At 150lbs, who has the upper hand. Pac or Marg?

[Deevel916]

So if a boxer has a certain advantage over a boxer they are allowed to request what might affect the boxer with the advantage?

So if Amir Khan fights a big power puncher & with his jaw, is it reasonable to ask for the big power puncher to wear 14oz boxing gloves & not the 8oz power puncher gloves?

I thought the point of going up in weight is to take the challenge of having disadvantages against you, not trying to minimal the danger much as you can.

If you have many disadvantages against you in a certain weight class......DON'T FIGHT IN IT!! Simple as that, rather then make demands that will less the danger & at the end of it look pretty on his record.

Once again, the problem lies with the sport itself. Catchweights have been taking place for decades. It didnt start with Pac.

[Eaner0919]

Once again, the problem lies with the sport itself. Catchweights have been taking place for decades. It didnt start with Pac.

but when it's for a title it doesn't make it right just because it has Manny's name attached to it

and I think that is the problem. You seem to think that no matter what Manny requests it's okay simply because....well it's Manny

continuing to ask for title shots but yet not allowing the opponent the luxury of using the boundaries given is wrong flat out

[Jack Napier]

Pac beats him at 147, 150, or 154

[Born2Live]

Pacquiao fans claimed the 2lb's Cotto gave in to fight wasn't nothing that affected the fight at all so what is 3lb's gained? It can't be affective 1 way & not the other right?

Margarito has the same reach, is half a inch taller then ODLH & look how that ended up.

[p4p-champ]

I guess now I have nothing to offer for the thread

lol

Margacheato is being served on a silver platter. Granted, he has a few advantages over Pacman, like height, reach, chin (now questionable) and maybe power (now questionable). What minor advantages Cheato has, isn't enough to overcome the speed, volume, power and movement of Pacquiao. And now they want to drain Cheato on top of it....daaaamnn. This is clearly a pick-em fight for Pacman and another paper title.

Old Bobby is gonna keep milking that cow until there is no milk left...or until he finally allows him to fight Mayweather.

[Mushroom]

lol

Margacheato is being served on a silver platter. Granted, he has a few advantages over Pacman, like height, reach, chin (now questionable) and maybe power (now questionable). What minor advantages Cheato has, isn't enough to overcome the speed, volume, power and movement of Pacquiao. And now they want to drain Cheato on top of it....daaaamnn. This is clearly a pick-em fight for Pacman and another paper title.

Not only that but he got the beating of his career, didn't fight for a year then had a fairly unimpressive win over a mediocre fighter. Total bull**** right here......

[M.I Truth ?]

As an attraction fight the catchweight is fine. When it comes to title fights though its crap. I didn't like the catchweight in the Cotto fight either especially since Manny's ring weight was more than 145lbs on fight night. It doesnt take away from the win at all IMO but it does tarnish the title gained. Manny is good enough to beat guys without the catchweights anyway.

[Deevel916]

but when it's for a title it doesn't make it right just because it has Manny's name attached to it

and I think that is the problem. You seem to think that no matter what Manny requests it's okay simply because....well it's Manny

continuing to ask for title shots but yet not allowing the opponent the luxury of using the boundaries given is wrong flat out

I can give 2 ****s about this fight anyway, so I really dont care whether its for a title or not. If he's not fighting Mayweather, then I have no interest in watching him fight.

[Miniwheels14]

Not only that but he got the beating of his career, didn't fight for a year then had a fairly unimpressive win over a mediocre fighter. Total bull**** right here......

It's bull**** that this is even a title fight to begin with. Neither fighter has done anything around 154 to deserve a title shot and Marg got ktfo 2 fights ago. How this is for a vacant belt is a puzzle to me.

[Pin Galarga]

Easy poll. The only advantage Margarito has is getting a huge payday for anyone on his situation. Most cheaters of the sport get jail time and the cold shoulder from the Sport and the people they represent.

Big time Pacquiao is always looking for an advantage to win a fight (learned from Oscar) and fighting a finished cheater like Margarito will prove nothing so there's no real advantage of beating this bum.