Have Catchweights always favoured the A-side?

was a thread of this a few weeks back.

Recently Chavez Jr vs Fonfara

 

Well that's why they're mostly used, to disadvantage the B-Side.

 

:deal
it's the real life "A-Side meth"

 

Can't say it advantaged Fonfara even if he looked good in there.

 

Oscar vs Manny hello?

 

Oscar was there for the paycheck. So yes, it favored him heavily. He knew Pac was the second biggest draw and all he had to do was dehydrate himself to make weight and collect those millions.

 

Pac second biggest draw?????

Pacquiao and Mayweather were never bigger draws than Oscar while Oscar was actively fighting... They only became PPV stars after;

1. Oscar De La Hoya gave them the opportunity to fight him.
2. and only after Oscar De La Hoya retired.

 

Wasn't the Hopkins Pavlik catchweight there for Pavlik's benefit?
Hopkins was fighting at light heavy at the time and Pavlik was the middleweight champ. They fought at 170. Hopkins won despite having to come in under his weight class.

 

Hopkins - De La Hoya at 158.

 

Whitaker - Chavez
Leonard - Hearns II if the judges had got it right.

 

147 is a catchweight?

atsch

 

Favoured? Yes. Always worked out for them? Not sure

 

Not a catchweight technically. But Manny vs JMM III and vs Algieri probably favored the B-side.