Did Oscar maybe aim for speed??

[BlackRazor]

I was surprised he weighed what he did on fight night, that was a bit amiss. Oscar was crap left, right and centre. He didnt even know how to use his leverage and jab. He was beyond atrocious and to be honest I have never seen a "top" fighter get so taken apart.

There was certainly no speed there.

Exactly, NOBODY made Oscar look even close to that bad before. Some of it was Manny to be sure but how many guys would have looked good/great against the Oscar we saw last Sat. night?

[pacfan]

Weight problem is pretty easy to detect. If a fighter dehydrates himself for the weigh-in, he would naturally have to re-hydrate himself about 7 or more pounds by the time of the fight. So a dehydrated fighter would have gained at least 7lbs after the weigh-in. Good examples are Morales who went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in about 150lb for the fights, and pac himself in his last couple fights for 130lbs; he went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in near 150lbs for the fight - that explains why he decided to go up two weight classes for good just in a year. Oscar gained only 2lbs and as his trainer strongly emphasized, there was absolutely no weight issue in that fight. Maybe it was just a plain old aging mechanism at work or something else. No doubt he looked like an old man.

[:::PSL:::]

Weight problem is pretty easy to detect. If a fighter dehydrates himself for the weigh-in, he would naturally have to re-hydrate himself about 7 or more pounds by the time of the fight. So a dehydrated fighter would have gained at least 7lbs after the weigh-in. Good examples are Morales who went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in about 150lb for the fights, and pac himself in his last couple fights for 130lbs; he went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in near 150lbs for the fight - that explains why he decided to go up two weight classes for good just in a year. Oscar gained only 2lbs and as his trainer strongly emphasized, there was absolutely no weight issue in that fight. Maybe it was just a plain old aging mechanism at work or something else. No doubt he looked like an old man.

Oscar's stomach shrunk that's why he only gained 2 lbs.

And he was blocking Pac's left hand with his face. Almost kinda like protecting his right hand with face.

[Ky7le]

Weight problem is pretty easy to detect. If a fighter dehydrates himself for the weigh-in, he would naturally have to re-hydrate himself about 7 or more pounds by the time of the fight. So a dehydrated fighter would have gained at least 7lbs after the weigh-in. Good examples are Morales who went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in about 150lb for the fights, and pac himself in his last couple fights for 130lbs; he went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in near 150lbs for the fight - that explains why he decided to go up two weight classes for good just in a year. Oscar gained only 2lbs and as his trainer strongly emphasized, there was absolutely no weight issue in that fight. Maybe it was just a plain old aging mechanism at work or something else. No doubt he looked like an old man.

Oscar's stomach shrunk that's why he only gained 2 lbs.

His trainers said they had him at weight weeks before the fight. I don't think that they were that low, but they were close. That is why he didn't put on weight. Most fighters don't get down to fighting weight till right before the fight, but with a $3mil penalty for every pound he was over Oscar couldn't afford to do this. He HAD to make 147. He only put on 2 lbs. because he only cut 4-5lbs. He was 149-150 the day before the weigh in.

[ono]

Weight problem is pretty easy to detect. If a fighter dehydrates himself for the weigh-in, he would naturally have to re-hydrate himself about 7 or more pounds by the time of the fight. So a dehydrated fighter would have gained at least 7lbs after the weigh-in. Good examples are Morales who went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in about 150lb for the fights, and pac himself in his last couple fights for 130lbs; he went 130lbs for the weigh-in and came in near 150lbs for the fight - that explains why he decided to go up two weight classes for good just in a year. Oscar gained only 2lbs and as his trainer strongly emphasized, there was absolutely no weight issue in that fight. Maybe it was just a plain old aging mechanism at work or something else. No doubt he looked like an old man.

Oscar's stomach shrunk that's why he only gained 2 lbs.

His trainers said they had him at weight weeks before the fight. I don't think that they were that low, but they were close. That is why he didn't put on weight. Most fighters don't get down to fighting weight till right before the fight, but with a $3mil penalty for every pound he was over Oscar couldn't afford to do this. He HAD to make 147. He only put on 2 lbs. because he only cut 4-5lbs. He was 149-150 the day before the weigh in.

On 24/7 he weighed in at 155lbs before a sparring session and that was apparently only 2 weeks out. Either way, they fucked up big time.