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Imo weight class should be determined by an average of a bunch of weigh-ins for weeks or months before an event. Then, on the day of the event, allow some tolerance over the max weight but only if the average stays under. If the average creeps up into the tolerance zone, then they go up a weight class. Make the weight classes based on healthy habits rather than basically cheating in an unhealthy way to make weight a day before, then bulking back up to whatever weight for the actual fight.
Not that I have any stake in any of that, so my say isn't really relevant.
There's no good solution IMO. There's a way to game everything. Ultimately it boils down to: You don't want hefty people fighting little people. A 24 hour weigh in causes a small number of folks to go to extremes and a weigh in just before fighting could have someone fighting dehydrated.
Nearly everyone runs a 6 or 8 week run up to a fight where they're constantly losing weight. For me it was pure numbers. e.g. I'm 7KG over fighting weight with 6 weeks to go. It's a 1000 calorie a day deficit with maintenance days here and there and shift 2 - 2.5 by making weight.
You've 24 hours to rehydrate and it's enough IMO.
The trouble comes when you've lads trying to shift 5KG in 48 hours. It causes death. Maybe a weigh in 3 days out then another with 24 hours to go would work. Tough nut to crack though.
Though trying to fight dehydrated is a much bigger mistake than dehydrating yourself for a weigh in and photo op, which might discourage some from doing it if they are going to lose anyways. But there will absolutely be some that will try anyways. I'd say they could watch for those and ban them from whatever league it is, though I have a feeling it's more likely to go in the hunger games/squid games direction than safer with the current political climate.
Yeah totally agree on everything there. We would step off the scales and immediately start rehydrating. I personally wouldn't eat until my piss was basically clear and at that stage you haven't had a good meal in two days at least.
Sounds conplicated, how about we just try more runnin' in a trash bag.