Catch Weight - Title fight?

[blegit]

Unless the rules have been changed at a catchweight there is no title on the line. Reason being is they would both be over the 140 pound limit so that is a given as to why. And even though for the sake of a call anything between 140 and 147 is welterweight there would be no welterweight title on the line because Mosley is not allowed to make welterweight limit. If the welterweight title were allowed to be on the line then technically Mosley could lose the title on the scale without even weighing over 147. That would be a contradiction of the rules. Although I have heard that nowadays you can do just about anything if its in the contract and the influence of big money is involved. Boxing has bent a lot of rules. So I wouldn't be surprised if even a sanctioning body allowed the lower weight to be on the line. This would be a cheating way to get a higher belt because Pac is not really fighting a welterweight.

[fan johnny]

Unless the rules have been changed at a catchweight there is no title on the line. Reason being is they would both be over the 140 pound limit so that is a given as to why. And even though for the sake of a call anything between 140 and 147 is welterweight there would be no welterweight title on the line because Mosley is not allowed to make welterweight limit. If the welterweight title were allowed to be on the line then technically Mosley could lose the title on the scale without even weighing over 147. That would be a contradiction of the rules. Although I have heard that nowadays you can do just about anything if its in the contract and the influence of big money is involved. Boxing has bent a lot of rules. So I wouldn't be surprised if even a sanctioning body allowed the lower weight to be on the line. This would be a cheating way to get a higher belt because Pac is not really fighting a welterweight.

Ok, now I'm really confused I thought the welterweight class was 140 to 147 and 147 being the maximum. 140 being the minimum. If a fighter comes in lower than the 140 the fight is a NC? (Boxing commission) So I can't understand why Mosley's title wouldn't be at risk since it is still a welterweight bout? I thought that the catch weight is a contractual agreement for maximum official weigh-in weight between the fighters. If he weighs in above the catch weight limit but under the 147 limit wouldn't it just be called a NC, if Pacquiao says no because it's in his contract?

If I understand correctly you're saying that the sanctioning body has to agree to modify the rules to suit the fighters agreement. (Is that even legally possible) I would think that if Mosley didn't make the catch weight but made the welterweight limit then contractually the fight would be ruled a NC, rather than him losing the belt.