World title fights at below weight class due to contractual clauses

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  1. colinsMrs

    colinsMrs Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Should they be sanctioned as title fights.

    Floyd made Canelo weight drain below 154

    Cotto fights Geale for MW title at 157

    I think it undermined weight classes and such fights should be non title catchweights
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ray Leonard was King.

    Not least for getting the WBC to sanction a fight for both the 168lbs and 175lbs titles against their light Heavy champ Donny Lalonde...
     
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    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    should not be allowed but money talks
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Geale at 157 is still a middleweight; indeed in this instance Geale at 57lbs would still be a Middleweight... A catchweight match could only happen in this instance if someone weighed more than 160.
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why should it not be allowed? If it is contracted and everyone knows the score, what is the problem?
     
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    colinsMrs Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think it blurs the weight divisions

    If Floyd is 154 champ he should not make opponents get down to near 147 and still defend at LMW
     
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    big_daddy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If it's a mandatory can the A-side do this, obviously can for voluntaries
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There is no lower weight limit in championship boxing; so where is the blurring?
     
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    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    middleweight is 160lb so if you are fighting for that title you can weigh anything up to 160 nothing more, if the title and governing body says 160lb for the middleweight title then why should there be a restriction?
     
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    colinsMrs Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If Geale comes in above 157 but not above 160. Could Cotto refuse to fight him and not be stripped of his MW title?
     
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    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no idea how the politics work tbh but cotto is the money man so im sure he would get whatever he wants
     
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    colinsMrs Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cotto @ 153lb still defending WBC 160lb title

    Floyd @ 147lb holding 154lb WBC 154lb since 2013

    Would prefer strip Floyd of the 154lb belt. Cotto to fight Canelo for it in September

    GGG to fight for 160 belt in September

    Title fights should be at the weight for the title otherwise divisions get blurred. Donny Lalonde v SRL was a bad precedent which should not be repeated
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Because you have signed a contract. Ultimately it is a money thing.
     
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    Southpawology Boxing Addict Full Member

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    middlewight is technically 155lbs - 160lbs

    The middleweight limit is 160 lbs

    so technically Cotto vs Geale was still @ middleweight

    tho i dont agree with it those r the facts
     
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    Who gives a **** about titles. Anyone can get a title these days. We know who the true champions are...
     
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