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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.
From JL Sullivan's day until the 1920's in title fight fighters weighed in just before stepping into the ring. From the 1920's-1990 or so? Same day weigh-ins generally within eight hourse of the fight. IMPOSSIBLE to reydrate. In other words for 110 years fighters didn't dehydrate and rehydrate hardly at all. They fought at or very close to where they weighed in.

It changed after the Jimmy Garcia died (more or less). It's lead to all sorts of distortions and mismatches. Take Bam Bam Rios back to the 1970's and he isn't fighting Roberto Duran at lightweight. Hell he may not even be fighting Ray Leonard at 147. He might be fighting Ayub kalule at 154! It also lead to the Gatti-Gamache disaster.
my exact sentiments