Pacquiao-Cotto: Manny's Weight Shows Size Difference

[gopi11]

Why would Pac have to go up? There is no minimum weight. Pac can be 140, 142, or 144. Wherever he feels best. He will be the smaller man, nonetheless.

BTW, it is my belief that taking off weight is more punitive than going up. Jones, Delahoya, Tarver, Byrd, etc.

... but our boxing history had more records of boxers going up in weight and getting KTFO in their first bout up north. Corrales (RIP) is a prime example, and I'm sure a bunch of posters here can help me out to rattle more names, I'm so buzzed right now, TGIF!!!

[gopi11]

He made Morales go down to 130. Instead of fighting him at 135 like he asked.

WRONG...

The contract stipulates that the rematch, or if ever, the rubber match (which did happen) will happen at the same weight division where they first fought in, the super featherweight division. Erik begged, Roach declined.

True story...

[JAS_JAS]

Take a deep breath, champ. The Cotto fight is made. Right? It's contracted.

It cuts both ways: if fans and the media are critical of the FMJ-JMM matchup (he hasn't fought Marquez YET), then it is fair game to be critical of the Cotto-Pac matchup. That whole goose/gander thing.

why are u so critical of manny? if your critical of floyd for taking on the smaller man, you should be critical of COTTO because he is fighting the smaller man in this fight, he HAS all the advantages in size and strength and yet your critical of manny because he made cotto come down 1 freaking pound from his last fight, your a damn hater dude

[King Jaffe Joffer]

Losing 1-2 lbs didn't effect paulies performance tho

How would you know? Maybe he would have won even more decisively if the fight were at 140s.. Wait, he didnt even win @ 138.5 lol.. And I dont think it was as big as a robbery as people make it out to be.. Coulda went either way as far as Im concerned... Just like the Clottey Cotto fight.. Shrugs Shoulders

[JAS_JAS]

wow... 165 thats crazy... it really makes ya think about the drainin part... if manny wants the belt he should of done 147 not no catch weight bs...

WTF! if your so critical of cotto losing all that weight, then why not let him fight where he will be comfortable in losing all those weight, like junior middle(154lbs). he should not be fighting in welterweight if he is having trouble losing weight. ur an idiot hater.

[gopi11]

How would you know? Maybe he would have won even more decisively if the fight were at 140s.. Wait, he didnt even win @ 138.5 lol.. And I dont think it was as big as a robbery as people make it out to be.. Coulda went either way as far as Im concerned... Just like the Clottey Cotto fight.. Shrugs Shoulders

So you got no problem with that 118-110 scorecard?

[zzat]

why are u so critical of manny? if your critical of floyd for taking on the smaller man, you should be critical of COTTO because he is fighting the smaller man in this fight, he HAS all the advantages in size and strength and yet your critical of manny because he made cotto come down 1 freaking pound from his last fight, your a damn hater dude

Yeeeeeees, at last someone said it. People should not be critical of Pac they should be critical of Cotto the same way they're critical of Mayweather and not Marquez.
Pac and Marquez are the same size so why can't people give Pac the props and criticize Cotto the same way they're doing on the Mayweather-Marquez fight.

[zzat]

If you're saying 1 pound is hard. Then it's even harder for Pac to go up 7lbs for the weigh-in.

Having to lose 1 more pound once you're already dehydrated is very hard. But it won't affect him as bad as everyone seems to think. Pac is not moving up 7 pound he is fighting close to his normal weight.

[zzat]

So you got no problem with that 118-110 scorecard?

everyone has a problem with that 118-110, even Diaz has a problem with that.

[JAS_JAS]

I think the whole complaining about the catchweight started when they demanded Cotto to put the title on the line at catchweight when he didn't want to. Remember all the fights you mentioned at catchweight for the title, both boxers involved agreed to do so but in Cotto's case he was practically forced. That's were i beleive all the complaining for the catchweight all started and I admit I was one of them, not becasue of the catchweight but because of forcing the title on the line at a catchweight.

However that's water under the bridge and Cotto had a price and was bought in that case so all we can do now is stop complaning, sit back and enjoy the fight.

nobody was forcing anybody here in this fight, cotto wants more money thats it, dont make cotto a martyr like he is standing up for some biger cause, he just wants more money, now did u hear cotto complaining about the belt on the line? NO. because he got more money.