Why won't Pacquiao move to Welterweight?

[Gutz]

bumping .. for a great lol @ *****s

[Maidana vs Rios]

Floyd Mayweather had came into most of his fights @ or around the weight limit.. If Mayweather could fight welters @ 147, why shouldn't Pac be able to? He's right up there in pound for pound and all...

Agree with this logic.

Sergio should be fighting at 168, minimum.

Donaire should be fighting at 140, at the very least.

They're right up there in pound for pound and all...

[GoogleMe]

Crazy - he's already a light middleweight champion - LOL 150 lbs, vs a WW, rofl!

[bojangles1987]

They absolutely were.

Of the 5, Diaz was an interim champion who held an interim belt. He was NOT a legitimate champion. He was not a reigning champion.

Cotto had just been destroyed when Arum set up a match between him and Michael Jennings for the VACANT WBO belt. Cotto won and lost that vacant belt to Pacquiao in the very next match. Cotto was NOT a legitimate champion to pass on a legitimate championship to Pacquiao.


The match against Jamili was simply a fight for a vacant belt.
See it for yourself:

http://filipino.magnify.net/video/Pa...amili-12-12-99

Again: http://www.crystalna.com/video/71Ecj...te-Jamili.html

Again: http://www.boxingscene.com/manny-pac...er-asia--20122

Anyone with half a brain could check it out for themselves. Then again, we are talking about Putatang here.

This was all explained in my previous post.

My post laid it all out. The only thing my post did not mention was that the last time Pacquiao faced a top 3 champion was in 2008 against Marquez. What has he been doing in the last 3 years?

Crazy how people such as you around here just blatantly freaking lie.

[gopi11]

Because everybody at Welterweight would slaughter his small ass, AND he wouldnt hit nearly as hard up there

You know your boxing well!!!

[lebrick]

If you claim to be fighting DLH, who Floyd fought at 170+lbs, but don't promote the fact that DLH will be coming in at 145lbs, a weight he hadn't competed at in 7 years, then its called a "bait and switch". Same **** with Cotto.

LMAO!!!!

so PAC is the one calling the shots against DLH? really????

what an ignorant post..

[The Nature Boy]

no. when pacquiao fights bigger opposition that cuts weight. you say they are drained.

when pacquiao fights at 130. you say he's cutting massive
which is it?

This isn't about Pacquiao opponents cutting weight, this is about PACQUIAO cutting weight and re hydrating 15 over the division weight limit when he fought between 126-130.

losing 10% of water in your body, does not automatically create muscle or organ failure nor does it inhibit one energy level within a 24 hour period if properly re-hydrated.

the answer to you question is yes, cutting weight properly while competing 2 division south of the weight your body was intended for is an advantage.
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[JOM'S]

Yep. Sometimes what separates the great fighters from the good ones is just that. Discipline and drive.

But people shouldn't feel bad for having high hopes for Guzman. He had really good skills.

well said bro ...

[JOM'S]

you just say anything thats convenient to trash pacquiao.

pacquiao cuts to 130= hes fighting smaller guys and taking advantage of his size

pacquiao fights bigger guys that cut weight= hes weight draining them and thats the only reason why hes winning.

which is it? its gotta be 1 or the other

most boxers do cut weight to get an advantage as long as you make the limit, PAC versus JMM, MAB and EM were never separated by more than 4lbs at fight night...

[The Nature Boy]

no my question isnt irrelevant.

you say pacquiao cut weight to get the advantage over barrera and morales. but in the same token you say fighters that cut weight to fight pacquiao are drained. you are contradicting yourself.

and to answer your question. paul williams was a big ww, and it gave this 1 dimentional fighter a advantage. when he moved up he got knocked the **** out.

fighters cut weight to get the size advantage. yes pacquiao was bigger than morales and barrera. BUT how are guys that are cutting weight to fight pacquiao.. dont have the advantage?! why are they weight drained? thats my question.

Did you graduate high school. or are you just trying to create an argument based of things you've read on this site in the past? the human body is at least 65-75% water, therefore in cutting what you would perceive as "massive amounts" of weight is simply water.

Paul Williams wasn't a big WW he's a MW, and he was just better at cutting water weight in training, and was looking to parlay that technique and advantage into a large payday at WW. Same thing your guy Pacquiao did @ 126-130, instead of comfortably making 135 and taking on guys like Castillio, Corrales. Same thing he did at 112 to avoid Saraphrom and Nishioka at 118, which he skipped altogether to go fight at 122.