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After reading this article I'm convinced that roach knew ODLH was done and he knew making him come down to 147 to fight manny would basically make him look like the zombie he was...

Now as far as making Shane drop five pounds when he hasn't been that small since 1999, is another example of roach knowing that kind of weight loss would do just enough to give Manny the slight edge in terms of conditioning. This to me should be viewed in the same light as Floyd being accused of "cherry picking". But at least floyd went up to 154 to fight oscar which is why oscar looked so much better against floyd. Manny should fight the WW's at 147 or the LWW's at 140....this catch weight shit is ridiculous esp when he soundedly beat a "game" oscar...


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I'm not a Pac man groupie, but to say that he is cherry picking like Mayweather is ridiculous.

Manny is stepping up in weight to fight bigger men. Mayweather makes smaller men step up in weight to fight him and not fighting any of the men who are natural at that weight. That's the difference. Case in point, Manny fought his first fight at 140 against the champion of the division, Hatton, who Mayweather fought at 147.

Manny is choosing who he fights, but that is boxing. And, look at his potential options: Cotto, Mosley, or Mayweather. Most boxing fans have wanted Floyd to fight Cotto or Mosley for at least two years, if not longer. Before the Hatton fight, after the Hatton fight pre-retirement, and before the un-retirement.

What is ridiculous is that Manny may actually fight Cotto before Mayweather does.
its the same thing...Floyd isnt naturally 147 either, he moved up and beat the lineal champs at 147..ricky hatton moved up to challenge floyd for his p4p belt which is what all the smaller fighters are really fighting over, and since floyd is pound for pound the best in the sport anyone that wants to fight him should go to 147...this is like floyd challenging pavlik for the belt then demanding that he meet him at 155...

PACMAN fought oscar who was at 154 at WW...if he can fight a LMW then he can fight WWs its that simple..other than that ,the catch weight crap is just the same as roy jones demanding 100million to fight lennox lewis...just another way to get out of the fight...

and if cotto drops to 140 to fight PACMAN then it will be because arum and cottos people talked him into accepting the high risk/ high reward fight..besides cotto isn as old as PBF or SHANE..esp shane who hasn't been that small in over 10years...cotto might be able to handle the weight loss better than the older two fighters..which is probably why roach demands that cotto drops the most weight out of the three...its the same as pricing yourself out....floyd might consider the catchweight because he's arrongant enough to do it..but shane and cotto would only be doing it for the mega bucks...