Do the Mannyweight fights hurt Pacquiao's Resume?

weights are just arbitarary numbers. there is no magical formula or guide that a boxer naturally weighs at specific stops like 140, 147, 154, 160 etc....

catchweights are made so that two boxers from two separate weight class would fight on a fair terms and to avoid a bigger size discrepancy.

 

They fought within the limits of the weightclass.

It's not that big a deal really.

The welter weight limit is 147 lbs.

If you weight 140.01, basically you are a welterweight.

So if they fought Cotto at 145, it's a welterweight title fight and a legit win.

You can apply the same logic to the Margo fight as well.

 

As i've said, Pacquiao has no business going above 147, after the Margo fight. He almost got KOd in the 6th and carried the brunt of those Margo body punches up until now.

Even before the Hatton fight, Pac said that fighting at 147 is a very difficult task, thats why he was reluctant on getting above 140 back then.,

 

Technically true. But some of us here insist that a boxing fight is only fought at the weight limit.

 

those punches were no kindergarten punches bro. a 148-lb guy gets hit by a 165-lb guy would make you **** blood.


Oh wait, I forgot. you were assuming that Pac and Margo were at the same weight on fight night? Yeah. this isnt badminton.

 

how much credit did you gave sweat pea for (arguably beating) chavez?

 

how about if oscar was to beat hopkins, would you think that it would have hurt his resume?

 

it doesnt help it....ODLH started at 130 and didnt fight a catchweight fight until he was fighting Hopkins way up a middleweight and has fought a slew of champions who started at higher weights, Mayweather, Mosley, Jones, other fighters as well.....its kinda hard to give him full credit with so many stipulations...so many contemporaries and past fighters have moved up without all the stipulations Manny has had past 130

 

and pac started at 105 and didn't start fighting catchweights until he was at 147.