Prizefighter Light Welterwights - weight question?

Just been reading the prizefighter site about tonights event, and noticed they mention everyone came in under the weight limit of 10st 3lbs (143lbs) I thought the light welter limit was 140lbs? If that's the case surely this can't be billed as light welter? should be welter? Can anyone shed any light? Is there some rule i don't know about?

http://www.theprizefighterseries.com/news/lynes_and_rees_joint_favourites_to.htm

 

yes but surely then it's not light welterweights then? theyr'e not within the offical limit so this is now welterweight with a catchweight?

Surely should be called Przefighter - The Catchweights

 

also, pacquiao cotto was at a catchweight and that was for a title? Which goes further to raise my point, that fight was at welterwight with a catchweight. So how come prizefighter is allowed to bill this as Light Welterwight?

 

yea i see what you mean. i still feel it's cheating a little bit though.

 

a bit. They are billing it as prizefighter the light welterweights, and at the weigh in not one of them has come inside the light welterweight limit. not one. Just seems a bit strange. But oh well.

 

where were my facts there incorrect about that pac cotto fight? ( which i went to i might add ) someone said you can fight at a catchweight if it's not for a title, and i merely pointed out the pacquiao cotto fight. Regardless of weight it was still for a title! :yep