Phillippine Star reports Pac nearly pulling out of the fight!

[dabombreda]

Even if the belt is on the line, real boxing fans will recognise it for the sham that it is. I like Pac but I won't recognize him as a welterweight champ or beltholder unless he wins one at 147 and if the rest of the boxing world has any sense they will think the same.

[rob6465]

My take: Because on fight night Pac will rehydrate to 147 while Cotto will be 10+ lbs heavier.

Is Cotto the first to do that? C'mon......lol

[acidity]

Why is Pacman so worried about Cotto weighing 147? Can ANYONE give me a good, honest answer to that?

thats been answered many time already...

stop asking it over and over dude

just wait till nov 14 and you'll see, the fight will be at 145lb and with belt on the line

[rob6465]

My take: Because on fight night Pac will rehydrate to 147 while Cotto will be 10+ lbs heavier.

I'm wondering how much heavier was Clottey/margarito when they fought cotto after rehydrating?

[syphillis]

Is Cotto the first to do that? C'mon......lol

No. There has been numerous events where one overweighs the other by 10+ lbs. Floyd did that against the Big Show.

[rob6465]

thats been answered many time already...

stop asking it over and over dude

just wait till nov 14 and you'll see, the fight will be at 145lb and with belt on the line

If all of us were to stop asking questions that have been asked already, there would be no forum....lol How many- Cotto vs Pacquiao, who wins? posting have we seen?

[Animalistic 2.0]

*****! Pacquiao is a *****!

[rob6465]

I still don't understand what the big deal is if Cotto himself said he usually come down to 145lbs for the weigh in anyway and he doesn't have a problem going down that weight. But i do understand that out of pride alone why Cotto would demand to set the true limit of 147lbs. But for a mere 2lbs that he's confident to begin with anyway and the biggest payday of his career, i say just go for it. I would really hate to see this fight get canceled. I'm starting to have a feeling that it will. It's a bigger lost for Cotto IMO.

I don't think cotto has issue wiith 145 as he has stated. I think they BOTH verbally agreed to 145/non-title match. Now that Pacquiao wants fight as a title fight, cotto feels it should be 147, the weight he won the title. Also, i think it's i gave you something, you give me something.

[Drunken Cat]

I'm so sick of this bull**** over the weight. Pacqioua is merely doing himself a disfafor the more this drags on.

[rommel357]

I don't think cotto has issue wiith 145 as he has stated. I think they BOTH verbally agreed to 145/non-title match. Now that Pacquiao wants fight as a title fight, cotto feels it should be 147, the weight he won the title. Also, i think it's i gave you something, you give me something.

I think that's the major mis-understanding with this whole issue and with the negotiation of this fight. I believe the report that said when Arum prematurely announced the fight, both teams haven't really finalized the deal. Because in my point of view and i believe also in Manny's point of view, what's the point of fighting Cotto if the belt is not on the line. What are other incentives can there possibly be, other than recognition and money. Manny can establish both by fighting either JMM or PBF. I do agree with you on why wouldn't Manny just agree to 147lbs, for a mere 2lbs. But i also agree with Manny and i'll would strongly advise him to stick with 145lbs, especiallly since it's no big deal for Cotto anyway and it's his normal weigh in weight as he has stated.