Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Gives His Take on Alvarez's Weight Failure

[Bierstadt]

Great point. I don't understand why the commission has to receive half of the penalty. Matthew is receiving money because he is being wronged/disadvantaged, as his opponent failed to make a contracted weight. How is the WBC being disadvantaged? What is the rationale of them receiving any of the penalty money?

The California State Athletic Commission is receiving the money, not the WBC.

And it is actually a quite common and accepted practice. The athletic commission usually keeps half of whatever fines a boxer gets because they broke their rules.

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Oscar De La Hoya, promoter for unbeaten Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KOs), was calm when discussing his boxer's recent failure to make weight. Later tonight, Alvarez is scheduled to face Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KOs) at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The bout, agreed upon for a catchweight of 150-pounds, will have the vacant WBC junior middleweight title on the line.

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matt should've pulled out... it makes ricky's threats seem worthless...

[bluetuazon]

oskie is at it again.............tsk tsk

[ronnie_N.]

oscar should introduce deer meat to camelo...

[Power VCT]

As expected but please get rid of the catch weight fights! Enough is enough!

[z0jo]

Canelo only won because of the weight advantage, if he made weight hatton would have knocked him out.