Reigning lightweight world champion Gavin failed to make weight at the Olympics and returned home before the boxing tournament had even begun.
The bewildering lack of uniformity is a product of what industry pundits have come to call "vanity sizing"--a thinly veiled attempt by retailers to make weight-conscious customers feel better about their figures.
Challenger Kotelnik made the 10st weight limit without a problem but Rees, who has history of failing to make the weight, needed a second attempt to satisfy the authorities.
"At the Olympics, the boxers have to make the weight every day they box, " said Costello.
But BBC boxing commentator Mike Costello said he had struggled to make the weight all year.
"I was surprised when I didn't make the weight, " Fortuna said Friday through a translator.
Jones, who had to lose 25 pounds to make the weight limit, looked tired and slow in the early rounds.
To make the weight, Mr Ellicock packed a sleeping bag, climbing rope, biology textbook, ankle weights and "random bits of clothing".
To make the weight, Mr Ellicock is packing a sleeping bag, climbing rope, biology textbook, ankle weights and "random bits of clothing".
"She admitted she had stuffed rocks in her clothes, in the pockets, so she could make her weight look a little more close to the normal range, " Dr. Reid-Chassiakos says.
"None of the ABA's promises were coming true, " added Gavin, 23, who won Britain's first ever world amateur gold in 2007 but who failed to make the weight in Beijing.
Japan grabbed their third judo gold medal of the Games in the absence of Iran's world champion Arash Miresmaeili who failed to make the weight after earlier threatening to boycott his contest against an Israeli opponent.
Saunders, who lost early on in the welterweight competition, and world amateur lightweight champion Gavin, who was forced to withdraw before the Games started after failing to make the weight, have followed DeGale in joining the Warren camp.
First, gold medal favourite Frankie Gavin was forced to fly home after failing to make the weight, then the seven remaining boxers were given tough draws, before young prospect Joe Murray went down to a controversial points decision against a Chinese fighter.
With the weightlifting trials approaching, her main goal this week has been to shed nearly eight pounds from her 136-pound, 5-foot-3 frame to make her weight class. (At the trials, she will compete in the 58-kilogram class, which is about 127.6 pounds.) As a skeleton racer, she can afford to be a bit heavier.
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Europe has its own regulations which will also mean a bigger push to use aluminum in vehicles to make them lighter weight.
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In addition to the visuals, Connerty insists that each ad describe the meals, make a promise of weight loss, dangle a special deal like "one week free" as bait, deliver a call-right-now command and pack in toll-free numbers.
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But this also means that a small amount of weight loss can make a big difference, particularly among women who are overweight, he said.
Louis, was supposed to be making his first defense of his title, but Purdy (20-4-1, 13 KOs) failed to make the 147-pound weight limit.
This drastic reduction in calories can cause you to burn valuable, metabolism-boosting muscle, which can make it harder to keep the weight off.
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