Hopkins vs DLH.....was NOT at a CATCHWEIGHT!!

[Mr. Philadel]

The fight was at a catchweight homie.

yea homeboy just hooked me up with the link......dam kept that hush hush......I NEVER heard about this until TODAY!!!

[street bully]

Thing is Hopkins was a class act and didn't ***** about it, nor did he speak much about it, and put 4 titles on the line. Also Oscar pulled a SRL and had him come in even lighter.

[Thread Stealer]

they kept that a secret......that wasnt made public at the time of the fight.......thx

Yes it was.

Some people (not many, but a few) on message boards complained about it. ESPN interviewed De La Hoya on the topic of the catchweight after they weighed in.

It just didn't get the type of attention as this Pac-Cotto has.

For one, Hopkins said in previous interviews that he'd fight DLH at a catchweight, so there wasn't this dispute between the 2 camps.

Plus, everyone figured Hopkins would win anyway, so most people didn't care.

[Mr. Philadel]

The contracted weight was 158. It was common knowledge at the time.

DLH was even interviewed regarding the catch weight by ESPN after the weigh-in (which was a pretty lively one).

I missed that......I was away for bad behavior at the time......feel me?!?.....but thx for responding

[Thread Stealer]

I missed that......I was away for bad behavior at the time......feel me?!?.....but thx for responding

You didn't miss much.

The fight was pretty dull.

The build-up was more exciting to me than the actual fight itself.

[Mr. Philadel]

Thing is Hopkins was a class act and didn't ***** about it, nor did he speak much about it, and put 4 titles on the line. Also Oscar pulled a SRL and had him come in even lighter.

I missed the build up and all that for this one.......Hopkins is a classy dude

[DiegoFuego]

It wasn't a catchweight fight because it wasn't public knowledge. It trickled out later that Oscar made Hopkins "make some concessions" to make the fight happen. They didn't advertise it as a catchweight fight because Oscar told them to keep it a secret.

But everything eventually leaks

[captainhook09]

Hmmm, the TS must be misinformed.

[Mr. Philadel]

Hmmm, the TS must be misinformed.

yea....just a little my dude .......I mean peeps are sayin' there was ESPN interviews and stuff.......I was unable to get this type of info at the time!!.....big ups