Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
De La Hoya: Pacquiao Forces Boxers To Lose on The Scale - Boxing News

According to Oscar, Pacquiao makes fighters lose on the scale first. He said Pacquiao forced him to move down to 147 and other opponents. He also is pushing for a 3rd fight with JMM at a preferred catchweight of 142 or 144 and that Marquez beat Pacquiao twice. He says it's the right thing for Pac to accomodate JMM and fight at a CW.


My thoughts are that Oscar is right, he never made any demands in his fight or to gain an advantage. I mean Oscar never made any demands for catchweights (Hopkins 156 for lineal MW title) or make opponents climb up in weight (Genaro Hernandez, Floyd and Pac) to fight him ever in his career. Oscar always maintained a fair and even playing field.
Oscar agreed to fight at 147lb then foolishly over trained and drained himself by weighing 141lb a month out from the fight. His body was a wreck come fight night, i don't see how that's Pacquiao's fault? IMO another Marquez fight would be disastrous for JMM at this time, granted he was unlucky in two previous fights, remember he was almost blasted away inside 3 minutes in the first one. Marquez is not the fighter he was 5 years ago, Pacquiao has improved considerably. Pac beats Marquez easily in fight 3.