Quote Originally Posted by KKisser View Post
as much as i'd like this fight to be at the 147lb limit, everyone would agree that these two belong in 2 different weight classes. pac at fightnight has been known to weigh up to 148 and cotto as high as 160lbs. both want the fight because there's big money in it and as long as a belt isn't on the line and any of fighter isn't placed at too much of a disadvantage by the weight loss or gain, there shouldn't really be any objection to a catchweight. it's not as if it hasn't been done before. hopkins whoop pavlik at a catchweight. cotto's nutritionist did state that the lowest miguel can go is 144lbs. so he shouldn't have any problem with 145. just 3 years ago cotto was 138 for the malignaggi fight while pac the same year was 129. i just don't get why manny would get the flack by asking for a catchweight. again i ask, would you give cotto full credit if he beat pac at 147? 145 would somehow even the playing field and a victory for cotto would be more sweet.
It's a pointless fight right now, apart from the money that everyone will make from it. That is the only reason I can see that the fight has been made at all. It has nothing to do with who is best. Who cares what they fought at 3 years, that's like comparing how they weighed when they born.

Pac wins = Cotto was weight drained.
Cotto wins = Pac was too small/Cotto was too big.

All this catchweight stuff is just nonsence. In the past you moved up the weight and fought for the guys title. Did Duran start pussying about asking for catchweights? No. All this stuff is making boxing faggy.

It taints the fight for both guys.