Sooo, let me get this straight, Pac fought DLH at catch weight and now he is guilty of DRAINING EVERYBODY? If Cotto or Mosley agree to fight at a catch weight for their titles thats on them, not Pac.
another division higher?? have you forgotten that ww is manny's 10th division from where he started??
Where he started at the age of 16 is irrelevant. He is now an exceptionally strong and powerful Jnr Welterweight. He was the first Jnr Welterweight Hatton has ever faced who looked stronger and more powerful than Hatton in the ring. He is far more likely to be competitive at Welterweight than any other Jnr Welterweight is.
but i cannot argue against him fyting at a reasonable catchweight of 144 if he feels really treatened at 147.
If he doesn't think he can beat Welterweights unless they are weight drained, he should defend his lineal Jnr Welterweight title against the top contenders in his division, as all great champions do. That would be far better for his legacy than fighting a weight drained fighter from another division. He can fight the Bradley-Campbell winner next, which would be a great fight.
and why would you think cotto is not in his best if he fyts at 144??
a) Because Cotto says so, and (b) because if he would be as good at 144 as he would be at 147, Roach and Pac would have no reason to ask him to come down in weight. The only possible reason for asking him to do that is in the hope that he will be weight drained.
if cotto signs the contract, then we can assume that he is at his best come fyt nyt!!
He may be seduced by the money. He's already said that he can't go below 145 without being weight drained, but he is being told that he will lose a huge pay day unless he comes down further. If he does, Cotto will have no excuse, because he signed out of greed, but Manny will get no credit from most people if he wins. It would be bad for both fighters' legacies.
you only think of cotto...how about manny.
147 is never manny's natural fyting weight.
he will weigh in at 143 and fyt at 148.
cotto will fyt at 160!!!
Manny didn't need to order Arum to make this fight. He can have great fights defending the lineal title he has just won. That's what all great champions do.
They need to cann this fight and make Cotto/Mosley 2 happen.
Pacquiao should either wait for the winner or Marquez/Floyd
or stay at 140 and fight if he cannot hang with the WW's at their
comfortable fighting weight. It's funny to me how Freddie Roach
is blatantly trying to make this fight a mismatch by draining Cotto?
That's almost hard to believe that Roach considers to do this and
people say that he's the best trainer in the sport of boxing?
Sooo, let me get this straight, Pac fought DLH at catch weight and now he is guilty of DRAINING EVERYBODY? If Cotto or Mosley agree to fight at a catch weight for their titles thats on them, not Pac.
Pacquiao didn't fight Oscar at a catchweight. He has never had a catchweight fight in his entire career.
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