Are Catch Weight Fights destroying fighters and giving unfair advantages?

[oaba09]

No since BOTH fighters needs to enter into an agreement for a catchweight fight to happen.....

[brown mamba]

It doesn't. I'm not sure why he said that. People don't care about things like that looking back on history, they remember a great fight and the names on the resumes.

JMM is a great name but floyd fought him at a catchweight. are you trying to tell me people wont care about the catchweight of this fight when looking back on mayweathers legacy?

[jrosales13]

JMM is a great name but floyd fought him at a catchweight. are you trying to tell me people wont care about the catchweight of this fight when looking back on mayweathers legacy?

How is Chavez legacy? What about Whitaker Legacy? Roy Jones legacy?

[brown mamba]

It doesn't. I'm not sure why he said that. People don't care about things like that looking back on history, they remember a great fight and the names on the resumes.

so if pacquiao had fought cotto at 147 and won, it would mean just as much as a win with a catchweight of 145?

[jmmfan]

Let's not blow 2 pounds out of proportion... I hate catchweights myself, but anyone that thinks Cotto would have won at 147 is a master of wishful thinking.

[jrosales13]

because if pac would have fought cotto at 147 instead of 145 it would be way better for his legacy.

I disagree cuz years from now. Nobody is going to talk about the catchweight. They just going to talk about how great Pac look. Nobody talks about Chavez-Whitaker fight being a catchweight. Nobody talks about Hopkins-Oscar fight being at a catchweight.

There has not been on fight that I could say well the catchweight they fought in.... I mean yes we talk about Pavlik-Hopkins, Mayweather-Marquez, and Pac-Cotto but that is cuz it's really recent. But, in a few years we will not mentioned it and not care.

[brown mamba]

How is Chavez legacy? What about Whitaker Legacy? Roy Jones legacy?

would have been better without the catchweights. multiple weight classes were made for a reason.

[ShermanKlump]

You know, these catchweights sure get on my nerves! But hey what can we do? I love boxing and always will, catchweights or not.

[brown mamba]

Let's not blow 2 pounds out of proportion... I hate catchweights myself, but anyone that thinks Cotto would have won at 147 is a master of wishful thinking.

never said cotto would have won with the limit at 147. just saying the win would be better for pac if fought at the welterweight limit.

[brown mamba]

I disagree cuz years from now. Nobody is going to talk about the catchweight. They just going to talk about how great Pac look. Nobody talks about Chavez-Whitaker fight being a catchweight. Nobody talks about Hopkins-Oscar fight being at a catchweight.

There has not been on fight that I could say well the catchweight they fought in.... I mean yes we talk about Pavlik-Hopkins, Mayweather-Marquez, and Pac-Cotto but that is cuz it's really recent. But, in a few years we will not mentioned it and not care.

actually people do talk about hopkins and oscar at a catchweight. a lot of people discredit hopkins' whole career for fighting "smaller" guys.