Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Says Garcia Asked For 143-Pound Catchweight vs. Duarte, Wonders 'Why Not At 140, It's Concerning'

[PNUT901]

People been doing this weight sh^t forever. SRL brought Donny Lalonde down to 168 so he could fight for Lalonde's 175lb & the new 168lb belt in the same fight lol. This A side weight sh^t has been going on for decades if not day 1 of boxing.

This sport is a yard sale not Walmart. Walmart gots hard rules on paying x for sh^t you buy, a yard sale is a whatever you can get marketplace on all sides.

That is an excellent description. Boxing is the Wild West of Sports.

[Eff Pandas]

If Ryan is having this much trouble making 140 imagine how drained he must have been at 136 for the Tank fight?

Do we know he's having trouble? Maybe he preferred to not cut this time. Maybe he is sick & already compromised & doesn't wanna lower his energy losing more weight. Maybe he's stressed out with all the promoter bs & just said fook making weight.

Mostly ik Idgaf about weight for a non-belt fight tho & I'm surprised so many ppl gaf about the weight for this fight. Its pretty standard for non-belt fights to happen a lb or 3 above the weight the boxers are ranked in.

[Eff Pandas]

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Ryan has been harping on about being weight drained by Tank while begging for a meaningless rematch AND then he does the same thing to Duarte. That is precisely what makes this a big deal. Other than that, you are absolutely correct.

I don't pay attention to the words ppl say a whole lot in this sport. So much is just noises from ppl's mouths more than anything fans should gaf about. I gaf about the fights not the words boxers say.

[ShoulderRoll]

Do we know he's having trouble? Maybe he preferred to not cut this time. Maybe he is sick & already compromised & doesn't wanna lower his energy losing more weight. Maybe he's stressed out with all the promoter bs & just said fook making weight.

Mostly ik Idgaf about weight for a non-belt fight tho & I'm surprised so many ppl gaf about the weight for this fight. It’s pretty standard for non-belt fights to happen a lb or 3 above the weight the boxers are ranked in.

Duarte is ranked at 135. This fight would be like 8 lbs above the weight he is ranked in.

[thack]

I’m not convinced Ryan would have any effect on ‘boots’ or Crawford at 147 so he’d be well advised to at least take 140 seriously .

[Boxviewer]

If Ryan is having this much trouble making 140 imagine how drained he must have been at 136 for the Tank fight?

Guy, did anyone force him to agree on the cach weight? Only a mentally weak person will voluntarily agree on something and afterwards go public to complain about the agreement. His behaviour and that of those supporting him is just pathetic and childish.

[daggum]

fighting at 143 yet his last fight was at 136 with a rehydro clause...so dumb of him to do that, especially when he could have kept milking his career tank style against hand picked bums of his own.

[chicken-]

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Ryan has been harping on about being weight drained by Tank while begging for a meaningless rematch AND then he does the same thing to Duarte. That is precisely what makes this a big deal. Other than that, you are absolutely correct.

But...this is not the same thing for Duarte...it's the exact opposite. He's coming UP in weight, not draining himself. It's still lame as hell.

[-Kev-]

DLH and Hopkins are already treating Ryan like a fighter who left GBP.

They’ve been acting like the most unprofessional promoters.

[daggum]

But...this is not the same thing for Duarte...it's the exact opposite. He's coming UP in weight, not draining himself. It's still lame as hell.

you are right its not the same tihng but its still cowardly to fight a teeny tiny man not in your weight class. thats tank davis style. also hes coming off a loss so pretty standard to beat up on a small bum, tank is doing it in "championship" fights with his little interim belt thingy and passing them off as legit fights. robbery