floyd made hatton and marquez go up in weight bernard made people go up and went down himself its boxing dont act like manny is bad when people done much worse like floyd marquez
Of course he did! All fighters cherry pick their opponents when they are in position to do so. Cotto's done it himself, so has Floyd, DLH and many others. The weight or catch weight situation was expected. It usually happens when a fighter is moving up in weight seeking challenges against bigger men.
dehyrdrating is worse than moving up in weight.....sure not a classy move to make a fighter move up, but still......losing is harder than gaining it :deal
Everybody should remember that Pac weighed in at 138 against Hatton and Cotto was 146 against Clottey. Pac wanted 143 and Cotto countered with 145, Pac said OK. Pac went up 7 and Cotto went down 1.
de la hoya chose to go down and try and make big ass moeny in what he thought would b easy fight and which fight was easier pacquiao against cotto or mayweather against marquez who looked more effected by weight, fat marquez or in shape cotto guys r always losing wieght to make weight limit very few go up 12 pounds in weight like marquez did
Cotto was allowed to fight at the true limit though, he was never forced by Clottey like he was by Pacquiao to come in under the weight limit. Pacquiao always talks about Mayweather trying to dictate blood testing regulations and how they will follow NSAC rules. So why in his mind is he allowed to dictate the regulated weights? He's a hypocrit of the highest order.
No, I mean... Pac went up 7 lbs. (138 ) from his last official weigh in for the Hatton fight in May of '09 and Cotto went down 1 lb. (146) from his last official weigh in for the Clottey fight in June of '09. They then fought in Nov. of '09.
Who gives a ****? What's done is done. Hey margacheatos, what's up with margarito trying to end careers with brick fists?
I agree with Roach....as his trainer he's putting Manny up against seemingly impossible challenges where his man is going up against Larger men. So catch weights were a way to level the playing field. With DLH he couldn't dictate the weight....DLH agreed to 147 b/c Manny was moving up 2 divisions...Cotto is a very solid Welter and Roach felt Cotto presented a more difficult challenge ot his fighter therefore sought a way to give hims guy a better foundation. Sure PAC has been calling shots...but he's a shot caller now. Like Floyd is ....like DLH was. It comes with the territory.
if drug tests go up to 14 days before the fight and 1 drug test in dressing room after fight what the hell is pacquiao gunna be able to take???
There is no 'levelling the playing field' to be had. It's dangerous and it's meaningless. If he doesn't think he's a proper welterweight, simply solution, don't ****ing fight at welterweight. Stick to 140 and fight the likes of Bradley/Alexander.