Emmanulle Steward - this is why we have weight classes

[JonesJrMayweather]

Does any remember the legendary trainer repeatedly saying:

"This is why we have weight classes",

Possibly to keep crap like what happened Saturday to a minimum. I know he said that constantly during the fight. Floyd did his job and looked super, but he isn't 120-107 better than JMM at 130-or-135..the extra power deterred JMM from throwing. The jabs looked like power punches.

[skel1983]

Blame the fans not the fighters, if each man can make $15 and $5 million minimum for the fight there not going to turn it down.

Obvioulsy there is demand to see legends fight each other no matter what there weight advantage/disadvantage is, shame but true.

[AdamGB]

tbh all of this nonsensical/exaggerated talk of p4p has taken us here.

Names are now more important than circumstances to the casual fan.
Two legends with a lot of weight in between them should not fight just because they are legends but with all of the p4p nonsense being blown way out of proportion it's what we get.

[Majesty]

Does any remember the legendary trainer repeatedly saying:

"This is why we have weight classes",

Possibly to keep crap like what happened Saturday to a minimum. I know he said that constantly during the fight. Floyd did his job and looked super, but he isn't 120-107 better than JMM at 130-or-135..the extra power deterred JMM from throwing. The jabs looked like power punches.

If yoiu think the fight would have been any different at 135 you are deluding yourself

[JonesJrMayweather]

Does any remember the legendary trainer repeatedly saying:

"This is why we have weight classes",

Possibly to keep crap like what happened Saturday to a minimum. I know he said that constantly during the fight. Floyd did his job and looked super, but he isn't 120-107 better than JMM at 130-or-135..the extra power deterred JMM from throwing. The jabs looked like power punches.

If yoiu think the fight would have been any different at 135 you are deluding yourself

I think you are...JMM was gun shy and his speed suffered in going up in weight. Yeah floyd would have won but if Castillo managed a near win and 116-112 scored card in the rematch JMM certainly would have given floyd more trouble at that weight

[sumkalambay]

steward's right.

[Kel]

Does any remember the legendary trainer repeatedly saying:

"This is why we have weight classes",

Possibly to keep crap like what happened Saturday to a minimum. I know he said that constantly during the fight. Floyd did his job and looked super, but he isn't 120-107 better than JMM at 130-or-135..the extra power deterred JMM from throwing. The jabs looked like power punches.

If yoiu think the fight would have been any different at 135 you are deluding yourself

How you have not choked to death I don't know.

[Gandalf]

The OP is spot on in what he says. A natural 130 pounder should not be fighting a fully fledged WW. We saw why last weekend.