Comments Thread For: Steward, Roach Defend Pacquiao's Catch-Weight Demand

[Laborer]

Roach said in the article that the bigger Margarito is, the better it is for Manny. So why did they ask for a catch-weight?

Because if Pac is the Catchwiehgt King, Roach is the Self-contradiction King!

[Dave Rado]

So in regards of the catch weight debate, do we now negate Sugar Ray Leonard's achievements altogether?

Don't be so daft! We ignore his catchweight fights, not his entire career. The rest of his fights were enough to make him an ATG, but the catchweight fights were complete bullshit and were regarded as such at the time.

[Dave Rado]

The headline is so misleading. Nowhere in the article where Steward defended Pac's catchweight demand. He only said that if the fighters involved signed the deal, he's not going to argue, but it's more credible if the belt is won at the weight limit... What's wrong with this writer? a headache?

To be fair to the writer, someone other than the writer is usually responsible for the headlines, but you're right, it's a terribly misleading headline, and a lot of boxingscene headlines are misleading. Shame, because their writers are mostly very good, but their headline writers are not.

[shade darkar]

they can talk **** all they like, at the end of the day pacquiao is bending the rules to suit him. so what if your opponent is bigger than you! if you dont like it, dont fight at that weight class. even the complete wanker that is mayweather didnt fcuk about like this when he went to super welterweight.

[ALG United]

i would love to see catchweights done away with and have a policy where a boxer cannot go 5 lbs over the max weight limit on fight nite, in the pac/margarito case, cannot weight over 159 on fight nite...if margarito or pac cannot meet the requirement, then either fighter should be fighting in the middleweight division...this way, theres no more excuse about a fighter being weight drained.

You are being a moron if you really believe that s****!!! There is NO contracted weight limit on Fight Night!!! The weight limit is at the weigh in, and after that moment the fighters can rehydrate to whatever weight they wanted in to be on fight night!!! ******!!!

[STRUGG]

*****s hating..................i wonder if they hated this much.............when PBF cheated JMM......................LOL

[Check_hooks]

pacquiao and margarito are fighting for a VACANT title so they can fight at a catchweight no problem. thats the rules whether you like them or not. quit hating cuz your obviously dont know the history of boxing

[Sugar Q]

Pac has been coming in @146 or so since he was @130 so they need to cut the BS. A champion should be able to weigh in at the weight limit. The Leonard/Lalonde fight was different cause Lalonde wasn't a big Lt-heavy so he could easily make super middle and Hearns and Leonard were both moving up from lighter weights. Manny played Cotto out and he know he did which is really f'd up especially when they knew Cotto wasn't coming off a string of wars.

[TOBYLEE1]

It is called star power, catchweight only benifits the star and with the amount of money that is offered to the contender how can they say no. If an opportunity of a lifetime to get a crack to the #1 fighter in the world. Catchweight has only benefitted Pac and the demands are from his side. Same as SRL

[FerdinandMarcos]

Didn't Roach said he didn't like catch-weight fights few days ago?

lol

Freddy is like a dog chasing his tail.