WHY did Pacquiao and Co FORCE the Cotto fight to be at 145lbs?

emmanuel was clearly big enough to fight Cotto(e) without a catchweight

It be reasonable if he was demanding a catchweight for say a 160 pounder

 

It's really dependent on who's behind who really. The greater a fighter "claims" to be, the more there is to be expected of such a fighter. That being said, people want him to move to everywhich weight where the opponent is for each fight.

 

Exactly, well put

 

the timing couldnt have been worse, joe santiago was his trainer

 

They were playing the drain game, what else is new?

 

:deal

Nobody knew this better than Bob Arum. :yep

 

I remember that it went as Scar put it. How could anyboby even consider this as FORCING? My guess is the poster is biased with an agenda!

 

Bottom line is, when you're fighting a guy that's a bigger draw you have to bend to his demands if you want the fight. Mayweather did it with De La Hoya so on and so forth. You might not like it but that's the way it goes.

 

cotto fan boys shouldnt be asking this question. its far more shameful to ask a challenger to fight at a cathcweight, you know what i mean.

 

Biggest purse he had ever been offered at a time where he was contemplating hanging them up.

 

Nothing is more shameful than 2 unranked individuals fighting for a tittle at a catchweight, you know what I mean.

 

145 pounds?

If it was good enough for Pernell Whitaker & Julio Cesar Chavez, it was certainly good enough for Manny Pacquiao & Miguel Cotto.

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On Friday they were fighting for Whitaker's title, with a

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weight ceiling—two below the customary welter-weight limit—set to accommodate the lighter Chávez, but there was a good deal more at stake. "This is for the best fighter, pound for pound," said Whitaker, a U.S. Olympic gold medal winner in 1984. "We may be fighting for my title, but that's not what everyone is talking about. This is like going for the gold again."

 

fighting for belts that are vacated most of the time takes the cake. besides foreman, when was the last time your boy did fought a champ for a belt?:think