Yea this proves how lackluster an opponent Diaz was...

[jahmez]

Everyone always considers the Mayweathers and Pacquiaos in the weight situations as being the bad guys. What about the fighters who accept the offers (noone made anyone come down in weight) knowing full well the significant effect it would have on their performance? It's hard to argue that De la Hoya and Marquez, both Hall of Fame fighters, with their ammount of access to sports science (perhaps not so much with Marquez seeing though he consumes his own piss for vitamins instead of just consuming more vitamins) and with history so stacked up against them were not aware how much their chances of victory would be crushed by agreeing to the catchweights. It seems the main problem here is greed. All parties are guilty. However I don't understand how someone can argue that Pacquiao is more of a coward than Mayweather in regards to the catchweight situation. De la Hoya had not fought at 147 in 7 years. Marquez had never fought above 135. De la Hoya had a 4 inch height and 15 cm reach advantage. Marquez had a 1 inch height and 13 cm reach disadvantage (all stats according to boxrec). On the official scales De la Hoya had a 3 pound weight advantage yet made weight. On the official scales Marquez had a 3 pound weight disadvantage while Mayweather did not make weight. I'll admit that I'm a massive Pacquiao fan but its pretty hard to shoulder roll counter right hand those facts. Alot of footwork or perhaps avoiding the exchange completely might do the trick. Or perhaps simply refusing to answer the question would be the best advice. "The numbers don't lie..."