Originally posted by hugh grant
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What I told you about why Pacquiao wanted the match was fact, sonny. They wanted a low risk match and Cotto wouldn't play his part as the sacrificial lamb, ie. make as easy as possible by fighting at catchweight. The rematch wasn't offered out of kindness, it was a move to make Pacquiao look something like the fighter he was three years previous. They then thought an older Marquez might finally be beaten convincingly. Boy did they get that wrong!
Doesn't change the fact that Pacquiao ran from a challenge that might have dispelled the notion that he didn't need catchweight to beat Cotto. And it seems that some so-called boxing fans are fine with it, but think a welterweight not fighting at middleweight is a duck.
"Why was it ok for Pacquiao to run from a fight at 154lbs against a fighter he already beat?"
These guys are still lawyered.
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