Sign of being weight drained?

[ono]

I'd say 17 lbs is an awful lot to put on in 24 or so hours. The weight comes from carbohydrates and water so that's a lot of meals and a lot of fluid to put on.

The thing is, you can't really put a cap on how much weight a fighter is allowed to put on between the weigh in and the fight, as it's detrimental to what you're trying to achieve. If the overall goal is to make the sport safer, limiting a fighter's carbohydrate and water intake isn't safe. It won't prevent fighters from being weight-drained in the first place. If a guy can still make 130 (however difficult it is), he will still do it, regardless of the fact that he may have a restriction on how much weight he can put on between the weigh-in and the fight. Limiting this is dangerous, as it increases the risk of the fighter going into the ring in a poorly nourished and dehydrated state.

[JonesJrMayweather]

I'd say 17 lbs is an awful lot to put on in 24 or so hours. The weight comes from carbohydrates and water so that's a lot of meals and a lot of fluid to put on.

The thing is, you can't really put a cap on how much weight a fighter is allowed to put on between the weigh in and the fight, as it's detrimental to what you're trying to achieve. If the overall goal is to make the sport safer, limiting a fighter's carbohydrate and water intake isn't safe. It won't prevent fighters from being weight-drained in the first place. If a guy can still make 130 (however difficult it is), he will still do it, regardless of the fact that he may have a restriction on how much weight he can put on between the weigh-in and the fight. Limiting this is dangerous, as it increases the risk of the fighter going into the ring in a poorly nourished and dehydrated state.

What's funny is that the fighters who fought closest to their walking around weight always seem to be in the best shape. Don't understand why they let themselves go between fights..

[ono]

I'd say 17 lbs is an awful lot to put on in 24 or so hours. The weight comes from carbohydrates and water so that's a lot of meals and a lot of fluid to put on.

The thing is, you can't really put a cap on how much weight a fighter is allowed to put on between the weigh in and the fight, as it's detrimental to what you're trying to achieve. If the overall goal is to make the sport safer, limiting a fighter's carbohydrate and water intake isn't safe. It won't prevent fighters from being weight-drained in the first place. If a guy can still make 130 (however difficult it is), he will still do it, regardless of the fact that he may have a restriction on how much weight he can put on between the weigh-in and the fight. Limiting this is dangerous, as it increases the risk of the fighter going into the ring in a poorly nourished and dehydrated state.

What's funny is that the fighters who fought closest to their walking around weight always seem to be in the best shape. Don't understand why they let themselves go between fights..

Honestly mate i've never understood the mindset of fighters. Full glycogen replenishment takes around 20 hours. Recovering from dehydration is often longer depending on the severity. I don't understand how anybody would want to risk going into a fight in a dehydrated or mal-nutritioned state, just for the sake of being able to fight at a lower weight than what they should be fighting at. It's daft. Being 4 or 5 pounds heavier than your opponent come fight night, shouldn't be the most important thing. There's no real way of telling how beneficial it is other than the presumption that because you're slightly bigger, you'll automatically be stronger. The risk of not being physically right come fight night is one that i wouldn't take.

The other thing i don't really understand is the use of sweat suits in training camp. The actual idea behind them is to increase body temperature thus increasing calorie expenditure, but again the risks far outweigh the benefits. Muscle loss and dehydration again is a big problem.

Nutrition in Boxing also seems light years behind other sports. Put it this way, if most fighters fully replenished their glycogen stores after every training session throughout their careers, and if the fighter actually fought at his natural weight, the weight divisions in Boxing would look so much different.

This is why i was never surprised by Pacquiao's ability to move up in weight. He's probably fighting at his most comfortable weight now, because he's able to nourish himself properly throughout a training camp. This in itself should improve the quality of his training camp, and it should leave him with nothing to worry about come the time of the weigh in. He goes into the fight in the best possible condition and the results speak for themselves.