Fighters That Use Selective Catch Weighting

Fighters That Use Selective Catch Weighting

A Selective Catch Weight is when a particular opponent cherry picks certain fighters from a particular division and fights them at different weights. It only applies to fights that have occurred. Were they drained? That’s another discussion entirely.

Here are my (popular) examples. Can you name some? Agree? Disagree? It's open season.

On my list

Floyd Mayweather JR (everyone’s favorite target)
Why he's on the list: His fight with Canelo Alvarez at 152 lbs for the JR Middleweight title. It’s a “selective catchweight” because he had no problems fighting Oscar and Cotto at 154 and was hypocritical about it.
Justifiable?: Not for me. I believe he would’ve fought Canelo at 154, but that’s irrelevant because he didn’t. I believe he knew he could take advantage of Canelo; that Canelo would accept because he was chasing fame and glory.

Manny Pacquiao
Why he's on the list: He fought Oscar Dela Hoya at 147, then later fought Cotto at 145. Oscar is bigger than Cotto, no need to drain Cotto too.
Justifiable?: Depends on who you ask, but not for me. Most will make the argument that he was moving up in weight, I call BS, my reason stated above. The Oscar and Cotto fights are proof, IMO, that the weights were not there to compensate for Pac’s small frame, but to handicap his opponent just enough.

Miguel Cotto
Why he's on the list: Fought Geale at 157 and Sergio Martinez at 159 for the middleweight title.
Justifiable?: No. Again, the different weights is just proof that it’s not Cotto’s weight they were concerned with, but his opponents.

Close, but No Cigar…

Canelo Alvarez
Why he's NOT on the list: Despite his BS catch weights, he’s fighting consistently at the same weight, the list is for inconsistent catch weights. Doesn’t matter if it’s Amir Khan or Gennedy Golovkin, it’s at 155.
Justifiable?: Hell no. He’s the new catch weight king.

Gennedy Golovkin
Why he's NOT on the list: Despite his attempt for a Selective Catch Weight, he didn’t actually do it. Froch at 168, Ward at 164, had those fights occurred at those limits, he’d be on the list.
Justifiable?: No, if you claim it was about money or a PPV fight, it’s still an attempted cherry pick, no matter how you slice it. I don’t think he deserves much criticism because it didn’t actually occur.

 

Thanks! I try to do something insightful or thought provoking and less troll-y around here. :good

Good one! I forgot about that. I like Rigo but that really irked me.

 

Interesting standpoint, but I still think Canelo should be fighting at 154, title or not.

 

Why are you here? :think Oh yea! I hurt your punk ass feelings earlier. Don't you have some Nickelodeon to watch?

I disagree. For one, Canelo doesn't come in above 175 and when he was at 154, the other JMW's were also weighing in at 170+.

With a name like "Pac a G", I'd refrain from calling Marquez "Roidquez", you just look salty. Wasn't Alvarado moving up from 140? Pac and Bradley were already 147 lbs fighters.

 

I'll try to dumb it down for you next time, something more akin to your Disney films.