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Actually Cotto won that fight by TKO. And the 17 pounds helped him because Chop couldn't knock him out because of it. During the fight Emanual Steward said somthing like 'if Corley was 10 pounds heavier he could've knocked him out' (Corley weighed 142 while Cotto weighed 157). I had a strong feeling that the HBO crew felt the same way as it did that night: that they should make fighters do it the way they use to, when boxers were tougher. It cheapens the sport and fighters of today shouldn't be able to get away with it. If they had the weigh-in the day of the fight then we could truely see who belongs in a certain weight class and who doesn't and who is the best, like the old days. Not weight being used as a handicap to give a fighter an advantage in the lower weight classes. Heavy weight should be the only weight class where huge weight advantages are allowed.
When fighters used to rig the scales so they can come in to a fight heavier alot of the time it resulted in a knockout so it pisses me off that guys can legally do this today. If boxers came in even, you whould see more guys willing to go toe to toe and fighters whould have more endurance if they weighed in the day of the fight. So what if some of today's fighters whouldn't be as good, the ones that truly belong in their weight class would be better and generally it whould make for more interesting fights. Just my thoughts.
When fighters used to rig the scales so they can come in to a fight heavier alot of the time it resulted in a knockout so it pisses me off that guys can legally do this today. If boxers came in even, you whould see more guys willing to go toe to toe and fighters whould have more endurance if they weighed in the day of the fight. So what if some of today's fighters whouldn't be as good, the ones that truly belong in their weight class would be better and generally it whould make for more interesting fights. Just my thoughts.
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