You can read the full article at the homepage of Eastside Boxing: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=22021&more=1 The Title of the Article is: "Mayweather vs Pacquiao: End of the Road" This is only the last part...But it was so WELL SAID!!!! "Finally there is a weight argument that surrounds both fighters and this is where criticisms can be delivered on both sides. Their previous 3 fights may have been said to take place at 140, 147, 154, but nearly every contest was either officially or unofficially at catchweights. Mayweather, weighing in at 150, moved up to 154 to fight De La Hoya while Pacquiao drained him to 145; Pacquiao fought Hatton at 140 while Mayweather fought him at 145. Pacquiao forced Cotto down to 145 and Mayweather demanded Marquez move up to 144. What is clear is that for whatever reason no one is fighting at 147, the actual welterweight limit. Essentially, in all of these fights, with the exception of Pacquiao-Hatton, someone was at a weight disadvantage. Come May of 2010 it is essential that there are no built in disadvantages for any fighter, a superfight should be just that, super, with no excuses, no weight draining, no glove choosing, no ring sizing, no unfair money splitting, no steroids, hemorrhoids, or any other kind of roids; just the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world whose career paths have met on a road that we can all follow."
Well, the argument for Pacquiao is that he is naturally a 140 lber, or in Oscar's case coming up from 135, and the catchweight was used more to make the fight an even playing field than simply gain an advantage. Not all catchweights are bad.
