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FORGET ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT! AND DON'T MENTION CORRALES NAME.
The result of the fight is not the reason I started this thread... I think Corrales probably would have lost the fight anyway.
What I'm trying to say is - EXAMPLE:
Erik Morales has signed to fight Manny Pacquiao @130lbs. Erik Morales already knows that he can't make 130lbs anymore but he signs the contract anyway, (for arguments sake lets say the WBC belt is up for grabs too).
A week before the fight, Manny Pacquiao ends his hard training and starts to make weight loss preperations. The day of the fight he stops eating and starts to dehydrate himself and then at weigh-in time he blips under the 130lbs mark.
Erik Morales already knows he can't make 130lbs, so he continues to train right up to the day before the weigh-in. He steps onto the scales a solid muscle 135lbs.
There is too much money involved in the fight (PPV buys/ticket sales), And many members of each camp risk not getting paid if the fight doesn't happen... So the fight goes ahead anyway but Morales is fined 10% of his $1.5 million purse, and the WBC belt is not up for grabs if he wins.
He doesn't care about the belt, he can't defend it anyway because he can't make 130lbs. The day of the fight Pacquiao is putting weight back on, but it's merely fluid weight.
Erik is stronger and wins the fight by KO.
Erik was fined $150,000 for not making the weight, but his market value has gone through the roof with this win and he stands to make 3X back what he just lost in fines in his next fight!
What is to stop this (Castillo) kind of thing happening again????
FORGET ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT!... WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS THAT CASTILLO HAS PLAYED THE SYSTEM, AND GOT AWAY WITH IT.
FORGET ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT! AND DON'T MENTION CORRALES NAME.
The result of the fight is not the reason I started this thread... I think Corrales probably would have lost the fight anyway.
What I'm trying to say is - EXAMPLE:
Erik Morales has signed to fight Manny Pacquiao @130lbs. Erik Morales already knows that he can't make 130lbs anymore but he signs the contract anyway, (for arguments sake lets say the WBC belt is up for grabs too).
A week before the fight, Manny Pacquiao ends his hard training and starts to make weight loss preperations. The day of the fight he stops eating and starts to dehydrate himself and then at weigh-in time he blips under the 130lbs mark.
Erik Morales already knows he can't make 130lbs, so he continues to train right up to the day before the weigh-in. He steps onto the scales a solid muscle 135lbs.
There is too much money involved in the fight (PPV buys/ticket sales), And many members of each camp risk not getting paid if the fight doesn't happen... So the fight goes ahead anyway but Morales is fined 10% of his $1.5 million purse, and the WBC belt is not up for grabs if he wins.
He doesn't care about the belt, he can't defend it anyway because he can't make 130lbs. The day of the fight Pacquiao is putting weight back on, but it's merely fluid weight.
Erik is stronger and wins the fight by KO.
Erik was fined $150,000 for not making the weight, but his market value has gone through the roof with this win and he stands to make 3X back what he just lost in fines in his next fight!
What is to stop this (Castillo) kind of thing happening again????
FORGET ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT!... WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS THAT CASTILLO HAS PLAYED THE SYSTEM, AND GOT AWAY WITH IT.
but most of the time I'm in a hurry and honestly dont have the time to try and make sense of what youre trying to say. I've wanted to mention that many times in the past never did.
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