Did Oscar maybe aim for speed??

[Andre]

I know pac v dlh discussion has almost been beaten to death,,,, but just wondering anyone's thoughts on why DLH weighed so little on fight night??

I think there are 3 possible explanations for Oscar's weight:

1. He wanted to be as fast as possible, and he thought the best way to do that was to be as light as possible
2. His body reacted adversely to the process of draining down to 147, and caused him problems when he attempted to rehydrate (this was Roach's theory)
3. There had been so much talk about this fight being a mismatch, that Oscar wanted to prove he was the better man, not just a bigger man. He intentionally came in light because he wanted to be able to say, "Look, he actually outweighed me in the ring, and I still beat him."

I could believe any of those 3. If it's #2, then I can't blame Oscar. If it's #1 or #3, then he made a stupid decision and he has no one to blame but himself.

Intention I'd say a bit of both 1 and 3 thinking if its even then experience will overcome whats left in the age gap with added speed and reactions;

Got caught out by No 2, not to take anything away from Mannys, strength speed and skill, all of it killed off 1 and three.

[ono]

Just rewatching Pac v DLH, as cringeworthy as it is.... There is one spot where the commentators say "Why did so many ringside experts think it wasn't even a credible fight?" This is around the 3rd round when it is clear Manny is dominating, the complete opposite to what experts thought..

Emmanual Stewart replies "Because I thought he would come into the fight at about 160 pounds" obviously making the weight and size difference HUGE... But I mean, by the unofficial weighins on the night of the fight, DLH had barely put on 2 or 3 pounds since the weigh in.. Where even THERE he weighed less that most expected..


Do you think that maybe he thought that Pac's speed might be to much for him if he was a lot heavier, and maybe some sort of decision was made to not put on much more weight, to possibly assist speed??

I mean, DLH looked slow and lazy and nothing popped or snapped for him all night, so it did not help at all.... But you would have thought the only chance he would have WAS to go back up to at least 155 for the fight...

Obviously weighing the same weight as Manny at the fight, the 1to2 inch size differences weren't going to mean shit when you match up a prime ferocious fighter, against someone who's aging as DLH has been....


I know pac v dlh discussion has almost been beaten to death,,,, but just wondering anyone's thoughts on why DLH weighed so little on fight night??

They just messed up with the weight i think. 2lbs between the weigh in and fight night suggests that he hasn't re-hydrated properly nor has he stocked up on glycogen, to give him the energy to fight. Maybe he was ill.

I don't think his team are stupid enough to think that being 'lighter' is the only factor affecting speed. Going by that analogy Usain Bolt would also go into his races 10lbs lighter - thus making him faster than a greyhound.