Today was weigh-in day so we headed over to City Hall just to double check both Snickers and Big Yoo’s weight before the very publicized weigh-in at the mall.
In Korea, weigh-ins are pretty low key. All the boxers are scheduled to meet at 12noon at the KBC main office in Seoul. Once everyone has arrived, weigh-ins happen and the doctor gives them a quick health check. Here in the Philippines however, things are much different… much different.
Not making weigh-in for one boxer meant he was forced to strip down on stage in front a mall packed with onlookers. His coach and a fellow boxer held a towel while he got buck naked and stepped on the scale. He made it. He made it at the cost of everyone on the second and third floor balconies getting a sneak peak at his family jewels.
Snickers made weigh-in no problem but his opponent missed it by a little bit short of a pound. They called me up on stage to ask me if it was ok if his opponent fought Snickers with that one extra pound. I had to chuckle at their question, knowing full well that Snickers will be well beyond his game weigh-in weight at tomorrow’s fight.
In Korea, weigh-ins are pretty low key. All the boxers are scheduled to meet at 12noon at the KBC main office in Seoul. Once everyone has arrived, weigh-ins happen and the doctor gives them a quick health check. Here in the Philippines however, things are much different… much different.
Not making weigh-in for one boxer meant he was forced to strip down on stage in front a mall packed with onlookers. His coach and a fellow boxer held a towel while he got buck naked and stepped on the scale. He made it. He made it at the cost of everyone on the second and third floor balconies getting a sneak peak at his family jewels.
Snickers made weigh-in no problem but his opponent missed it by a little bit short of a pound. They called me up on stage to ask me if it was ok if his opponent fought Snickers with that one extra pound. I had to chuckle at their question, knowing full well that Snickers will be well beyond his game weigh-in weight at tomorrow’s fight.
Prior to weigh-in, Snickers and I had taken the liberty of loading up on fresh fruit and a whole whack of milk and other groceries at the store.Beyond the obvious new I-love-the-Philippines mentality that I’ve dove into, as if I wasn’t in love with the Philippines already but a trip to their grocery store confirmed my new found love for this country! I’m talking about a whole isle full of oatmeal (western oatmeal flavors and kinds I didn’t even know about), stacks of brick cheese, and cottage cheese!!!
Snickers ignored everyone’s advice, sat himself on the floor of our hotel room and ate to his heart’s content. He ate as if he were carrying triplets!!! Him eating to the point of being purely bloated didn’t take much mind ya, considering he spent the last two weeks dehydrating himself and eating very little so he could drop mad weight.
He weighed in today at exactly his required game weigh-in weight, 62.5kgs, and I’m guessing that at the end of today he’d probably weighed in at around 68kgs.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Could you do it?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
-- Baltasar Gracian
2 comments:
Dude's skin and bone! 63kg? About 138lbs?
Hi Anonymous,
Hahahaha... yup, but it's because of the game weight requirement. He had to be that weight. Trust me though, it doesn't last long. He basically hits that weight for weigh-in day and then bounces back up!!!
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