Thread: This seems REALLY fishy to me...(DLH weigh in)

I know its irrelevant now because Pac beat DLH like he stole something, but does this seem fishy to anyone else?

Pacquiao tipped the scales at a surprising 142 lbs during Friday’s weigh-in, numbers that prodded American trainer Freddie Roach to take a close look at the scales when De La Hoya stepped on it.

De La Hoya came in at 145 lbs.

“I was surprised at my weight,” Pacquiao told journalists Friday night at his suite at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay. “Before I went to the weigh-in, I checked my weight and came at 146 lbs


I was wondering why DLH came in 2 lbs under the weight limit, especially at this age and the fact he never weighed in at WW in 8 years. Especially with Valero's accusation that DLH never put a lot of work in for this fight.

This may be the conspiracy theorist in me speaking, but is it possible they could have tampered with the scales to allow DLH to make the weight? If pac's scale is right, that means DLH could have been 149 to 150 at the weigh in.

I dont know, maybe I'm reading too much into it, and like I said before its irrelevant now, but given Oscar's trouble with making WW and the fact that he is The Golden Boy, I can't help but find this fishy

didn't almost eveyr other single fighter who weighted in on the SAME SCALES come in BANG ON the mark for their weight though... highly doubt that it was off.

Pacquiao probably just had a shite before the weigh in.

well that would mean that unofficially come fight night Oscar lost 2 or 3 MORE pounds as he came in less then. instead of re-hydrating over night he lost more doubt it.

The thing that amazed me was that Oscar only put on 2 pounds after the weigh in. Surely he had to be weight drained?

Oscar looked unhealthy walking to the ring. His skin coulor, his face looked drained as did his body. He looked like an old fighter, and a weight drained fighter. i thought for sure Oscar would win but when I saw him and heard he weighed in at 147 fight night, I was concerned when he got in the ring.

Oscar mis-calulated big time. He came in too low and was weak as a kitten. To think he was going to fight Mayweather in the return at this weight he would have been stopped sooner. Prat and serves him right.

Originally Posted by mike_tha_man

well that would mean that unofficially come fight night Oscar lost 2 or 3 MORE pounds as he came in less then. instead of re-hydrating over night he lost more doubt it.

If they ould rig the scale once, they could do it twice. I'm sure they would have thought about the next day weigh in.

There's one hell of a lot of money at stake. Draw your own conclusions here.

I'm a little sceptical that PAC's own scales would be 4 pounds off.

what else seemed a little bit odd was the fact that oscar weighed in on the night of the fight, when was the last time he did that, i know for a long time oscar has refused to let hbo know his unnoficial weight on the night of the fight

maybe the scales were rigged and he was trying to prove a point regarding the criticisms about the fight being a mismatch due to the size difference

I saw that ODLH only weighed 147 on fight night and thought that maybe they had it in the contract tha Oscar couldnt come in higher than 147 on fight night. It would make some sense as to why he weighed 145 for the official weigh in and gain ONLY 2 lbs overnight. I dont think he tried to rehydrate and had to have been a contract stipulation

roach said that the official weighing scale was re calibrated in favor of dlh. cause he was over the weigh limit and was suppose to pay 3M to pac for every pound dlh is over.

dlh was thin but not weight drained, as i said on the other thread. a boxer who is weight drained does not sweat as much warming up for a fight, dlh was sweating. both of them on the night of the official weigh in did not look like zombies cause of draining.

Originally Posted by mnmc10

roach said that the official weighing scale was re calibrated in favor of dlh. cause he was over the weigh limit and was suppose to pay 3M to pac for every pound dlh is over.

dlh was thin but not weight drained, as i said on the other thread. a boxer who is weight drained does not sweat as much warming up for a fight, dlh was sweating. both of them on the night of the official weigh in did not look like zombies cause of draining.

Good point. DLH had a good lather on just before the fight. A dehydrated weight drained fighter does not sweat up well at all.

Roach says Manny weighed over 146 lbs on their own scales not long before the official weigh in. 4 LB's got lost somewhere in that time frame. It makes you wonder if the scales were messed with just so DLH would not have to pay Manny more money.

It is one of those conspiracy theories that many will ponder for a while.

I am one shooting down the conspiracy theorists on this fight, but to keep it real...before the fight started, the only word I could come up with to describe this weigh in, was ...strange.

Originally Posted by Youngblood

I am one shooting down the conspiracy theorists on this fight, but to keep it real...before the fight started, the only word I could come up with to describe this weigh in, was ...strange.

As soon as Freddy got eager and went over to look at Oscars weight it got me thinking, but what does it matter? If he cheated his weight it certainly did him fuck all good.

Originally Posted by Deanrw

Originally Posted by mnmc10

roach said that the official weighing scale was re calibrated in favor of dlh. cause he was over the weigh limit and was suppose to pay 3M to pac for every pound dlh is over.

dlh was thin but not weight drained, as i said on the other thread. a boxer who is weight drained does not sweat as much warming up for a fight, dlh was sweating. both of them on the night of the official weigh in did not look like zombies cause of draining.

Good point. DLH had a good lather on just before the fight. A dehydrated weight drained fighter does not sweat up well at all.

Roach says Manny weighed over 146 lbs on their own scales not long before the official weigh in. 4 LB's got lost somewhere in that time frame. It makes you wonder if the scales were messed with just so DLH would not have to pay Manny more money.

It is one of those conspiracy theories that many will ponder for a while.

It's not just water than contributes to being weight-drained.

Muscle glycogen levels are very important and they need to be maximum come fight night. In-fact some form of carb-loading should take place in order for him to super-saturate his muscles with glycogen.

The fact that he only added 2lbs suggest to me that he didn't consume anywhere enough carbohydrates between the weigh in and fight night.