LAS VEGAS - The long-awaited weighin for Mayweather-Marquez showdown finally took place at 3:15 p.m. Pacific Time at the MGM Grand's Garden Arena, the site for Saturday's 12-round welterweight fight. Floyd Mayweather Jr. weighed in at 146 pounds, his usual weight for the welterweight limit. Juan Manuel Marquez tipped the 142 pounds, just two pounds over the junior welterweight limit. Since the fight was made in May of this year, there has been speculation as to how much the fighters were contracted to weighin. The Mayweather camp maintained that it was a welterweight bout with the usual 147-pound limit, while Golden Boy Promotions, the promoter for Saturday's fight, claimed that the fighters agreed to a 144-pound catchweight. Obviously, Team Mayweather was right. It is not known if the Mayweather side agreed to pay Team Marquez any bonus/penalty money for every pound that Mayweather came in over 144 pounds. According to Keith Kizer of the Nevada State Athletic Commission there is no such agreement.
Well if Marquez looked shocked when Floyd weighed in at 16, then I'm assuming he didn't know about the re-negotiating process. That or he has short term memory. Either way this whole story sounds fishy.
oh wow, very unprofessional on floyd's part. i don't think those extra 2lbs will dramatically change the course of the fight however
Marquez seemed to be under the impression that the fight was contracted to be at 144lbs. Apperently, while he was working his way up to the weight, he would have to assume that floyd would be working his way down to the same. Thus making it a comprimise, and hopefully tipping the scales(pun!) his way a bit. When he saw Floyd's weight today, you can see the shock in his face. He looked to Oscar for help and got none. Totally railroaded. Come on Juan! Punish him!!! From a former floyd fan.
Didn't floyd lean over to Juan to tell him something while he was still on the scale? Still, Marquez turning to Oscar for help and not getting any was sad to watch.
it would have if floyd really struggled to make 144! which would have made things fairer. but floyd being floyd feels he doesn't have o struggle like other fighters. all bull****
Go to the 10:19 mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjPy98TGP8 :rofl :rofl :rofl Hurry up before Golden Boy makes HBO take down/edit the video LMAO!
His haters are all over this ****. It is ****ed up but you know your a hater and you just have to be extra. Nevermind the simple fact that if you look at both men they both seem to be the same size and Marquez is definetly bigger up top.
It's called making weight you dumb son of a *****. Floyd did not make the weight, simple as. Why shouldn't we be all over this?