Comments Thread For: Margarito Medically Cleared, Cotto Weight at 150?

[JoeDaWg]

Who cares? Catch weights have been around for decades, some of the best fighters to ever lace them up have fought at "catch weights". Does that mean they all suck? This nonsense is really getting over blown in todays sport. Its not like these weight classes were sent down from god, and any deviation should result in a public crucifixion. U got one big guy, one smaller guy, they pick a comfortable weight in the middle and we get to see the fight. Unless your one of the three people left on earth who actually cares about the alphabet belts and in what manner they are "won" then who gives a ****? I dont care what weight they fight at, as long as they both come into the ring in tip top shape and perform up to the best of their respective abilities, i ve got no problem with it. Just put on a show worthy of 60 bucks, thats all i ask for.

[VERILY]

SCREW 150.

[cruz1383]

why do you people talk so much **** when cotto didnt even say ****, but it was being proposed no one said who proposed it. so why jump on cotto when it could have been margos group that proposed it he was strong when fighting pac physical wise.

[Margarito_619]

I Agree 154 is fine for both!

I agree I think 154 is fine for both fighters! If you guys go back to the Pacquiao Vs Margarito fight there was a bottle of Hydroxycut that was found in Margarito's locker room! That **** is gonna happen again! I went to that damn fight in Dallas! Margarito couldn't even stand up in the Weigh-in! Pacman Freaking drained him!! I guess Pacman gave Cotto some advice lol

[SCEN3RY]

Bull****. No reason for this...this should be cleared up by tomorrow...and if I'm wrong, you won't find me logged in as BoxingScenery, I'll be under my ***** account, deprecating catchweights and labeling anyone that disagrees, a *******. Why? This isn't what you guys do?

But really, I don't agree. Cotto won his belt at the divisions full limit, there's no reason for him to ask to defend it at 150. I could see why, maybe he feels like he's not a true 154 and making 150 is easy enough for him and hard enough for Margarito...**** I dunno...I don't agree with it though...I mean you just defended your belt at 154 vs Mayorga? This isn't 2 guys from different divisions meeting in the middle, where catchweights basically originated from, this is 2 guys in the same division...it doesn't add up.

[LeadUppercut]

Originally Posted by Sir TomJones
Cotto is a joke nowadays Larry


Originally Posted by leaduppercut
then what the *** is cheato ?

the guy that beat the **** out of cotto and the one that will do it again

The disgraced fighter who almost certainly cheated, will NEVER get away with it a second time, who got KTFO and embarrassed by ol man Mosley, and who has looked like **** with no KO power ever since the fight with Mosley?

But Cotto is a joke ?

I am sensing a massive amount of blind nut-huggery here

Margarito was never a great fighter, and now he is done, Cotto got this.

[LeadUppercut]

It's evident that they are trying to give all the advantage to Cotto!! Margarito would have problems making that weight!! Make the fight at the junior middleweight limit of 154lbs gawddammit!!!

I just heard that Team Cotto demanded a 148lb catch-weight for that fight.

Team Margarito just accepted.

Sounds fair to me.

[LeadUppercut]

Who cares? Catch weights have been around for decades, some of the best fighters to ever lace them up have fought at "catch weights". Does that mean they all suck? This nonsense is really getting over blown in todays sport. Its not like these weight classes were sent down from god, and any deviation should result in a public crucifixion. U got one big guy, one smaller guy, they pick a comfortable weight in the middle and we get to see the fight. Unless your one of the three people left on earth who actually cares about the alphabet belts and in what manner they are "won" then who gives a ****? I dont care what weight they fight at, as long as they both come into the ring in tip top shape and perform up to the best of their respective abilities, i ve got no problem with it. Just put on a show worthy of 60 bucks, thats all i ask for.

No way, catch-weights are total FKN rubbish.

A catch-weight fight was first conceived to enable a match-up between two name opponents who would normally never meet because of weight disparity.

BOXING USED TO HAVE 8 DIVISIONS ONLY !!

Originally those fights were usually between older fighters, were not sanctioned, and were known as exhibition bouts.

The notion of fighting for a title at catch-weight is totally absurd and unjustifiable.

There are only two reasons to demand a catch-weight, either....

1.) you are not good enough to compete with your opponent at his natural weight

2.) you are trying to drain him to gain an unfair advantage

Either of those reasons deem the fight nothing more than an exhibition match.

***s sake we got enough divisions already, lets not water down and de-value our sport anymore.

The fight should be at 154, but this would be the only catch-weight that I have ever endorsed, because it is an exception for the reasons that I outlined earlier.....

* Top Rank and the Manny-circus are turning boxing into a joke, so one more ****ty exhibition match wont matter

* Hard luck Margarito, you already fought for a JMW title at catch-weight, so fkn hard luck for you son, one more wont matter, will it?

* Margarito cheated against Cotto, and the weight is the same for both

* Margarito is not a JMW, so get real. He will not be "disadvantaged" ONE LITTLE BIT, he will simply not be able to gain a significant advantage over the smaller Cotto

[vrodz]

You just fought at 154......why would you want to fight at 150? Was it to easy to make weight? Are you trying to drain Margo?

Seriously, WTF?

Nowhere in the article did it say that Cotto's side asked for a catchweight

[LeadUppercut]

Nowhere in the article did it say that Cotto's side asked for a catchweight

True, but I bet it was