De La Hoya: Pacquiao makes fighters lose on the scales 1st

[Gandalf]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

[Kev]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

[erics44]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

[Kev]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

He said Manny was wrong to drag Oscar and Cotto down in weight. And it would be arrogant and disrespectful to make Marquez move up??

How did he not say that?

[erics44]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

He said Manny was wrong to drag Oscar and Cotto down in weight. And it would be arrogant and disrespectful to make Marquez move up??

How did he not say that?

every situation is different dude

marquez is small COTTO IS BIG so you cant really group it together like you did, get me?

you suggested that it made no difference to bring cotto down a couple of pounds, if thats the case then why do it?

i like pacman, but id also like to see him go into a fight where there are no new rules

[Kev]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

He said Manny was wrong to drag Oscar and Cotto down in weight. And it would be arrogant and disrespectful to make Marquez move up??

How did he not say that?

every situation is different dude

marquez is small COTTO IS BIG so you cant really group it together like you did, get me?

you suggested that it made no difference to bring cotto down a couple of pounds, if thats the case then why do it?

i like pacman, but id also like to see him go into a fight where there are no new rules

It's to prevent one fighter from having an unfair size advantage on fight night.

In boxing fighters don't weigh in the same day of the fight, meaning that they can dehydrate to a weight less than their actual bodyweight and then rehydrate sometimes up to 10/15 lbs more for the fight itself, meaning that Manny would be fighting a far bigger man, as was the case against Margarito, where he weighed 17 pounds less!

If you want true fairness in the sport, the weigh in should be on the same day, to prevent fighters boiling down to fight in a weight class that they do not walk around in.

By having to weight 145 rather 146 Cotto had less potential to rehydrate to a weight significantly higher than Manny by the time of the fight itself.

It's not hard to understand why this was done.

What if they would have agreed a same day weigh in? Cotto could weight 147 but the weigh in must take place in the morning of the fight? That would have been fairer, and would have helped Manny a lot more.

[killersheep]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

He said Manny was wrong to drag Oscar and Cotto down in weight. And it would be arrogant and disrespectful to make Marquez move up??

How did he not say that?

every situation is different dude

marquez is small COTTO IS BIG so you cant really group it together like you did, get me?

you suggested that it made no difference to bring cotto down a couple of pounds, if thats the case then why do it?

i like pacman, but id also like to see him go into a fight where there are no new rules

It's to prevent one fighter from having an unfair size advantage on fight night.

In boxing fighters don't weigh in the same day of the fight, meaning that they can dehydrate to a weight less than their actual bodyweight and then rehydrate sometimes up to 10/15 lbs more for the fight itself, meaning that Manny would be fighting a far bigger man, as was the case against Margarito, where he weighed 17 pounds less!

If you want true fairness in the sport, the weigh in should be on the same day, to prevent fighters boiling down to fight in a weight class that they do not walk around in.

By having to weight 145 rather 146 Cotto had less potential to rehydrate to a weight significantly higher than Manny by the time of the fight itself.

It's not hard to understand why this was done.

What if they would have agreed a same day weigh in? Cotto could weight 147 but the weigh in must take place in the morning of the fight? That would have been fairer, and would have helped Manny a lot more.

Then why have weight classes at all? I believe there should be no catchweights allowed in pro boxing at all, you are following the rules of a weightclass or you aren't. If you are going to move up to fight bigger men, then that's exactly what you should be doing fighting bigger men, not fighting with an asterisk. Of course, noone's going to take a stand when a 6-7 figure payday is on the line.

[erics44]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

He said Manny was wrong to drag Oscar and Cotto down in weight. And it would be arrogant and disrespectful to make Marquez move up??

How did he not say that?

every situation is different dude

marquez is small COTTO IS BIG so you cant really group it together like you did, get me?

you suggested that it made no difference to bring cotto down a couple of pounds, if thats the case then why do it?

i like pacman, but id also like to see him go into a fight where there are no new rules

It's to prevent one fighter from having an unfair size advantage on fight night.

In boxing fighters don't weigh in the same day of the fight, meaning that they can dehydrate to a weight less than their actual bodyweight and then rehydrate sometimes up to 10/15 lbs more for the fight itself, meaning that Manny would be fighting a far bigger man, as was the case against Margarito, where he weighed 17 pounds less!

If you want true fairness in the sport, the weigh in should be on the same day, to prevent fighters boiling down to fight in a weight class that they do not walk around in.

By having to weight 145 rather 146 Cotto had less potential to rehydrate to a weight significantly higher than Manny by the time of the fight itself.

It's not hard to understand why this was done.

What if they would have agreed a same day weigh in? Cotto could weight 147 but the weigh in must take place in the morning of the fight? That would have been fairer, and would have helped Manny a lot more.

when rehydrating, is a starting weight of 1lb less gonna make that much difference? The only purpose i can see it serving is to put as much extra strain on cottos body as posible

I think same day weigh ins have cause a lot of health problems havent they?

like i said man i like pacman, and i will continue to tune in, i would just like to see him fight for the welterweight title at welterweight

as a result of all the money and possibilities after victory that were offered to cotto he took the fight at the agreed catch weight, thats fair enough, the posible gains outweighed the risks.

as a result i dont think pacmans welterweight or lightmiddleweight world titles are the most legitimate

for the record, i think he would have won anyway

[Gandalf]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

He said Manny was wrong to drag Oscar and Cotto down in weight. And it would be arrogant and disrespectful to make Marquez move up??

How did he not say that?

I did not say Manny was wrong to drag Oscar down, I quite clearly said that Oscar did that of his own choosing. Cotto is a different matter, but likewise, I said he had the choice and also said he should have refused.

You have misread my posts. Not for the first time, I might add.

[ono]

Oscar in "Being a hypocrite shock."

Well i never.

[Beanflicker]

Meh, if you don't think you can perform at the weight limit offered, don't take the fight.

[Master]

Meh, if you don't think you can perform at the weight limit offered, don't take the fight.

Yes, Oscars fault for mis-calulating.

[Gandalf]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

No, I don't quite think I was saying that either.

I think I was suggesting it to be a good idea for Manny to agree to go down a weight and ask Marquez to make an equal sacrifice in going up in weight and for them to both agree on sharing the difference at 140. Considering that most of the experts thought Marquez won the last fight, that would be the gentlemanly thing for Manny to do.

[Kev]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

No, I don't quite think I was saying that either.

I think I was suggesting it to be a good idea for Manny to agree to go down a weight and ask Marquez to make an equal sacrifice in going up in weight and for them to both agree on sharing the difference at 140. Considering that most of the experts thought Marquez won the last fight, that would be the gentlemanly thing for Manny to do.

Manny probably would go down a weight class back to welterweight to fight Marquez. What are you moaning about?

[Gandalf]

I hate all these catchweights and wish Manny would stop playing games with them, but having said that DLH should be the last person to be criticising Manny on this.

Cotto at 145 was unfair, but Cotto should have turned it down. Likewise, I hope Marquez sees sense and stays away from Pac if it is anything above 140. It is just not worth it. At 37 he cannot handle the weight like the younger Manny can. Marquez is a naturally smaller fighter.

Was it really relevant though? Cotto only weighed 146 for his fight against Joshua Clottey.

I don't really called losing a single pound a deal breaker. I know (as AdamGB will doubtless explain to me) a certain point below which fighters cannot drop, but 145 isn't it for Cotto. He has come up from the lower weights and weighed as low as 136 against Mallignaggi in June 2006.

Cotto would have got massacred catchweight or not, and only would have weighed a pound more.

The idea that Manny always fights at catchweight is completely overblown. Oscar wasn't a catchweight, it was at 147. Hatton wasn't at catchweight, it was at junior welter, Ricky's weight class. Clottey wasn't at catchweight either, it was at welter. Margarito was at 150 lbs but I don't see how this was at a detriment to Margarito considered he weighed under 146 against Shane Mosley only two fights previously.


Critics and moaners will always exist, but what Manny has done has been sensational.

If it wasn't relevant then why was it there? I'm sure it wasn't Cotto begging to come in at 145. The fight should have been at 147 with no questions asked. WW was a weight that Cotto had grown into. They also suggested ages back that they would only fight Mosley if he could boil down to 142. As if Mosley could ever make 142.

The DLH fight was old orange faces fault, so no blame can be put at Manny's door. And I agree that the Margarito catchweight was less questionable, it was certainly no advantage for Manny. That was a strange one.

I would just like to see title fights at the correct weights. I don't really see the need for CW's and I certainly see no reason why the worlds best fighter should be looking for little short cuts so that his nights work can be even easier.

Suggesting Marquez go anywhere north of JWW is extremely arrogant and disrespectful considering that Manny was extremely lucky to get the nod in that last fight. Manny is the one with something to prove so to stop the fight with demands before it even starts is unfair. At least offer the fans something credible like with the DLH fight. Let Manny come down a division and let Marquez go up one and meet at JWW. Anything more is just being greedy and stopping the potential of a great fight before it even starts. Marquez hasn't proven he can fight at the higher weights and Manny has shown no good reason why he couldn't make JWW.

So what you are saying is that when a fighter drops weight to meet Manny, they are at a disadvantage, and when a fighter must gain weight to fight Manny they are equally disadvantaged. The only fair solution is that Manny must yoyo up and down the divisions, no catchweights to beat all his challengers, even though he is the prize and the big payday.

Maybe he should be forced to wear lead boots as well, or have one arm tied behind his back if he starts to dominate the early rounds?

Also how is Manny the one with something to prove? Since beating Marquez he has won world titles in four more weight classes and is the p4p best fighter in the world. I have never met anyone with as blinkered a view on things as you Miles. You are the most biased person I've ever met!

i dont think he said that no bro

its funny sometimes this forum

No, I don't quite think I was saying that either.

I think I was suggesting it to be a good idea for Manny to agree to go down a weight and ask Marquez to make an equal sacrifice in going up in weight and for them to both agree on sharing the difference at 140. Considering that most of the experts thought Marquez won the last fight, that would be the gentlemanly thing for Manny to do.

Manny probably would go down a weight class back to welterweight to fight Marquez. What are you moaning about?

Marquez is not a WW fighter and Manny is not even a proper JMW. Why should Marquez fight at that weight? And why should a fight between two guys who can easily make JWW not take place at that weight? It is the perfect go between. Even that is heavier than any weight Marquez has ever been effective at before and to ask it at 37? Manny should grant him that.