"CATCHWEIGHTS" will they hurt pacman's legacy

[Dave Rado]

no it will not hurt his legacy, for one simple reason, pacquiao is an exciting fighter and gives the fans their moneys worth......... he delivers and comes through with the bottom line..... being worth his weight in gold in the entertainment department...........

LOL! Being entertaining has nothing to do with ATG status. Boxing is a sport, not just show-business. Sweat Pea and Willie Pep are top 10 ATGs but were not very entertaining at all. Gatti was one of the most entertaining fighters of all time, but will never get close to the ATG lists.

[JDezi4]

If that is not what you meant, no problem.....

but you still stated its like a catch-weight. So that was the confusion, I guess. If it's a title fight for 130, why do you even mention that "its like a catch-weight"?

A 130 title has a limit of 130.

I was talking about the fact he made Morales come down in weight as oppose to moving up in weight to fight him. Making ur opponent come down in weight is basically what a Catchweight does. Catchweights r usually more specific, but it's the same idea,

[jpunieves]

only btiches whine about this ****** catchweight.

the fact is... BOTH FIGHTERS AGREED TO THE CATCHWEIGHT.

[setza]

I was talking about the fact he made Morales come down in weight as oppose to moving up in weight to fight him. Making ur opponent come down in weight is basically what a Catchweight does. Catchweights r usually more specific, but it's the same idea,

Your ******, so if Pacquiao moved up to fight morales wouldn't that still be a catch weight fight since pacquiao has to move up weight in order to fight morales ? think about it

[DannYankee]

How can Moving up to fight stronger bigger man then you Hurt your legacy? Enlighten me They havent made the catchweight unheard of in any of the cases fk hes asking for too little if you take in account hes 5"6 in shoes!

[mikemurni]

My response:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=398207

[JDezi4]

I'm an idiot, so if Pacquiao moved up to fight morales wouldn't that still be a catch weight fight since pacquiao has to move up weight in order to fight morales ? think about it

Actually no. It wouldn't be the same as a catchweight. The point of a catchweight is to give ur opponent a disadvantage. It's more of a disadvantage to move down in weight than to move up smart one.

[setza]

Actually no. It wouldn't be the same as a catchweight. The point of a catchweight is to give ur opponent a disadvantage. It's more of a disadvantage to move down in weight than to move up smart one.

So wait? so if morales offered a contract to pacquiao to fight him at lightweight thats not a catchweight fight cause if pacquiao is moving up in weight 'AGAIN' to fight morales that doesn't the advantage to morales as ? Not really cause some boxers can't handle the new weight and that is where they lose their power or speed, don't forget pacquaio just moved up to super feather weight and now he should of moved up another weight again to fight morales. You tell me who is really getting the advantage of that Boxing expert ?

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

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[JDezi4]

So wait? so if morales offered a contract to pacquiao to fight him at lightweight thats not a catchweight fight cause if pacquiao is moving up in weight 'AGAIN' to fight morales that doesn't the advantage to morales as ? Not really cause some boxers can't handle the new weight and that is where they lose their power or speed, don't forget pacquaio just moved up to super feather weight and now he should of moved up another weight again to fight morales. You tell me who is really getting the advantage of that Boxing expert ?

Actually no, cuz it's not like Morales moved up becuz he was growing. He moved up becuz he was too old to lose the weight easily.

Morales would be the same as he was at 130 ability wise only he would be physically more comfortable. Pac moving from 130 to 135... A trip to McDonalds (or Jolly Bee) he's there. Same training regiment just don't cut as much weight.

However, Morales pushing his body to make 130 is a disadvantage. To experiment on what I mean, force ur body to do something u don't want to do, than see what happens. (Drink a gallon of Milk as fast as u can... Try that)