Why Do You Think Pac Fought Clottey @ 147, But Made Cotto Fight At 145?

[MaD RoBoT]

The thread didnt ask if Cotto came in at 147 would the outcome be different. The question is why ask Cotto to come in at 145 and not Clottey and the answer is Clottey could barely make 147 and Roach knew that.

it doesn't matter, if the Clottey fight came 1st it'll still be at 145 then the Cotto fight at full 147

DLH fights at middleweight, besides he's the one who dictate that the fight will be at 147 not Pac

[Ryannn]

The thread didnt ask if Cotto came in at 147 would the outcome be different. The question is why ask Cotto to come in at 145 and not Clottey and the answer is Clottey could barely make 147 and Roach knew that.

that maybe, but i really think this weight drained thing has been blown way out of proportion.

[Pullcounter]

Why didn't he just fight Cotto @ full 147, instead of making Miguel get down to 145? But fight after fights Clottey at the full 147lb limt?

cause the fight with DLH at 147 lbs was a farce cause DLH didn't rehydrate and because pac/hatton was at 140 and pac went all the way down to 138 lbs.

the fight with cotto was against a full blown and very good WW

[King Ju-Ju]

cuz cotto was more of threat then clottey. roach said he wanted him as low as he can get him.

[FloydTBE]

to get cotto weaker

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

Why didn't he just fight Cotto @ full 147, instead of making Miguel get down to 145? But fight after fights Clottey at the full 147lb limt?

all criticisms of catchweights are obsolete due to the 24 rehydration rule:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=419542

1 or 2lbs dont matter for elite fighters. you really think cotto weighing in at 147 affects the outcome? guy weighed in at 146. stop this nonsense.

most of you dont even know why & when catchweights started.

IT WASNT BECAUSE OF MEDICAL MALFEASANCE.

[straightleft]

Cotto moved down 1 lb and Pac moved up 7 lbs was many times better than Floyd catchweight fight where he came 2 lbs overweight against lightweight Marquez.

[ronnie_N.]

thread title is misleading as cotto fight was the first... anyway...

cotto can opt not to sign the contract if he don't agree with the catchweight... he is the defending champ for that fight for crying out loud... question is, why cotto accepted the fight at 145??.... plus, cotto is not a gimme... that's a tough SOB right there... team pac-man wants to have all the leverage they can possibly get... bottom line is, cotto agrees with the terms...

and after the cotto fight, pac-man might had realized that he can hang with these natural welterweights so he just had his next fight at the full WW limit... plus, clottey barely made the limit as well...

[ModernTalking]

sure wasnt cotto

Yea sure....

[Pullcounter]

Cotto moved down 1 lb and Pac moved up 7 lbs was many times better than Floyd catchweight fight where he came 2 lbs overweight against lightweight Marquez.

quoted for truth