Boxing the KING of double standard sports

[greynotsoold]

Although some people like geale sign the contract because it's a payday they can't turn down even though they are getting the shaft. It's like telling a fighter to sign a contract that he has to have one seem tied behind his back but he will get $10 million. Obviously he will sign but the fight isn't fair.

If you sign for the money, knowing you are getting screwed, take your lumps because you asked for them. Or blame your manager for not doing more for you in negotiations.

[Beanflicker]

The commissions should be the ones taking the heat for letting this nonsense happen.

[Sleepwalker]

Lebron complains to refs (JUSTFIABLY) and he gets called a crybaby. Anyone else says anything to the refs (especially a Bulls player), the refs are cheating...

[ruthless rocco]

The commissions should be the ones taking the heat for letting this nonsense happen.

This!

...and Cotto is a pussy for asking for it in the first place and following through with it once it was granted!

[Master]

Cotto will fight Canelo at light middleweight then it will all be fine but if it is at middleweight then it will be wrong? That is double standards.

[ruthless rocco]

Cotto will fight Canelo at light middleweight then it will all be fine but if it is at middleweight then it will be wrong? That is double standards.

If you're the middleweight champ and you're promoting yourself as middleweight champ and your promotional company advertises you as middleweight champ and the commissions sanction the fight for the middleweight championship then you best be allowing your opponent to weigh in as a middleweight!!!

If you want to win the middleweight title but have no interest in defending the middleweight title against a middleweight fighter who is allowed to weigh in at the middleweight limit then give up the title!

[Master]

Cotto will fight Canelo at light middleweight then it will all be fine but if it is at middleweight then it will be wrong? That is double standards.

If you're the middleweight champ and you're promoting yourself as middleweight champ and your promotional company advertises you as middleweight champ and the commissions sanction the fight for the middleweight championship then you best be allowing your opponent to weigh in as a middleweight!!!

If you want to win the middleweight title but have no interest in defending the middleweight title against a middleweight fighter who is allowed to weigh in at the middleweight limit then give up the title!

Cotto has used the middleweight strap as a bargaining position to secure a good payday against Canelo. Canelo was arguing for a larger slice of the pie but Cotto holding a belt stops that card being used by Alvarez.

GGG has carried on earning and beating true middleweights so his career has not stalled. Cotto is making the most amount of money he can before he leaves the game. In this aspect he has not done anything out of the ordinary to maximise his income.

[powerpuncher]

Like has been said, the main problem is doing a catch weight for a title. If you are a champion at a weight class then there should be a rule in place for maintaining the actual weight. There shouldn't be able to be a negotiation for a contract weight when it's for the title. And also as others have said, it is the commissions and managers job to keep the fighters safe and not allow a natural middle weight to drop that few extra pounds. It makes no sense. We changed to before day weigh ins just so we could call for catch weights and weight drain the fighter even more? Are you telling me that is less dangerous to the fighters health?

[greynotsoold]

Like has been said, the main problem is doing a catch weight for a title. If you are a champion at a weight class then there should be a rule in place for maintaining the actual weight. There shouldn't be able to be a negotiation for a contract weight when it's for the title. And also as others have said, it is the commissions and managers job to keep the fighters safe and not allow a natural middle weight to drop that few extra pounds. It makes no sense. We changed to before day weigh ins just so we could call for catch weights and weight drain the fighter even more? Are you telling me that is less dangerous to the fighters health?

But you have no problem with a 'middleweight' climbing into the ring at 175? Rehydrating turns every fight into a catch weight bout, except that nobody knows how much anybody is going to weigh.