Yes or No Poll regarding Catchweights

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The Manny Pacquiaos aren't really that rare in my opinion. We tend to have a few in every decade of the sport. Roy Jones started his career at 154 and then went on to win every title in his division including one of the alphabet HW titles. Oscar won titles starting at 130 all the way to 160. Floyd won titles at 130 all the way to 154. Duran won titles as a LW all the way to middleweight.

Pacman has a good career, but nothing unique.

How many former Flyweight world champions, have gone on to compete at Welterweight ? i would say that is pretty rare because i can't think of a single boxer that has done that, that is incredible and im just glad im in this era to appreciate it.

Ice when Bilbo is back next week I promise as his mum to make sure he reps you for that good little post.

NO little fighter has done anything like Manny has done.

It makes me laugh that some will probably say in all seriousness that Ricardo Lopez is a better all time great than Manny with his domination of the world's smallest weight class and then moving up a single divison to win a belt at junior flyweight.

Manny has also started at 107 lbs and went on to win world titles at flyweight, bantamweight, S featherweight, Lightweight, junior welter and even ko'd a legend at welterweight but his career is 'good but not unique'

Even the great Roy Jones didn't when he moved up to heavy picked the worst paper belt holder and outpointed him, Manny went up the same number of weight classes, fought against the Ring Champ and sparked him in two rounds.

He's pretty special.

I totally agree as i said im not really a Manny Pacquiao fan, im a Juan Manuel Marquez fan. But you can't help just appreciate Manny Pacquiao, not only has he won all those titles at all those weightclasses.

Which is amazing in it self, he has also improved so much as a boxer. Which to me is one of the most impressive things about Manny Pacquiao. Its so hard to turn into a boxer, when most of your career your instinct as a fighter is of course to fight.

But now he has that under control, and he fights with controlled aggression. And he really is great to watch as boxer more so than he's old aggressive style IMO.

I don't really care what weightclass he is fighting Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr, at. Just managing to fight them is a feat in itself.

When me and many other members, thought it was ridiculous to even suggest that a fight could happen between any of those fighters. Now people are actually having a go at Manny Pacquiao, for not fighting them at there exact weight ?

When he is the smaller man ? i just find that laughable to be honest. As you said in another thread if they don't want to fight Manny Pacquiao, at 143 or whatever they don't have to take the fight do they ?

Its not like Manny Pacquiao is putting a gun to there head forcing them to do it, just like it wasn't Manny Pacquiao's fault ODLH drained himself. He still won the fight which many people thought he was out his depth, so what really else can he do ?

I don't think people are being realistic here, and i think Manny Pacquiao fighting any of those fighters is a feat in itself. People are too hard on Manny Pacquiao, i think he's done excellent to achieve what he has achieved. Truly a great a boxer and as i said im just glad to be a part of it. And by the way i'll send some rep your way on your Bilbo name.