Boxers have a hard time weighing in because they have to prepare for at least three months, but one day before the weigh-in they suffer hell. There are stories of boxers who are 4 kilos over the agreed weight 24 hours before and use resources that can lead to their death.
Up to 4 kilos less
There is everything from boxers who do not eat or drink water the day before, to some who lock them in saunas to sweat in the heat. The issue is that although it is legal, it can end in death.
Everything stems from the preparation prior to the fight, but if you are three or four kilos overweight three days before, everything gets complicated. There are boxers who have managed to lose almost 4 kilos to avoid cancel one of the biggest fights.
The plan made by one of the Spanish athletes is truly crazy. His trainer comments that “at 10 we went to the gym and trained for an hour and 10 minutes. And he lost only 1,200 kg. At 4:30 p.m., without eating and barely drinking, we returned. We were now 75 minutes. It went down another 1,200. At 7:00 p.m. we went to the sauna, with one of those sweat suits that they give out at the finish line of the marathons and he got 37 minutes in five sessions ”. That night he slept with the heater on, only 250 grams to go, but he didn’t lose weight. So he had to retrain for an hour and a quarter and had 50 grams left over which he quickly lost before the weigh-in.
Methods to lose weight
The trainers explain that a boxer can lose without problems between 1.8 and 1.5 kg, three days before the weigh-in. You must train your mind, but if you lose weight suddenly you may have problems due to dehydration.
The best known tricks to lose weight are:
- Do not eat and drink water until 20 hours before the weigh-in
- Up and down stairs
- doubles training
- Wearing sauna or sweat suits
- walking in the heat
- sleep with heating
- Poop the most times
- jump rope
Many boxers arrive right, and at the weigh-in they take off their clothes to be lighter. Another method is to have a excess hydration four days before the weigh-in, where the body begins a process to get rid of water and weight.