What do you think of Catch weights?

[HattonTheHammer]

dont mind them in general if its your regular boxing contest.

But big PPV fights should ALWAYS be for said championship of the world!

Spoils the whole aura of the event if this supposed super fight isnt even for a title!!

[Quinito]

Yeah. Them 147 guys could be drained, but I'm pretty sure 28 out of 30 boxing writters will not pick against them. I'm talking about how huge underdog Pac was against DLH btw.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Pac is the boss. He dictate the terms. If they want the money, they're gonna have to come down and REALLY earn it, and not the other way around. Pac gambled his reputation fighting the now ex-cash cow DLH, and now they're gonna have to do the same thing for Pac.

Too bad the BOSS now is a smaller man... Bigger boxers has to drain themselves in order to get a fight with the BOSS...
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And there you have it. The mentality of the modern day Boxing fan.

[XaduBoxer]

Pac is the boss. He dictate the terms. If they want the money, they're gonna have to come down and REALLY earn it, and not the other way around. Pac gambled his reputation fighting the now ex-cash cow DLH, and now they're gonna have to do the same thing for Pac.

Too bad the BOSS now is a smaller man... Bigger boxers has to drain themselves in order to get a fight with the BOSS...
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And there you have it. The mentality of the modern day Boxing fan.

Of course The BOSS won't put himself too much of a disadvantage by giving too much weight to the bigger for he is The BOSS... The BOSS wants even playing field....
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[Addicted to_boxing]

Yeah. Them 147 guys could be drained, but I'm pretty sure 28 out of 30 boxing writters will not pick against them. I'm talking about how huge underdog Pac was against DLH btw.

An obvious nuthugger ....... ODLH : A guy that fights once a year in his twilight years dropping in weight and enters a fight looking light a weight drained corpse ...... Catch weight = metro sexual !!!!! You want to fight and beat a bigger man then move up and gain all the accolades that come with a win and no bashing for losing by challenging a bigger man !!! The catch weight should be at the minmum of that classified division or same day weigh in ... period !! ( tweener wights) Pussy promoters and pussy fighters with a caution shield in a violent sport!

[Addicted to_boxing]

Answer me this: if Pacquiao can fight Dela Hoya at 147. Then why not Cotto, or Mosley

PAC weigh-in at 142 for the Hoya fight and weigh 148 on fight night...

Cotto weigh-in at 146 in his last fight against Clottey and probably weighs 160 on fight night...

Mosley weigh-in at 147 in his last fight against Margcheat and probably weighs 160 on fight night...

Do you want PAC to give away at least 12 lbs to those guys on fight night by accepting a 147 fight? If they want a fight at 147, why don't they just call out a big 147 guy instead of calling out PAC... Paul Williams is ready to fight them at 147...
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Set to fight to be at the 147 weight as in the past same day weigh in.. You do not get the jest of peoples opposition to catch weights.

[rjj tszyu]

At the end of the day no-one "makes" anybody sign a contract. If they are not comfortable with the details they shouldn't sign the contract.

[Kel]

At the end of the day no-one "makes" anybody sign a contract. If they are not comfortable with the details they shouldn't sign the contract.

I'd love to sit you in front of a multi-million dollar contract just to see you NOT sign it because you were uncomfortable with it's terms.

[generalbulldog]

I'm sure most boxers won't mind being weight drain if they can get set for life for fighting the biggest draw in the sport which means a minimum of 10 millon or so. Or guys jumping 1 or 2 weight classes when it's a danger to them. That's how it works.

Sugar Shane jumping 2 divisions to fight Oscar back in 2000. Mayweather jumping to 154 to fight Oscar even though he was outweighted by like 14 or 15 pounds on fight night. And Manny the current face of boxing jump 2 weight classes to fight Oscar.

Now it's Manny to set the unequal conditions on the fights. He learned it from Oscar an Oscar learned it from Ray Leonard.

[rjj tszyu]

At the end of the day no-one "makes" anybody sign a contract. If they are not comfortable with the details they shouldn't sign the contract.

I'd love to sit you in front of a multi-million dollar contract just to see you NOT sign it because you were uncomfortable with it's terms.

It's a fair comment but it's very rare a world class fighter will take a fight expecting to lose.

[Kel]

At the end of the day no-one "makes" anybody sign a contract. If they are not comfortable with the details they shouldn't sign the contract.

I'd love to sit you in front of a multi-million dollar contract just to see you NOT sign it because you were uncomfortable with it's terms.

It's a fair comment but it's very rare a world class fighter will take a fight expecting to lose.

True I see no point in a world class guy going into a fight with a losing mentality.

[XaduBoxer]

At the end of the day no-one "makes" anybody sign a contract. If they are not comfortable with the details they shouldn't sign the contract.

This is what I'm telling here all about... No one will force a boxer to sign a contract... A boxer will sign a contract if he believes he can win the fight... He's a fool and not a world class boxer if he signed a contract and expecting to lose...

[mad_takamura]

catchweights are cowardly.