Thread: Floyds catchweight

Floyd and his team called for this catchweight as they think it will give Floyd an advantage. What type of advantage do you think he may get. Will it happen. Could it back fire on Floyd. Just askin as I am a bit confused about it.

Canelo has to lose extra weight which theoretically could weaken him.

I'd like to see Canelo come in over the weight limit and tell Floyd to stick the fine up his arse, like he did with Marquez. Although personally I don't think Canelo having to drop a couple of pounds will have any bearing on the fight.

Originally Posted by walrus

Floyd and his team called for this catchweight as they think it will give Floyd an advantage. What type of advantage do you think he may get. Will it happen. Could it back fire on Floyd. Just askin as I am a bit confused about it.

I really dont know how the 152 came about. Floyds team knew before all of this that Alvarez has weighed close to 152 many times and under 152 several times so if they were really going for some strip down advantage they would have demanded 150 and even that would not have been all that physically demanding since the 23 year old has done it before w/o a catch.

The only advantage I can see is of the mental variety. How that transfers to any physical effect is anyone's guess. Alvarez could easily get it back by showing up and weighing in at 154. What are they going to do, cancel the fight? It could very well backfire. I dont know what it is and cant put my finger on it but Floyd seems a little out of sorts. They just showed a clip of him with a short interview on Aljazeera not one minute ago and he seems off. Btw Broner was standing behind him like he wanted to be his love child.

Floyds team said that canelos manager said that canelo would fight at 152 and floyd didn't even ask for catch weight. But when canelos management suggested it, floyd obviously wouldn't say no.

Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

Floyds team said that canelos manager said that canelo would fight at 152 and floyd didn't even ask for catch weight. But when canelos management suggested it, floyd obviously wouldn't say no.

That statement doesn't make sense. To get Floyd to agree to the fight because there was speculation that Floyd wouldn't fight Canelo, Canelo offered a catchweight. When the negotiations for the fight started, Floyd first wanted the fight at 147! They agreed at 152 to accommodate Floyd. In the ideal world, Canelo would fight at 154, not 152. Thus, the catch weight favors Floyd. It is hypocritical of Floyd because of the grief he gave Pacquiao on the catch weight for the Cotto fight. Yet, here he is doing it. Of course, this is the second time Floyd has signed to fight at a catch weight. In my opinion, Floyd thought this fight merited a catch weight whereas with Cotto, he didn't think he needed it.

There is only one reason Floyd would ask for the CW and that is to gain an advantage. Alvarez has to drain off those extra ounces and the last ounces are the hardest to eke off. Alvarez fights like a man who burns weight and lacks energy in fights, it is only going to be worse and against the best fighter in the world. It makes a difference, fighters themselves are always admitting as much.