"Mayweather/Marquez Re-negotiated their Contracts on Friday Morning"

Golden Boy generically promoted the fight as a welterweight (under 147 pounds) bout, but the contracted weight of 144 was close to a midpoint between the more typical weights of Mayweather and Marquez, a natural featherweight who has never fought above the 135-pound lightweight limit. Mayweather made the change Friday morning when he realized he wouldn’t make the limit, said Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission. “It’s pretty rare, but it’s something that’s between the two fighters in this case,” said Kizer, noting the bout isn’t for a title. “It happens every once in a while when somebody realizes they can’t make weight a week before the fight, but it’s rare that it happens four hours (before the weigh-in). They have the ability to move up if that’s what they want.”