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If Pac is more comfortable at 144 then let him do that, if Floyd is more comfortable at 147 then let him do that. We should have two athletes at their optimum weight and let the fans have the fight they want for once. No dilly dallying over weight. If Manny wants to be a WW then he should learn to handle the weight or else go back down to JWW.
That's totally wrong for it means JMM can come at 135 against Floyd who can come at 147 or Pacquiao coming in at 140 against Cotto who can come in at 147. I think you can clearly see that there has to be a compromise weight somewhere in the middle like 144 for Floyd-JMM and 145 for Pacquiao-Cotto.

I think 145 is just fine and fair for Floyd-Pacquiao fight.
It's not wrong because it is adhering to the weight classes that we all recognise. In this case the WW limit. Of course, it would never be acceptable to have LW Marquez fighting a WW Mayweather. That wasn't what I was arguing anyway.

I think a cap at 147 is perfectly acceptable and if either party wants to come in lighter than that then fair enough. I don't see anything controversial in what I am saying here.
You're right the 144 catchweight of Floyd-JMM fight was too wide that you will have difficulties justifying it and I was surprised that fight was even allowed to take place.

So we'll look at the 145 catchweight of Pacquiao-Cotto instead. Pacquiao considered a 140 lb boxer move up 5 lbs to 145 while Cotto, a 147 lb boxer move down 2 lbs to 145. Wasn't it a fair catchweight? I say yes.

Come to think of it, if 145 is fair for Pacquiao-Cotto, how much more for Pacquiao-Floyd?