Comments Thread For: Weights: Manny Pacquiao 144.6, Antonio Margarito 150

[crillz]

You think Roy weighed over 200 when he fought Ruiz?

Damn man you are a solid poster but that is shocking.

it shouldn't have been allowed then and it shouldn't be allowed now, it was corruption then and it is corruption now, what don't you understand?

[myCoCainE]

WTF are people crying about Pacquiao coming in below the weight limit. There is no such thing as coming in below the weight limit. LOL. He could come in as a flyweight if he wanted to. Henry Armstrong anyone? Ring a bell. Cry about Pacquiao giving up more advantages to Margarito.

Now, if Pacquiao is truly the Henry Armstrong of this generation, he would still KO Margarito.

[juandabomb]

so margarito will be the only one that will get the super welterweight belt since pacman came in under the welterweight limit.

[dnut17]

We have people close to his camp, on Boxingscene that say he can no longer "easily" make 147. Not surprising since he's been fighting there since he he was a Teenager.

Fortunately they've also said 150 appears to be comfortable for him

Co-sign 150lbs is ideal for Margs. I don't think the guy has ever had the power to compete at 154lbs which is why he's fought at 147 for so long. Weight will be no issue in this fight. If Margs looses it will be cuz he's just not that good. I think an interesting fight would've been pac vs. cotto at 150lbs.

[Ruffus74]

PAC came in at more weight than he had for Cotto and he weighed 142 the
morning of the Clottey weigh in. He just isn't any bigger than that. And he looked plenty shredded. There will be a 15 pound difference fight night, but that won't be significant.

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Actually he weighted 144 vs Cotto on fight night I read that he was 152, but those were rumors cause he didn't want to weight in on fight night...but I say he will be around 151-152 lbs on fight night and Cheato will be like 162-167 lbs...

[crillz]

WTF are people crying about Pacquiao coming in below the weight limit. There is no such thing as coming in below the weight limit. LOL. He could come in as a flyweight if he wanted to. Henry Armstrong anyone? Ring a bell. Cry about Pacquiao giving up more advantages to Margarito.

Now, if Pacquiao is truly the Henry Armstrong of this generation, he would still KO Margarito.

yes there is, weight limits have a Maximum but they also have a Minimum, 141-147 means WELTERWEIGHT not JR MIDDLEWEIGHT it's not that hard to understand, really..

and I'm not saying it hasn't been done before but it was corruption then and it's corruption now, just because it happened before doesn't mean it should be able to happen now with no problems, there should be some sort of penalty

[Heru]

if pacquiao wins this will be the biggest win in the history of boxing, hes giving up weight, height and reach

STFU......

And to those saying that it's illegal or some **** for Pacquiao to come in at 144, it's not. 154 is the maximum limit of the weight division, but it doesn't mean 147.1 is the minimum weigh in, it's just where the distinction between welterweight and Jr. middleweight is. Sam Langford, Stanley Ketchel, Henry Armstrong, were giving up more weight than 5 and weighing in a full division less than opponents.

[Left Hook Tua]

only on nsb is a guy getting criticized for fighting a much bigger man while being too small.

and they still have him as the favorite.

[Khalid X]

it's not everyday someone comes in literally a full division BENEATH the agreed upon weight class, don't sit there and act like this happens all of the time, but yes alphabet soup organizations are dirtier than garbage itself

This isn't something that is new to the sport. Sam Langford made a career outta doing this as did others (Armstrong and Robinson). Fwiw Ray Robinson knocked out LaMotta and Robinson was only 147 for that MW scrap.

To be honest it's like you are trying to hard to come up with a reason to discredit this fight.

[Check_hooks]

I just hope they both step on the unofficial scale before the fight. Im guessing pac will weigh around 147-8 and Marg will weight around 159-60.