Timbo Bradley:"Catchweights are pathetic"

It worked well enough to fail a drugs test...

 

my anal glands are fine cooter.

 

catch weights are god for the sport of boxing, but the way i see it it should be like this

1. the fighter moving up in weight should be allowed to weigh what ever he wants up to the weight limit of the agrred weight, so lets take a 140 fighter fighting against a 147. 143 and 144 is ok etc

however the fighter moving up should not be able to dictat top the other fighter that he has to come down, especially if it is for a title. if it is too much risk stay in you own divsion

 

then thats not a catchweight fight.

 

yes it is because the fighter has moved up a few pounds

just like floyd, he weight 150 against oscars 154 for the lmw title.

that was a catchweight

 

No it wasn't...

 

thats not a catchweight

for a 147 fight (or what ever weight) a fighter can weigh 135 if they wanted to.

 

It wasn't a catchweight...a catchweight is negotiated, a limit both boxers have to weigh-in at. Floyd chose to weigh-in at that weight because he probably didn't want to lose his speed moving up.

 

but what if the fighter at the higher weights wants to fight someone in the lower weights but cannot make the lower weights? he could either try to make that fighter go up which will be hard for him to do so if the guy in the lower weight was a bigger draw or he could offer a catchweight which is fair to both parties.

 

Can they?...I always thought there was a limit for the lowest weight a boxer can weigh in a certain weight class...

 

it is not catchweight.

 

yeah that is what i meant but didnt explain it, however they are moter likely to come closer to that weight then stay where they are

 

no it is the same as jones, he only weighed 193 or so to fight ruiz who was over 200 lbs so it depends what they agree to

 

you wont lose speed from 3 or 4 pounds, he never had any intention of staying in that division that is why he didt fully commit to the 154 lbs:admin

 

I'm talking about the lower weight classes though. I can see why they would allow a bigger guy to come in a little lighter, but it doesn't make sense for them to allow a guy who usually weighs 130lbs to step in with someone at welterweight...isn't that why they have weight classes in the first place?