Cotto vs. Martinez - June 2014

[ruthless rocco]

i think in recent years we've seen fighters that have shown that they don't have to reach the maximum agreed upon weight for a fight to be able to defeat the opponent in that fight. cotto may be able to come in at 154 and do very well against martinez who may come in at 165 fight night. martinez often weighs several pounds below the middleweight limit for the weigh in anyway... he doesn't really do himself any favours if he bulks up for a fight against cotto.

why not? think back to when there were fewer weight classes. fighters were often different weights for fights.