Freddy Roach On Mayweather fight: "I want the fight at 145 lb"

[COACH WEBB]

had a feeling this would come up sooner or later. but Roach is silly for this one. no more catchweight non sense..thats why they made weight classes in the first place.

[PittyPat]

where will Manny make more money and who will he fight that will draw more the Floyd?.... enlighten me?... They both need each other

Not as much money, but as a circus act - Williamsssssssssssssssssss :happy1:

[Jim Jeffries]

had a feeling this would come up sooner or later. but Roach is silly for this one. no more catchweight non sense..thats why they made weight classes in the first place.

Is that why Floyd's last fight was at a catchweight?

[GunzNButter]

Like i said this fight will never happen. First of all mayweather has already said that by team pac demanding 50/50 it's telling him that they don't wanna fight. Floyd is not gonna take 50/50 and he will never agree to a 145 catchweight again. Stop hoping for pac vs floyd and settle for pac vs mosley or mayweather vs mosley

[madsweeney]

Wait, I thought PBF was a "small" WW why would he care about a 145 catch weight?!?

Catch weight is only for mental/negotiation games.

[rommel357]

I think everyone with a brain knows that. No need to go spelling out the obvious.

The qualms people have here is that Pacquiao should allow his next opponent to come in at the WW limit of 147. No need for catchweights anymore. Likewise for Mayweather (him not being able to make his own self-imposed catchweight was hilarious).

147 is the only answer. Pacquiao is now a legit WW, so he should allow his opponents to fight at all weights within the division - including 147, obviously.

I completely agree with this and i stated the same thing. But do realize that this is not Manny's decision or suggestion. And another thing, if Mayweather didn't have a problem asking JMM to go up 14lbs and agreed to fight at the catchweight of 144lbs even though he didn't honor the agreement, why should it be an issue now. Especially at a measly 1lb difference when he weighed in at 146lbs for the JMM fight. Does that make any sense to you?

[Killa_Kali]

reading sigs is fun

[THE NAMELESS]

Wait, I thought PBF was a "small" WW why would he care about a 145 catch weight?!?

Catch weight is only for mental/negotiation games.

tell me your avatar is fabrication. that' dosen't make any sense

[PittyPat]

if Mayweather didn't have a problem asking JMM to go up 14lbs and agreed to fight at the catchweight of 144lbs even though he didn't honor the agreement, why should it be an issue now. Especially at a measly 1lb difference when he weighed in at 146lbs for the JMM fight. Does that make any sense to you?

It doesn't, but what would make sense is for both parties to start off on a clean slate - both their catchweights are behind them now, and this fight should clearly be at 147 since Pacquiao is now legit at WW. He should have no problems defending his title at the limit, since he's obviously so comfortable at the higher 140s.

Isn't that right, Mr. Roach...? *hears nothing but mumbling*

[rommel357]

no ****....thats what the hell i just said! Each fighter should be able to fight at maxium ww limit!

Wrong, this is what you said.

no more bs catchweights plz.....pac has the 147 pound belt. if he ain't gonna fight at the ww limit he should give up the title....

Manny doesn't have to fight at maximum WW limit, he just have to fight within the WW criteria of 141 to 147 lbs.