Why,why,why..would martinez-williams 2 be at a catchweight??please explain

[Dirk Diggler UK]

he didnt ask who they are fighting. he asked if williams is cheating history by trying to win titles at a catchweight.

Burner will move the goalposts until he thinks hes found a legit excuse.

[NesNY]

LMAO @ the hypocrites.

Manny will never fight Paul Williams, it's a ludicrous height/reach mismatch.

147 is Paul's natural weight? Riiiiiight. I'm pretty sure he walks around 6'3", 150'ish.

[MUNG]

Williams and his camp should be told where to go with this one!! What a bunch of sad cases coming out with this rubbish with the last fight being at 160, cant stand this kind of sneaky stuff, gives boxing a bad name imo

[Championart]

Same rule applies here as it does with the whole Manny debacle. Catch weights for official belts are disgraceful. It doesn't matter who does it. Now, is it as bad as Manny's fight with Margorito NO.... not by a long shot because Margorito is shot to hell whether he fights at 154, 150 or 147. This fight however will be a fight of the year candidate no matter what weight it is as both men are in their prime and have no problems making any weight from 154 to 160. Now does this make it right if in fact the fight gets confirmed for 157 no it doesn't and catch weights for official belts should be banned. Either fight at the correct weight class for the belt or make the fight without any belts on the line at a catch weight.

[DONT HELP ME]

this is really weird. i mean if paul's height is about 5'6'' or 5'7" thats catchweight demand is fine.

[infamous larryx]

burner i cant believe you are this biased..seriously you showed an agenda here

[Franco2012]

Such a hypocrite, you were the first on here moaning like a 2 whore bimbo when pac and marg was at a catch weight for the title. Now when your 2nd lover williams does it you make excuses for him?

you are a disgrace

Exactly,he is hypocrite on another level.

Him and Larryx were talking **** nonstop how Pacquiao is cheating history and this and that.

And look at Burner now,I bet that if Floyd fought at another catchweight for title that Larryx would find 10 million reasons why its ok to fight at catchweight for title.

[DONT HELP ME]

burner i cant believe you are this biased..seriously you showed an agenda here

you should visit him in detriot

[Franco2012]

Boxrec says its at 157 catchweight

lol Burner owns Burner big time


http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...0755&cat=boxer

[Iceta Lives]

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=405000

Goossen reached out to BoxingScene to respond, and he doesn't deny it - he is 100% focused on making a fight between Pacquiao and Williams - and he says it's no fantasy.

A rematch with Martinez will have to wait. Goossen, like everyone else in the sport, is waiting to see if Floyd Mayweather Jr. will accept a proposal to fight Manny Pacquiao on November 13. Mayweather has to accept the deal by a mid-July deadline. If Mayweather passes, the two frontrunners to face Pacquiao are his promotional stablemates, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. Goossen believes his chances to make a Pacquiao-Williams fight are greater than ever, if Mayweather passes.

Mayweather's removal is not the only factor in Goossen's logic. Margarito is still banned from being able to box in the United States. On Friday the Nevada State Athletic Commission refused to grant Margarito's application to obtain a license to box in the state, which also prevents him from being able to fight in Las Vegas.

Goossen doesn't view a Pacquiao-Cotto rematch as an attractive substitute, because Cotto is only one-fight removed from taking a serious beating at the hands of Pacquiao. The Puerto Rican champion was stopped by Pacquiao last November in the twelfth round. According to Goossen, the only alternative to a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight - is a Pacquiao-Williams fight.

"Right now my concentration is Pacquiao and Williams. It's been no secret that we planned to go back down to 147, Paul's natural weight. We were looking to fight one of the champions, one of the big names...no secret there. Paul Williams wants to show that he's best in that division, or that he's just one of the tough guys in that division. We've got the best 147-pounder in the world in Paul Williams. The door is open. Knowing how these champions, these great ones think, that to be great - there is risk involved...a lot of it," Goossen told BoxingScene.com.

By Williams moving down to 147 that isn't gonna get him a big fight. Pacquiao is gonna probably win Margarito's title and campaign at 154. This is just an excuse for Williams to avoid fighters who are his own size.