Sick of those huge welters

As long as they make weight and dont violate the rules **** it.

 

Think about it, if Margarito fought at jr middleweight or at middleweight and fought the way he has been doing at welterweight, do you think he KO's his way to being a champion or does he get KTFO by the best of those weight divisions right now (i.e. Kelly Pavlik, Arthur Abraham, Sebastian Sylvester, Felix Sturm, Vernon Forrest, Verno Phillips, Cory Spinks, Daniel Santos, or Sergio Mora)?

 

It was all good when Cotto was coming into JWW fights weighing damn near 160 lbs. Personally, I would love if they went back to same day weight ins. However, until that happens, fighters need to deal with it. And just to let you know, Williams generally comes into his fights at around 155; which probably around what Cotto weighs on fight night(if not less).

 

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if they can make te weight limit i dont see the problem

getting hit while dehydrated can cause brain damage, they are only killing themselves.

 

maaaan, these guys are doing the same thing, they come to fight heavier than the weigh-in, so to follow the same rule margo wouldn't be fighting them cause they're not going to weigh 154/160 on fight night. its not like cotto came in 147 on saturday.

 

That's why I said usually. He was 162 against Margo, and maybe a little bigger against Quintana the first time. However, he was about 154 in the second Quintana fight. He's normally around that weight for his other WW fights as well.

 

Seconded.

 

Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Felix Trinidad, Oscar DH, and Margo are virtually the same size.

Hearns, P. Williams, and V. Forrest are even bigger.

All of these champs made it a habit of beating up smaller guys.

 

He made the weight so it's fair as far as I'm concerned. I used to do the same thing for wrestling in HS. I'd weigh in in the morning at 172 but by the afternoon I was at last 178 maybe even 180. And Margarito has fought his whole career at 147, and now it's a problem????? If you make the weight you make the weight that's all that matters. Did you have the same problem when Cotto was doing the same thing at 140?

 

Guzman put on 18 lbs for his fight against Humberto Soto remember? thats more than 3 divisions higher. Margarito isn't that big for a WW, Cotto is just a little on the short side but still very bulky.

 

Is your problem with height or with weight?