Quote Originally Posted by milmascaras1 View Post
this fight would never happen because martinez is in his prime and that's not pacquiao's mantra to fight prime fighters. martinez is just hoping for the fight but bob arum isn't a fool, he doesn't want pacquiao badly beaten up and retired.

i think this fight would be competitive for a couple of rounds but after that, martinez' power would show and would KO pacquiao in the middle rounds. if they are going to fight for pacquiao's jr. middleweight title, i hope martinez falls for this catchweight crap again. at 154, martinez ass rapes the little anointed midget.
It's not a catch weight per se. 154lbs is the Jr Middleweight limit. It's not a negotiation. It is pre-negotiation chatter from Martinez to entice Pacquiao. Martinez's promoter is just laying out the premise to fight Martinez should Pacquiao's first preference fails to materialize. I didn't here anyone complaining about the Williams/Martinez II fight, being Title fight, and at a catch weight.

As far as arguments for being weight drained goes, his last 5 fights were:

11/20/10; Williams - 156
4/17/10; Pavilik - 159.5
12/5/09; Williams - 157
2/14/09; Cintron - 154,
10/04/08; Bunema - 152.5

154+ ".?" is right there for Martinez so you can get over the catch weigh nonsense. If ever there is serious talk about a match, you can bet Team Pacquiao will shoot for a much lower weight like 150lbs. (Then you can start with the catch weight crap) Their incentive to go for the higher weight of 154+ is a 9th weight-class trinket, but my guess is they would rather opt to for a lower weight and take as much advantage as they can get away from Martinez. It is all moot at this point since there is nothing serious. I do expect this match-up however to grow in popularity as the hope for a Mayweather clash dies. I also think you are completely misreading Arum. I think Arum is very crafty and cunning. I think Arum is just paving the way for future negotiations to sway them in his favor.