**** the 2lb & **** the $2M fine, give pac the $2M, Cotto will now come in at 147 for sure, why possibly risk yer carear over $2M when yer can get yerself 100% & give yerself yer best chance of winning:smoke Ray Leonard pulled these strokes everytime he made a comeback, he did it 2 Duran back in 89, with a penalty of $1million for every ****in OUNCE that Duran weighed over 160 when the contract weight was 162 so allways read the invisible ink at the bottom of the contract:smoke
Well if you sign to fight for 145 you should come in at that weight! Pac did it to oscar so why not Cotto. If you dont think you can make the weight dont sign the fight!!! :good
Its the same demand... you say it like its an additional demand, it isn't. The penalty is the whole point of the catchweight Without the fine there will just be a catchweight and then if Cotto doesn't make it... nothing happens? That would be dumb. There's too much money on the line to cancel the fight. The penalty is the only thing that makes sense regarding the catchweight. Its always been like that, thats the whole point of a catchweight.. Thats why I think the title should be on the line in this fight. Because technically Cotto is allowed to come in at 147 if he wants to. He can just pay the $$ if he wants to have that extra advantage.
It is absolute b.s. what he is doing. He came in at 148 1/2 against Oscar. Manny is getting away with murder with this catchweight b.s. He wants all the advantages. Oscar never had a chance against him. Now he is doing the same thing with Cotto.
My mistake. I'm thinking of the third fight where they didn't even fight and Castillo still got hit for a fine in the millions.
:rofl:rofl:rofl Never saw this but it's funny! Creative ways to come up with excuses long before the fight.
If Cotto's seriously "drained" at 145 (I don't think he will be), he might as well just pay the 2 million to come in at 147 if it gives him a better chance to win.