I am not a boxing expert like most of you guys, but i think this is fairly simple to answer.
The bottomline is that they want the FIGHT-NIGHT weight to be fair.
It is no secret that Cotto can balloon to 158 pounds during fight night. Pacs highest fight-night weight is 148 pounds against ODLH. That is a 10-pound weight advantage! Is that fair?
By having a catchweight, they are hoping that Cotto can balloon to only 153 pounds during fight night. He would still be the bigger man but at least, the fight will be more fair.
Roach doesn't have any problem having catchweight with PBF cause PBF's fight night weight is only 150 pounds, which is close to Pac's fight-night weight of 148 pounds.
It seems to me that you are the one who likes to stack things against Pac by demanding unfair weight advantages.
And don't tell me that Cotto will be weight-drained by agreeing to 145 lbs. He came in at 146 lbs against Clottey. Jeesh. He needs to lose only 1 lb while climbs 15 lbs if we consider that he fought at 130 just a year ago like C-Lo said.
This is all about making a fair fight during FIGHT NIGHT.
Now, I would like to hear your response to this.
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