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I dont really see it as unprofessional.
I see it as more of a b1tch-move.
1.) it was ridiculous marketing Marquez as a competitive match-up just because he was ranked P4P #3 and coz he gave Pac fits..... the guy was a fkn lightweight, and boxing uses weight divisions for a reason
2.) catch-weight fights are a joke, and should be completely abolished. Catch-weight bouts were originally conceived to enable a match-up between two (usually) name fighters who would normally never meet because of weight disparity. They were called an "exhibition match" and there was never a title at stake.
3.) based on point #1 and point #2, that fight was nothing more than an exhibition match anyways, so who really cares?
4.) Beristain is a noob, Pacquiao would never get caught out like that. Marquez had to renegotiate for an extra $600k, so anybody who laughed at the seemingly ridiculous 3.5mil per-pound for the Hoya fight should give themselves an uppercut.
It was insurance to ensure that Manny was not physically out-matched, and nothing more, which is why they demanded 10mil per-pound for Mayweather, and which is why Mayweather immediately agreed.
Mayweather would have likely agreed if the demand was 100mil per-pound, because Floyd is a welter, the weight was 147, he has never failed to make the contracted weight in a fight, so nobody was ever going to get 1 red cent.
I see it as more of a b1tch-move.
1.) it was ridiculous marketing Marquez as a competitive match-up just because he was ranked P4P #3 and coz he gave Pac fits..... the guy was a fkn lightweight, and boxing uses weight divisions for a reason
2.) catch-weight fights are a joke, and should be completely abolished. Catch-weight bouts were originally conceived to enable a match-up between two (usually) name fighters who would normally never meet because of weight disparity. They were called an "exhibition match" and there was never a title at stake.
3.) based on point #1 and point #2, that fight was nothing more than an exhibition match anyways, so who really cares?
4.) Beristain is a noob, Pacquiao would never get caught out like that. Marquez had to renegotiate for an extra $600k, so anybody who laughed at the seemingly ridiculous 3.5mil per-pound for the Hoya fight should give themselves an uppercut.
It was insurance to ensure that Manny was not physically out-matched, and nothing more, which is why they demanded 10mil per-pound for Mayweather, and which is why Mayweather immediately agreed.
Mayweather would have likely agreed if the demand was 100mil per-pound, because Floyd is a welter, the weight was 147, he has never failed to make the contracted weight in a fight, so nobody was ever going to get 1 red cent.
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