** There is the catch weight option, this is a weight agreed by the two competitors before hand, and is usually a couple of pounds over the standard weight class restrictions.
** If a boxer cannot make weight (weighs over the agreed limit), the fight can be ruled as void, or the offending party can pay a hefty fine to his opponent - For this to happen, the opponent has to accept the weight.
Stick and Move answered this for me the other day
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You can always fight in a heavier weight class, so you could fight welter at 135 if you wished to.
Weight limits mean that is the maximum you can weigh they do not say the minimum you can weigh because there is no minimum.
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Are fighters contractually bounded to exceed the lower limit of a weight class in order to compete in it? For example, if someone wanted to compete in the welterweight division, then would they have to at be at that 141-147 pound weight range or would they only have to ensure they don't exceed 147 pounds?
