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excerpts from Roger's recent interview...
PC: You didn't mention Manny Pacquiao when you were naming great fighters that climbed up in weight and I'm sure our Filipino readers will ask why. Manny started out at 106 pounds and is now having success at 147, and possibly 154.
RM: No, no, no, no! Remember one thing, Pacquiao fighting mother****ers at catchweights. He not fighting them at their normal weight. He's fighting them at catchweights. When he fought Ricky Hatton, he told Ricky Hatton, "Look mother****er, you can't come in over 145 pounds." Ricky Hatton walks around over 180 pounds, but he can't rehydrate over 145 pounds? He did the same thing with De La Hoya. De La Hoya couldn't weigh in over 145 pounds. My nephew fought De La Hoya at 154 pounds. Floyd don't fight at catchweights. And by the time De La Hoya ate that mother****in' food, he weighed over 160 goddamn pounds. When you fight him [Pacquiao], you gotta fight at a catchweight because you gotta fight according to his rules. That ain't the way that boxing goes, but you have to fight according to his rules.
RM: No, no, no, no! Remember one thing, Pacquiao fighting mother****ers at catchweights. He not fighting them at their normal weight. He's fighting them at catchweights. When he fought Ricky Hatton, he told Ricky Hatton, "Look mother****er, you can't come in over 145 pounds." Ricky Hatton walks around over 180 pounds, but he can't rehydrate over 145 pounds? He did the same thing with De La Hoya. De La Hoya couldn't weigh in over 145 pounds. My nephew fought De La Hoya at 154 pounds. Floyd don't fight at catchweights. And by the time De La Hoya ate that mother****in' food, he weighed over 160 goddamn pounds. When you fight him [Pacquiao], you gotta fight at a catchweight because you gotta fight according to his rules. That ain't the way that boxing goes, but you have to fight according to his rules.
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