Why not have same fight night weigh ins again?

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Would be much safer.

Before anybody starts with the 'they'd be walking zombies' hear me out.

It takes longer than 24 hours to fully re-hydrate yourself after struggling to make weight. More like 72 hours to be fully re-hydrated. So the 24-30 hour window isn't as safe as it could be anyway.

Having a weigh in on the day of a fight should prevent fighters from trying to boil down to a ridiculous weight in the first place. Oscar certainly wouldn't have boiled down to 145 if he thought he was fighting 6 hours later. The 30 hour window wasn't even long enough for him, plus he made himself ill boiling down to such a ridiculous weight. IMO same day weigh ins would or at least should prevent the fighters from attempting to fight in a weight class that they have clearly outgrown.

Of course it would mean the light-welterweight division would look completely different. It would be made up of different fighters who actually fight at 140, but imo that's how it should be. It would also prevent fighters from having a 10-14lbs weight advantage over their opponent. See Clottey - Judah for example or Clottey - Chico.

The only worry would be cancelling shows on short notice due to fighters not making weight but i'm sure this could be over-come by at least having a competitve undercard or a main feature should the house fighter or his opponent pull out. It would be less likely to happen anyway with the same day weigh in, as fighters would all be in the same boat of fighing in a weight class in which they are comfortable. If a fighter was struggling to make 140 they could quite easily move up to welterweight without having to worry about facing an actual middleweight come fight night.

It'll never happen but it should do imo.

Excellent points.

There would be less reason to worry about cancellations if promoters/ managers/ & boxing boards used the heads and had weights verified/ checked once prior to signing & once prior to the fight night weight-in.

More Weight-In's means more 'Publicity'

[Spicoli]

I think you would have quite a few guys giving up a strap on the scale as opposed to losing the network date and headline event payday.We know the alphabet boyz cannot have that....and the networks would be weary of a guy jeopardizing its main attraction once they are burned.The major players do not even air a worthy undercard let alone allowing subs and last minute walk ons to head a big role paying attraction.

I think its somewhat of a wink and a nod agreement with the major parties involved.The networks,the commissions and sanctioning bodies.They know very well fighters are used to rehydrating and the 'un-official' fight night weight they announce is almost a CYA procedure.Some fighters are far too accustomed to the existing rules and a few might just as easily jump up a weight class or two as opposed to coming in for a numbers sake.One camp may pay another a penalty from purse but more often than not they will fight.