Frequent comment.."Pacquiao fought oscar at 147 so he should fight the welters there"

Pacquiao calls the shots. But if those two aren't willing to drop down, there really is no better money around until after Marquez/Mayweather. All things considered, fighting Cotto at 147lb is a win/win situation.

Manny looked just as good at 147lb as he did at 140lb. If he beats a 143lb Cotto, people will bring up the weight as an excuse.

 

All the interesting fights for Pac are at 147.

So who should shift weight?

 

I don't think Mosley is gonna be able to cut any more weight, considering his unofficial weight in his last two fights was 160. So its either Pac fights him at 147, or he doesn't fight him at all. I don't wanna see Mosley looking like a skeletor.

Pac beating Cotto and Mosley with a weight disadvantage is actually something that he's good enough to pull off.

TBH, I'd be very happy with a Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley sometime in late summer.

 

his reluctance to do so proves that DLH was a handpicked fight. At the very least he should be willing to fight them at 144 pounds not 142 or some other BS. It tells me that Roach does not have much faith in his fightert against elite fighters such as Mosley and PBF.

This 142 pound garbage is a no lose situation for Manny. Manny might want to take a lesson from Billy Conn or Georges Carpentier who fought much bigger men and did not do all of the complaining and crying that Roach is doing now.

 

you guys just dont get it...those fights are not going to happen...

rumor is that cotto is/was having a hard time making 147 for his last fight and now his fight with clottey...who is cotto's promoter????

Mosley hasnt fought south of 147 in many years 10...

they are saying that floyd will have to take 35%

none of those fight will happen:good

 

Why would Roach put his fighter at serious risk by fighting full fledged welters that will outweight him by at least 10 pounds?
It's obviously Pac got his limitations(and it's a good thing Roach sees them), it's not like he can challenge elite fighters in every division.
He's the top dog right now, and everyone should be willing to accept his conditions.

 

if they are saying Floyd will have to take 35% then they do not want the fight period. That is ludicrous. Screw Arum and screw Roach and Manny.

This is making the ducking/demands Roy Jones did in his career look like child's play.


What a joke.

 

Because he has balls? It is a fight. There are 100's of examples in Boxing history of smaller fighters fighting bigger ones. Nobody was killed. This is beginning to become a complete farce. If Manny wants to fight the best he will have to fight them at their weight. If not he is ducking them for fear of losing.

 

Ludicrous if true.

Source plz.

 

pac went up two weight classes while dlh went down 1 weight class for their fight. it would've been ludicrous for pac to jump up 3 weight classes and fight dlh @154 instead. so, the fight happening @147 was but fair to both of them.

and as for pac fighting either mosley or cotto, i think the catchweight is actually 143 not 142. pac was quoted as saying that he is willing to fight cotto @147. but it is roach who wants it @143. i guess pac wants that 7th weight division championship @147.

 

Nobody said he should have fought DLH at 154. Manny fighting at 147 provers he can do it and it happened to be a shot DLH. If you want to be a welterweight champion fight the fighters at welterweight not some BS catchweight that ONLY benefits Manny.