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

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Oh and as for abiding by the current rules of a weight class what rules has Manny broken.

As I understand it the rules for fighting for the welterweight title are 'You cannot exceed the maximum weight limit of 147 lbs'.

Where does it say 'You cannot weigh in at 145lbs?'

As far as the titles go you are absolutely correct, and as far as the sanctioning bodies go, as long as they profit they will let go whatever happens, catchweights and whatever else keeps them profitable. But what are the weightclasses there for? Do you consider Manny to be a Light middleweight fighter? Why should a light middleweight fighter take away the advantage he enjoys himself to accommadate his move, the only real answer of course is money. There are established weight classes intact to keep fighters up against fighters that are relatively close to their own weight, if someone chooses give up that advantage by moving up in weight that is there perogative, but it is unfair to amend the rules as they apply to the other fighter.

As I said before I am all for same day weigh-ins, but they will never happen because of money.

I am also strongly against catchweights, especially in regards to title fights, but they will never go away because of money.

I believe I understand what you are saying, I just believe that weight classes (and there are too many anyway) should be respected and if someone moves up that is their choice to take on the disadvantage of the nature of that weight class, even if it means being outweighed by 20 lbs on the night of the fight. It's my personal take that as far as private contracts go, there should only be the option to choose a weight class to contract in, not to create a weight class.

From what I understand in your view all weights fall within a weight class and are therefore valid, and that any fighter that is moving up in weight should make the fighter naturally in that weight class to come down to accommadate that lighter fighter so it is closer in weight and therefore a more level playing field. Is that correct?