather fisted plums who try to ply their trade at lower weight classes.

Corrales, Castillo, Guzman, Campbell and a load of other boxers have tarnished the sport in one way or another by failing to exploit the 'saftey' measures in place for their benifit.

[generalbulldog]

As we all know the reason with the weight divisions is to keep the fights fair. So why not have same fight night weigh ins and then the boxers go into the ring the same night? Wouldn't this be fair than having one guy balloon up to 20 or 25 pounds to hydrate himself while the other guy can only muster up like 10 pounds?

A clear example is the Clottey-Corrales fight at welterweight a few years back. Corrales came into fight night around mid 150s while Clottey went in around low 170s. Can anyone really tell me that this was a "fair" fight? Or Paul Williams coming into a welterweight fight and then ballooning up to mid 170s for his opponent.

So why is it consider a fair fight when a guy comes in at the weight of a light heavyweight for a welterweight fight?
So what's wrong with having a level playing field? There are now 17 weight classes instead of the original 8. If a guy is struggling to make weight and has to drain himself then move up in a weight division.

Back in the day Sugar Ray Robinson met Jake Lamotta for the Middleweight championship at their same fight weight they were on the scales hours before. Legendary fights and was fair for both sides.

By your logic then, Chagaev should not have beaten Valuev, but he did. I assume you believe that very few fair fights happen in the Heavyweight division.

I'm with Kel, I think weighing in the day before is safer. There is also alot of pressure on guys to make weight and I think following the way in its good that fighters can take 24 hours to relax, eat sensibly and rehydrate their bodies properly.

The HeavyWeight division is unlimited anyway and I never did hint or say that it was unfair there, but my post was more regarding about the lower weight divisions, when a guy comes in at 160 and the other one at 142 for a Jr. Welterweight fight I really don't see that as fair or one guy comes in at 172 and the other at 155 for a welterweight fight on fight night just seems ridiculous.

I just recently read on another forum that there are caps on how much weight a fighter can hydrate himself but its not really enforce by most states in the USA and guys usually just come into a fight at any weight he wants on fight night.