A lot of fighters don't do that. I don't believe that is tending to business. If they tend to business and keep themselves in shape, they won't have to rehydrate because they never have to dehydrate. He said he doesn't agree with the argument that, in the real world, fighters gain weight between fights and that it is too much to expect them to stay around their fighting weight. I say, 'Wait a minute.
Weight is a real science.
Unfortunately, that's easier said than done. You ought to weigh close to the weight when you step in the ring. Boxing purists have been bothered by the lack of sanctity in the weight classes. I don't mind if a welterweight is three or four pounds over the limit by fight time. But when welterweights start being six or eight pounds over and middleweights eight or 10 pounds or more over, the validity of the weight classes is open to serious question.