WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) is one of the bigger fighters in his division. In fact, he’s dropped from 229 lbs for his win vs. Eric Molina in 2015 to just 212.4 lbs for last Friday’s weigh-in vs. Tyson Fury, gradually losing weight with each title defense.
As part of its weight cutting reform efforts, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has been releasing fight night weights data for its boxing and MMA events, and their guidelines state that fighters whose fight night weight is more than 10% of their weigh-in day weight can be recommended to move up a division in the future.