Comments Thread For: Roach: I Want Pacquiao-Marquez, But at 147-Pounds

[xcaret v3]

the weight punishers are at it again....


pacquiao and his team are cheating the sport of boxing by draining and punishing their fighters with weight, its pathetic

[Famoso Matador]

Next he will call out Humberto Soto for the light middleweight title, Rocky Juarez for the welterweight title, or perhaps Paul Williams for the welterweight title at a catchweight of 142.

[AllEyesOpen]

why 147???thought manny could easily make 140......see sometimes roach talks to much

It's what is called a ***** move, although since it would be Pac making Marquez fight at a weight we now clearly know he doesn't belong in, there shouldn't be a problem.

[thegonzo]

why 147???thought manny could easily make 140......see sometimes roach talks to much

Now they're demanding 147 because they know JMM ain't **** at the higher weight.

I'm a fan of Manny's but this is getting annoying: they make the bigger guys come down in weight, claiming 147 and 154 is "too much weight", and now making the smaller guys go up in weight, claiming 147 is "where they want to be". 140 would be a good middle-ground weight for JMM and Pacquiao, while simultaneously setting up potential $$$ clashes with Maidana, Bradley, Alexander, Ortiz, etc, but I won't be surprised if they force those guys to come up to 147 too...

We all know JMM looked like crap gaining so much weight and couldn't even make 147, and Pacquiao couldn't even make 147 either so WTF, just make it 140 already damn.

[ralph22]

ofcourse marquez is slow and no power at 147 another sparring session for pacquiao is this guy ever ever going to fight a pirme fighter in hsi own weight

[Red Rebel]

Roach if a ****ing idiot..!

[M.I.C.]

Agree, make it at 140, JMM looked like **** at 147.

HMM looked like **** at 147 vs Floyd, vs Pac is a different story, that's assuming JMM is in his prime which he clearly is not.

[Red Rebel]

Roach might aswell challenge JuanMa Lopez, Hasegawa & Darchinyan at 140.

[M.I.C.]

By saying he won't go below 147, hey, nice way to avoid Tim Bradley and the rest of the 140 lb guys. Oh I got an idea Roach, how about you fight somebody Black and American.

[counterpunch]

NO! for Pac's loyalist this is what they consider as leveling the playing field, for the fight to be fair.