Roach saying 147 with NO CATCHWEIGHT vs Marquez is PATHETIC....

[_I Am_]

i thought it was pretty ridiculous too but after thinking a bit, neither of them would weigh in at the 147 limit anyway

its basically saying they both come in a little over 140 and dont bother with cutting, not like pacquaio even makes welterweight

Exactly..... That dont want Pac to have to go through the riggers of having to make weight, but want others to have to deal with making weight.....

Pac MADE Cotto go to 145lbs, because he was "too small", but was big enough to fight Margs at 150......

Excuses can not be made for this dude.....

Only PacAsses would think otherwise....

[Russian Crushin]

No it is not, but why is it okay for Pac to have others go to a catch weight because he is "Too Small", but when another fighter REALLY IS too small for that weight, he says no catch weight.....

It just shows that they have to have EVERY advantage possible......

When you are at the top of your game, #1 people come to your weight class to fight you and nobody is going to dictate terms to you

Same exact reason Floyd fought him at 147 as well

[ChiTown2Diego]

No it is not, but why is it okay for Pac to have others go to a catch weight because he is "Too Small", but when another fighter REALLY IS too small for that weight, he says no catch weight.....

It just shows that they have to have EVERY advantage possible......

Welcome to the real world. That's how it works homie. When I enter into contracts with bigger companies the contracts are overwhelmingly in their favor the majority of the time

[_I Am_]

This is exactly as i see it

Why are people even a bit suprised at this?

No matter who it is, Pac is not going lower to fight them

Cotto fought at 147 and Pac made him go to 145..... Margs fought at 154 and Pac made him go to 150......

JMM fights at 135 and Pac make him go up to 147...... Why not 145 like Cotto? Oh yeah, because they want to have EVERY advantage possible.....

[Russian Crushin]

Exactly..... That dont want Pac to have to go through the riggers of having to make weight, but want others to have to deal with making weight.....

Pac MADE Cotto go to 145lbs, because he was "too small", but was big enough to fight Margs at 150......

Excuses can not be made for this dude.....

Only PacAsses would think otherwise....

So he should have fought Marg at 147

What you're missing is that he fought Marg and Cotto in @ different weight classes

[Russian Crushin]

Cotto fought at 147 and Pac made him go to 145..... Margs fought at 154 and Pac made him go to 150......

JMM fights at 135 and Pac make him go up to 147...... Why not 145 like Cotto? Oh yeah, because they want to have EVERY advantage possible.....

So 145 would fix everything?

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at any weight vs marquez is pathetic. It will end with PAC by KO early. TKO since Marquez does have heart

[ADP02]

But when it comes to Pac fighting Cotto and Margs he is the catch weight king.....

Pac must have every advantage going in to his fights.....

He knows Marquez aint **** at 147.... But Ariza said 140 is NO PROBLEM......

PATHETIC!!!

Carry on.......

Nope, but he can fight and still make weight in his natural weight class of 140.

manny pacquiao is the double standard pound for pound king. end of story. whatever he does its ok. if anyone else does it its wrong.

*** roach...............fight should be 140s............nothing more

i thought it was pretty ridiculous too but after thinking a bit, neither of them would weigh in at the 147 limit anyway

its basically saying they both come in a little over 140 and dont bother with cutting, not like pacquaio even makes welterweight

Thanks Reach for thinking about it a bit. The other guys above you didn't I suppose. Or maybe it was a reflex reaction whenever they hear something about Manny .... they have to say something bad.


Manny would probably come in at 142 - 144. Roach and Manny don't feel the need to fight Marquez at this point and therefore made such a comment. Even Arum stated the odds are small on that fight happening.

Maybe if Marquez impresses in his next fight then Manny/Roach will go for the Marquez fight.

In all honesty, I would see Manny KOing Marquez if they fight again.

I'm sure IF Manny takes on Marquez, the Floyd fans will switch it up and say, nonesense taking on Marquez at this point..... watch.

[Toe Injury]

i just dont see the big deal, theyre both pretty much the same size, manny doesnt even weigh in at the 147 limit

why bother with a catchweight and cutting when on fight night theyll be within like 5 lbs of each other naturally?

[ModernTalking]

No it is not, but why is it okay for Pac to have others go to a catch weight because he is "Too Small", but when another fighter REALLY IS too small for that weight, he says no catch weight.....

It just shows that they have to have EVERY advantage possible......

The point is because they are chasing Pac, it's not PAC that's chasing them. When you're the king you make the rules dummy. I agree that the fight should also be at 140 but who do you think want this fight...yea you know it. Do you think Pac would want to starve himself to make a fight that's not even neccassary for him LOL.