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If Pac is more comfortable at 144 then let him do that, if Floyd is more comfortable at 147 then let him do that. We should have two athletes at their optimum weight and let the fans have the fight they want for once. No dilly dallying over weight. If Manny wants to be a WW then he should learn to handle the weight or else go back down to JWW.
That's totally wrong for it means JMM can come at 135 against Floyd who can come at 147 or Pacquiao coming in at 140 against Cotto who can come in at 147. I think you can clearly see that there has to be a compromise weight somewhere in the middle like 144 for Floyd-JMM and 145 for Pacquiao-Cotto.

I think 145 is just fine and fair for Floyd-Pacquiao fight.
You would do.

remind us what the RANGE for the WW division is? Both fighters should be allowed to weigh-in within that range. That's why it's a WW division rather than one set weight that Freddie Roach decides will handicap their opponent.
From what I understood from Roach, Floyd can weigh-in at 147 (or 146) if he wants to but he has to pay some penalties. Roach is only asking Floyd to weigh-in at 145 if he can (Cotto just did). The fight will still go on even if Floyd weigh-in at 147 and it will be called off if Floyd weigh-in over 147.

Like what GBP/Floyd labeled it for the Floyd-JMM fight weight, it's a "welterweight" fight.