Pacquiao entire welter weight run was at a catchweight, Why not Canelo?

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  1. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    http://www.thesweetscience.com/arti...catch-weight-is-crucial-to-outcome-with-cotto

    These are all the weigh in weights for his run at welter, notice the trend and remember that after Oscar he was the star.

    De La Hoya- 145.
    Cotto -145 for the WBO title at 147.
    Margarito- 150 for the WBC Junior Middle Weight 154 title.
    Marquez-143 for the WBO welter title.
    Brandon Rios- 146 1/2 Was suppose to be at 145 catchweight.
    Chris Algieri-144 catch weight.



    Hey guys you all campaigned for this man to fight anybody he wanted to at a catch weight until Floyd shut him out back in May and now catch weights are the tool of the devil now that 2 boxing superstars want to fight GGG at 155.
    After all these years of the defense of such a tool, you turn on it because it affects a guy you like. Cotto and Canelo are the "A-SIDE", another saying you despised until GGG came along and you thought it applied to him until last Saturday's numbers came in.

    Canelo is growing into 160 in accordance to him, so why not take advantage of his superstar status and make demands. Canelo di it for Mayweather, Mayweather did it for Oscar, hell, Manny did it for Floyd, WHAT MAKES GOLOVKIN MORE SPECIAL THAN THESE FIGHTERS?!
     
    Willie Maeket, Oct 22, 2015
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  2. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Canelo comes in the ring around the same weight as GGG (168-170) even when he's fighting at 155. He's massive. He'd most likely outweigh GGG on fight night if they fought at 160. The weight is not an issue for him.

    The very reason he says he will fight at 155 is that he knows GGG won't go down to that. He can't just say "Well, I can't fight GGG right now. I have this habit of breathing I don't want to give up. I'll wait for another 2-3 years so maybe just maybe I can pull off a Cotto vs Martinez by then" - so he says let's fight at 155, simples.
     
    Leoh, Oct 22, 2015
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  3. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pacquiao fights one division above his natural weight-class. He's not a welterweight. Canelo fights one division below his. He drains himself.

    Canelo isn't "growing" into 160. He is a middleweight in denial or a middleweight who wants to avoid the weight class.
     
    abuffy, Oct 22, 2015
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  4. Lindley

    Lindley Member Full Member

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    Pacquiao fights one division above his natural weight-class. He's not a welterweight. Canelo fights one division below his. He drains himself.

    Canelo isn't "growing" into 160. He is a middleweight in denial or a middleweight who wants to avoid the weight class.

    The difference, as pointed out quite accurately by this post, is that Pac takes on the challenge at a disadvantage while Canello takes on the challenge as an advantage....
     
    Lindley, Oct 22, 2015
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