Comments Thread For: Team Mayweather Pounds Away on Catch Weight Claims

[HeroBando]

Did Manny do that? He defended said ww title won at 145 and defended at 147 and then defended at 143 with JMM. So what you posted isn't excatly true.

Like I said, there is no difference in the CW's.

He wasn't requesting the JMM CW, that was JMM. Should we start blaming Cotto for Pac's CW request? He has never requested a CW while holding a belt in the same division, a chosen few have.

[HeroBando]

I'm having a hard time trying to understand why the Nelo fans are heated!!!...what did Floyd do wrong?!?.....no matter what, dude is a WW...Oscar did the same **** to B Hop and still got stopped...so stop b1tching...I know Floyd talked **** about catchweights in the past but everyone should know by now that Floyd is a hypocritical dude.....boxing fans know this.....so stop trying to act like a crime was committed.....we're used to Floyd the politician

Nelo should be fighting other 154 pounders and not all these small dudes.....I bet his chin is suspect....reminds me of the way they built Berto, kept feeding him smaller dudes and keeping him away from punchers.....saw this story before

If Floyd is a 147 and too small for 154 where he's 2x champ, why hold on to the 154 belt for a year+? Go to the first page, there's a link with him saying "don't strip me, I'm gonna defend it after Guerrero"

[The Big Dunn]

He wasn't requesting the JMM CW, that was JMM. Should we start blaming Cotto for Pac's CW request? He has never requested a CW while holding a belt in the same division, a chosen few have.

You don't know that, you are just speculating. No, because we know that was Manny.

Look you are either going to hold them equally or skew it in favor of pac because you are a pac fan. your choice.

[richardt]

I posted the article for you. Are you sure it proves this?

I posted the same thing. There are two different articles, one was Floyd asking for 147 and 150 and then accepting 152. The other article was about Canelo saying on May 28 that he cannot comfortably go below 154. Each article supports a different stance, one being what Floyd asked for and the other being what Canelo said he would not be comfortable at.

[The Big Dunn]

I posted the same thing. There are two different articles, one was Floyd asking for 147 and 150 and then accepting 152. The other article was about Canelo saying on May 28 that he cannot comfortably go below 154. Each article supports a different stance, one being what Floyd asked for and the other being what Canelo said he would not be comfortable at.

you know from being a regular poster here that it was floyd sr. who threw out 147 and that he is not involved in the business end of things. you also know Canelo said this BEFORE the fight as a negotiating tool, which the author indicates.

Did you actually read these or did you just go by the title.

[richardt]

Here's Ellerbe, explaining why the CW request was worth the massive hit to Floyd's rep:

“Cotto was a dead man walking when he went into the ring. The casual fan doesn’t know what difference one or two pounds can make when a fighter is already down to weight.”

Yep, that is Ellerbe......and we can make Ellerbe a fool by inserting the words Canelo above in place of Cotto to say the following......in the next message

[richardt]

INDIRECTLY FROM ELLERBE: “Canelo will be a dead man walking when he goes into the ring. The casual fan doesn’t know what difference one or two pounds can make when a fighter is already down to weight."

[HeroBando]

You don't know that, you are just speculating. No, because we know that was Manny.

Look you are either going to hold them equally or skew it in favor of pac because you are a pac fan. your choice.

I mean really? Show me 1 instance with guys in separate weight classes, with the bigger guy requesting to drop extra weight? They may offer it to sweeten the deal, but offer =/= request. That's cause the heavier guy would just as soon (or rather) fight without that clause, while the smaller guy will enforce the penalty if the other guy comes over the contract weight

[The Big Dunn]

Yep, that is Ellerbe......and we can make Ellerbe a fool by inserting the words Canelo above in place of Cotto to say the following......in the next message

Just like herobando you said ellerbee was wrong and cotto was fine and now you are cosigning it. come richardt its one or the other.

[RL_GMA]

Did or did not Floyd's team and his Pops insist on 147lbs when the fight was first being negotiated?