"Bam Bam" Rios the real deal at Lightweight

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I still can't help but be a little uncomfortable with the way he rehydrates. It is just a bit unfair to me. But he is still a good and exciting young fighter. Im not trying to hate on him

It KILLS me that somehow the ability to cut weight has become a boxing talent.

WTF does THAT have to do with boxing?

Same day weigh-ins as close to fight time as possible. Force fighters to weigh in within 1% of the weigh-in weight 3-4 times in the last two weeks before a fight for safety reasons.

Of course that doesn't work with late replacements and we have to figure out how to penalize guys who miss weight (money) and when they aren't allowed to fight at all. Maybe if they are over 1% but under 2% in the run up weigh-ins they get fined. If over 2%? Not allowed to fight.

I am going to disagree. I believe making weight/cutting weight is an integral part of boxing.
I often marveled how Margarito could be a 200 pound man on the street yet make the sacrifices to come in at 147 (and other similar stories).
The fact of the matter is that some people just are willing to sacrifice to get into the right weight division where there size is an advantage (and frankly some can't).

I do recognize the safety factor, however, everyone has to make weight and it is by its nature, a very dangerous sport.