Boxer goes naked to make weight for world title fight

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Boxer goes naked to make weight for world title fight

Tue Oct 3, 9:30 AM ET

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Panamanian Celestino Caballero stripped naked on Tuesday to avoid missing out on a shot at the world title.

Caballero stunned reporters by removing his underwear at the weigh-in for his WBA super bantamweight fight with champion Somsak Sithchatchawal of Thailand.

The challenger’s bold move paid off when he safely made the weight limit of 55.3-kg (122 pounds) for Wednesday’s fight.

Thai media reports said last week that the 30-year-old Caballero was struggling to shed weight and had considered calling the fight off.

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Was that REALLY necessary? Sorry I don’t have pictures guys!

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Can’t they do that thing like Joe Riggs did and put a towel in front? Of course, that does take advance notice.

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I don’t see what the big deal is, fighters strip naked all the time for weigh ins.

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Perhaps he had an erection. Maybe it fiddled with the scale.

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that’s one way to look intimidating for the posed pictures.

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What is this “boxing” you speak of?

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Must be ancient greek boxing or something. :icon_thum

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We used to do that in wrestling… but it was a bit more of an immediate concern since the weigh-ins were shortly before the event.

“Step onto the scale… hmm… go to the bathroom and come back.”
“…”
“Drop your shorts.”
“…!”
“215.”

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Kind of reminds me of a sitcom where a character was desperately trying to move down a weightclass to avoid a certain opponent who of course kept up with him in his weightlosing effort, removing a kidney at some point, and pulling a tooth out with a pinch because he was 2 grams over or something…