Why are there still boxing fans (and writers!) that don't understand weight?

Duck Dodgers · May 24, 2011

http://www.thesweetscience.com/news...iao-marquez-iii-a-six-pac-of-signing-subplots

This is whats at the root of the debate currently taking over the blogosphere/podcast-o-sphere/message-board-o-sphere: Is this a competitive fight or a mismatch? If youre championing it as a competitive fight (as I am, more or less), youre basing that on the belief that Marquez has proven his style gives Pacquiao fits, and its a style unlike anything Pac-Man has seen since his one-point split decision over JMM in 08. If youre decrying it as a mismatch, youre basing that on the belief that Pacquiao has outgrown Marquez since their last fight and, at a contract weight of 144 pounds, Pacquiao will be at his most effective and Dinamita will be at his least effective.

Ill be the first to admit that Id rather have seen the fighters agree to meet at 140, a weight I firmly believe Manny can still make (since his team has repeatedly insisted he has to trap several pounds of food in his moustache and goatee just to tip the scales at 145). But to me, its more about what Marquez weighs than what Pacquiao weighs. Marquez, regardless of the contract weight, should still train to be about 135 pounds or soin shape, comfortable, no spare tire like we saw against Floyd Mayweather. The better condition Marquez is in, the quicker hell be, and the more he can offset whatever poundage hes giving away.
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This guy writes articles on a boxing website and thinks that boxers fight at the weight they weigh in? What the **** :huh:huh:-patsch

Scottrf · May 24, 2011

I know, it's crazy. He was 145 against Katsidis, why force himself to the scales light if he doesn't need to...he doesn't need to come in with excess weight, the difference would be not needing to dehydrate.

Williams27 · May 24, 2011

Dumb ppl.

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