PAC-MARGO in Abu-DHABI

[ICB]

same here, the cheat wont get a single dollar from my pocket

I never pay for any fights i haven't for years, i just think its pointless. With all the streams and download links, unless your going there live to watch it. I don't see the point in spending any money at all.

[boxingbantz]

Rumours have it this is going to be fought at a catchweight. Surprise, surprise. Anything to add an advantage to Manny.

[UKPH]

Just like the rumors from Koncs a catch weight over Clottey

[:::PSL:::]

Rumours have it this is going to be fought at a catchweight. Surprise, surprise. Anything to add an advantage to Manny.

The proposed bout is at 154. How can that be advantage for Manny? Anyways, I don't really care if Margacheato goes up to 200 lbs come fight night. HE'S JUST A BIGGER TARGET, THAT'S ALL HE IS. As long as he doesn't carry loaded gloves, then it's fine by me. Pac is keeping the speed under 150 lbs, cuz SPEED KILLS. The longer the fight will take, the visible we will see Margacheato's face turn to ground beef. Lol. He's gonna look like a lasagna with teeth if the fight reaches 12 round.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Rumours have it this is going to be fought at a catchweight. Surprise, surprise. Anything to add an advantage to Manny.

The proposed bout is at 154. How can that be advantage for Manny? Anyways, I don't really care if Margacheato goes up to 200 lbs come fight night. HE'S JUST A BIGGER TARGET, THAT'S ALL HE IS. As long as he doesn't carry loaded gloves, then it's fine by me. Pac is keeping the speed under 150 lbs, cuz SPEED KILLS. The longer the fight will take, the visible we will see Margacheato's face turn to ground beef. Lol. He's gonna look like a lasagna with teeth if the fight reaches 12 round.

Who told you that the lasagna will still have teeth when this fight is over?

Kidding aside, Manny is again going up another weight division and will be in unfamiliar territory when he do fight Margarito. His highest weight so far had been 145 3/4 lb. And Margarito had weighted below 150 lb during most of his later fights (except the last one with Garcia). So a catchweight would not really be an advantage for Pacquiao. To me 150 - 152 lb would be acceptable but it should NOT be for the title.

If Manny is aiming for the title, then let there be NO CATCHWEIGHT.

[KKisser]

Rumours have it this is going to be fought at a catchweight. Surprise, surprise. Anything to add an advantage to Manny.

The proposed bout is at 154. How can that be advantage for Manny? Anyways, I don't really care if Margacheato goes up to 200 lbs come fight night. HE'S JUST A BIGGER TARGET, THAT'S ALL HE IS. As long as he doesn't carry loaded gloves, then it's fine by me. Pac is keeping the speed under 150 lbs, cuz SPEED KILLS. The longer the fight will take, the visible we will see Margacheato's face turn to ground beef. Lol. He's gonna look like a lasagna with teeth if the fight reaches 12 round.

Who told you that the lasagna will still have teeth when this fight is over?

Kidding aside, Manny is again going up another weight division and will be in unfamiliar territory when he do fight Margarito. His highest weight so far had been 145 3/4 lb. And Margarito had weighted below 150 lb during most of his later fights (except the last one with Garcia). So a catchweight would not really be an advantage for Pacquiao. To me 150 - 152 lb would be acceptable but it should NOT be for the title.

If Manny is aiming for the title, then let there be NO CATCHWEIGHT.

there's no point at fighting at 150-152lbs if it won't be for a title. so they should just fight at 147 for pac's title. or they should fight for the junior middleweight title at the full limit of 154lbs.

[fan johnny]

I've been reading people write a bunch of crap about how catch weight are bull shit... making arguments how unfair it is.

What the hell are weight classes for! Are they not to create fairness in the sport? How the hell is it unfair advantage for the smaller man when the advantage is made for the larger man by giving him a more than 24 hour weigh-in period so he can qualify to make the weight to rehydrate safely? Just look at what Mayweather did to Marquez. No one knows what Mayweather weighed because he refused the 'unofficial' weigh-in at "fight time". "The boxing weight-in" has got to be the biggest farce of any sport. What the hell is the boxing commission for? The commissions should call the weight at Fight time "the official weight". And stop the bull shit of the "qualifying weigh-in". How does any of this bull shit promote safety in the sport?

Margacheato should have absolutely no problems with 150lbs when he fought Mosley at 147lbs before getting booted. What did Clottey weigh when he stepped into the ring with Pacquiao? 160lbs+ When the big man wins, he's picking on the little man. When the little man wins, he's using unfair weigh-in tactics.

[CFH]

I've been reading people write a bunch of crap about how catch weight are bull shit... making arguments how unfair it is.

What the hell are weight classes for! Are they not to create fairness in the sport? How the hell is it unfair advantage for the smaller man when the advantage is made for the larger man by giving him a more than 24 hour weigh-in period so he can qualify to make the weight to rehydrate safely? Just look at what Mayweather did to Marquez. No one knows what Mayweather weighed because he refused the 'unofficial' weigh-in at "fight time". "The boxing weight-in" has got to be the biggest farce of any sport. What the hell is the boxing commission for? The commissions should call the weight at Fight time "the official weight". And stop the bull shit of the "qualifying weigh-in". How does any of this bull shit promote safety in the sport?

Margacheato should have absolutely no problems with 150lbs when he fought Mosley at 147lbs before getting booted. What did Clottey weigh when he stepped into the ring with Pacquiao? 160lbs+ When the big man wins, he's picking on the little man. When the little man wins, he's using unfair weigh-in tactics.

If you're going to compete for a title in a division (regardless of how illegitimate a "title fight" it is), you should work within the established parameters which all other fighters in that division do. You shouldn't use your economic clout to force the creation of a situation which benefits only yourself.

If Pacquiao, or Mayweather, or anyone else, wants to fight for a title below 150lbs, then fight at welter. There are plenty of big, legacy-enhancing fights there that would mean a fuck of a lot more than beating a known cheat and possibly shot fighter who hasn't looked impressive in the ring in over 2 years.

Simply put, if you're too small for a division then either deal with it or don't fight at that weight. This catch-weight bullshit is absurd, regardless of which fighter is making these sorts of demands and it is only going to serve to mitigate Pacquiao's accomplishments at the higher weights.

[ElTerribleMorales]

same here, the cheat wont get a single dollar from my pocket

I never pay for any fights i haven't for years, i just think its pointless. With all the streams and download links, unless your going there live to watch it. I don't see the point in spending any money at all.

well here boxing is a family thing, so on huge fights that we really want to see we order the PPV (which is maybe about 3 or 4 times a year), and now well we basically just split up the bill so it's not as bad, and well we basically have a bbq and so on with the whole family lol, only fights we ordered this year were Vazquez Jr Vs Sonsona and Mayweather Vs. Mosley, if Lopez Vs. R. Marquez ends up on PPV (and not showtime) well we'll order it, same goes with Cotto/Mayweather

[ICB]

same here, the cheat wont get a single dollar from my pocket

I never pay for any fights i haven't for years, i just think its pointless. With all the streams and download links, unless your going there live to watch it. I don't see the point in spending any money at all.

well here boxing is a family thing, so on huge fights that we really want to see we order the PPV (which is maybe about 3 or 4 times a year), and now well we basically just split up the bill so it's not as bad, and well we basically have a bbq and so on with the whole family lol, only fights we ordered this year were Vazquez Jr Vs Sonsona and Mayweather Vs. Mosley, if Lopez Vs. R. Marquez ends up on PPV (and not showtime) well we'll order it, same goes with Cotto/Mayweather

Thats cool your whole family get involved, wish mine was luck that. The only real boxing fanatic in my family is my grandad.

[ElTerribleMorales]

same here, the cheat wont get a single dollar from my pocket

I never pay for any fights i haven't for years, i just think its pointless. With all the streams and download links, unless your going there live to watch it. I don't see the point in spending any money at all.

well here boxing is a family thing, so on huge fights that we really want to see we order the PPV (which is maybe about 3 or 4 times a year), and now well we basically just split up the bill so it's not as bad, and well we basically have a bbq and so on with the whole family lol, only fights we ordered this year were Vazquez Jr Vs Sonsona and Mayweather Vs. Mosley, if Lopez Vs. R. Marquez ends up on PPV (and not showtime) well we'll order it, same goes with Cotto/Mayweather

Thats cool your whole family get involved, wish mine was luck that. The only real boxing fanatic in my family is my grandad.

yea here it's me, my cousins, my uncles, my dad a bit (he's not as into it as he was before, basically been like that since Trinidad went down hill lol) so it's a pretty big group

[CFH]

same here, the cheat wont get a single dollar from my pocket

I never pay for any fights i haven't for years, i just think its pointless. With all the streams and download links, unless your going there live to watch it. I don't see the point in spending any money at all.

well here boxing is a family thing, so on huge fights that we really want to see we order the PPV (which is maybe about 3 or 4 times a year), and now well we basically just split up the bill so it's not as bad, and well we basically have a bbq and so on with the whole family lol, only fights we ordered this year were Vazquez Jr Vs Sonsona and Mayweather Vs. Mosley, if Lopez Vs. R. Marquez ends up on PPV (and not showtime) well we'll order it, same goes with Cotto/Mayweather

Thats cool your whole family get involved, wish mine was luck that. The only real boxing fanatic in my family is my grandad.

I remember talking to POB about the same thing a while back.

I have literally no one to watch fights with, so I never buy PPV's; it just doesn't make any sense. None of my friends really like boxing, though one of them says he'll buy the never-gonna-happen Pac - PBF fight, so I just sit in front of the computer and watch the streams. If I had a group of people who were interested in coming over to watch a PPV together I might change my tune.

[Balboa]

I favor Manny to pull out a UD here, but by no means is he going to steamroll Antonio.

People have abandoned Margarito and he himself tainted his own legacy. He is responsible for the world's opinion of him now.

However, none of that changes what a ridiculously tough customer Tony is. If you think he's gonna stand there all night and let Manny potshot him, I think you have another thing coming. This will be a tough competetive fight for Pac and I wouldn't want to bet on it. Tony has a great chin, great reach, plenty of power, and when he fights tall it's gonna be quite a reach for Manny. This one goes the distance.

[BigLuke]

Another KO on the pacman's resume. Manny will win the fight in easy fashion. I just dont understand this fight. Can we not just get the two best fighters of this era in the ring together please... How long must they draw this out

[boxingbantz]

Another KO on the pacman's resume. Manny will win the fight in easy fashion. I just dont understand this fight. Can we not just get the two best fighters of this era in the ring together please... How long must they draw this out

Until May 2011.