Respected Columnist Dan Rafael: No catchweight

From Rafael's blog;

"It truly will be a summit meeting of the sport's best. It's rare that the best two fighters in the world fight in the same weight class and have such polar-opposite personalities.

Please, when the fight happens (and again, that's when, not if), let's make sure there is no catch weight associated with the match.

Mayweather has been a welterweight since 2005, even if he hasn't been fighting the best welterweights. Although Pacquiao has had only two welterweight fights, it's clear that he can more than handle the division considering he didn't lose a second to Oscar De La Hoya before pounding him into retirement in just eight rounds, and he dominated Miguel Cotto for most of their fight before scoring an authoritative 12th-round TKO.

Pacquiao-Mayweather -- or Mayweather-Pacquiao, if you prefer -- should be at the traditional welterweight limit of 147 pounds."

For the record, Dan has been very critical of Floyd and very complimentary of Pac. This blog by Rafael enforces what I was saying to people who were advocating a catchweight. The media will not support a catchweight. A guy like Rafael can't go along with a catchweight when he has Pacquiao ranked ahead of Mayweather at WW. Many boxing writers have Pac ranked ahead of Mayweather both P4P and at Welter. Many are also picking Pac to win. They will not support a catchweight. If the fight doesn't come off because Team Pac insists on a catchweight, they will turn on Pacquiao.

Another thing, Mayweather would not be affected by a catchweight. He can make 145. It's not about that. It's the principal of an established Welter who holds a Welterweight belt asking another Welter(who he's supposedly better than) to fight him at a catchweight. It's nonsensical and won't be tolerated.

 

Bladerunner, pretty much every post you make about Mayweather is negavtive. Also, I never said Pac doesn't fight slick, black fighters. Your lack of comprehension skills is what lead you to that false conclusion. Also, I never said Pac was on steroids(I've actually said the accusations are baseless). Again, this goes back to your lack of comprehension skills. Saying a Welter shouldn't ask another Welter to fight him at a catchweight is also not hate. It's common sense. Your assumption that it's hate reflects on the fact that you are a biased Pacquiao nuthugger. You are everyhing that you claim to hate about Mayweather fans.

 

Numerous people pointed out correctly the point that I was attempting to make. The thread was a mistake though. I underestimated people here on ESB. Most simply don't read these threads carefully and jump to false conclusions.

I'm a fight fan, I want to see interesting fights. However, if you're simply about fighters giving fans the fight they want to see, then why would you dissregard PPV numbers? They are a direct reflection of what the fans want to see. You advocate Mayweather fighting Mosley over Pac, yet the fight fans want to see is Mayweather vs. Pac. How could you take this stance if you are truly about fighters taking on fights the fans want to see. Personally, I would be happy with either fight. They would both be good fights.

Your problem Blade is that you often attack me based on statements that other people have made who happen to Mayweather fans, rather than attacking me on an actual point that I made. You're posting in this thread yet you have yet to address the central point. We don't have to be at eachother's throat. It's ok to have differing opinions. If you have a problem with an opinion I hold, that's fine. But don't come at me and throw insults around based on things I never said.