I consider myself a Pacquiao fan....and a fan of the sport....but Manny needs to stop listening to his "adviser" (punk @$$ Koncz) and just fight at whatever division's max limit....Floyd is proof that if you're great the weight doesn't matter (against DLH, Coralles, Gatti, Baldomir). Manny listening to his "team" is diminishing his status.
If Manny loses...he loses....no shame in that. Get back up, dust yourself off and get back in there.....or retire and settle into office.
But Pac really isnt no 154 lb guy. He is short and naturally skinny if his young photos are anything to go by. Sure he may have feeled out.
But im 5ft 11 and eat as much as i want and barely weigh 11 stone.
Either Manny is really a man of his word and is all..."I'm just doing my job"...(which is to fight) and letting his team do the negotiations and just signing what gets put in front of him....or he really is an expert and fooling EVERYONE with his PR (he is a politician now) and really is the mastermind behind all these shenanigans.
As an optimist I would hope that it is the prior and not the latter....
He should be perfectly capable of beating Margarito at 154. The dude looked like he was fighting underwater in his last fight. Unless he was sandbagging, he's going to get annihilated by Pacquiao.
I agree that Pac should not do no catchweights because he dont have to, but make sure he takes his defense a bit more seriously and not try test the power. But margarito is a seriously big dude.
Did SRL request a catch weight with donny lalonde?