If the boxer fails to make the projected weight, he or she is eliminated from their bout. Īn amateur boxer must make the weight at the initial weigh-in there is no opportunity to try again later. In heavyweight title fights, the second weigh-in is still mandatory, but since there is no upper weight limit in that class, a boxer can only be sanctioned for failing to submit to the weigh-in. If a boxer skips the morning weigh-in, or fails to make weight at that time, the fight can still proceed, but the IBF title will not be at stake. During this later weigh-in, the fighter must weigh no more than 10 pounds (4.5 kg) above the weight limit for the fight. In addition to making the weight at the official weigh-in the day before the fight, the boxers are required to submit to a weight check on the morning of the fight. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has a unique weigh-in policy in title fights. In such cases the fight may be cancelled with the over-weight boxer sanctioned or the fight may proceed as a catchweight non-title fight. If the excess weight is too great, the effort expended trying to "make weight" will make the boxer unfit for the fight itself. A boxer who is over the weight limit may strip naked to make the weight if the excess is minimal otherwise, in a professional bout, one can try again later, typically after losing weight in the interim through dehydration by vigorous exercise in a steam room.
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