Pacquiao: "My ideal weight is 140, I can still make 135"

[SlySlickSmooth]

135 is too much, I could see 140 happening but I wonder if it would effect him late in the fight.

[sugarsmosley]

Literally in his sleep. He'd lose about 2 pounds sleeping, and all he'd have to do is train like normal, except not stuff his face with delicious Filipino cuisines.

this is true, he probably eats whatever he wants. filipino food can make you fat quick, ex. buboy

[Deevel916]

De La Hoya made himself sick because he hadn't been at welterweight in about a decade.

Yeah great evidence.

Delahoya had just fought Steve Forbes at WW prior to facing Pac.

[Rocky Rode]

Delahoya had just fought Steve Forbes at WW prior to facing Pac.

He fought him at a catch weight of 150, I think. That's Jr Middleweight

Edit: Just googled it and it was 150, but De La Hoya was over by half a pound on his first attempt. He eventually made weight though

[Sugar Adam Ali]

He fought him at a catch weight of 150, I think. That's Jr Middleweight

Edit: Just googled it and it was 150, but De La Hoya was over by half a pound on his first attempt. He eventually made weight though

Your correct, as oscar looked very bad in that fight.. Should have just stayed at 154.. He performed very well there but any lower and he looked shot

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Delahoya had just fought Steve Forbes at WW prior to facing Pac.

No he couldn't even make 150 for that fight.

The point is that Pacquaio regularly comes in below the welterweight limit. It's not like he's constantly ***ing up the way Oscar did that one time.

[Deevel916]

He fought him at a catch weight of 150, I think. That's Jr Middleweight

Edit: Just googled it and it was 150, but De La Hoya was over by half a pound on his first attempt. He eventually made weight though

Yes your right. My mistake. I recall them saying that he was fighting Stevie to get acclimated to the lower weight for a fight with pac at 147. By the way which was a weight that oscar called Pac out at.

[Zano-24]

Manny can easily make 140. All he has to do is stop eating like Cotto, and he's a JWW.

Floyd's the one that can't, and is the natural WW.

[clmags12]

Surprised no one mentioned that during training Manny has to maintain a very high calorie diet/intake just to maintain or keep weight on. If he is coming in at 143-145, it looks to be as simple as a diet adjustment or change.

140 would be the min, IMO.

[Rocky Rode]

Yes your right. My mistake. I recall them saying that he was fighting Stevie to get acclimated to the lower weight for a fight with pac at 147. By the way which was a weight that oscar called Pac out at.

Yeah, with hindsight it was a horrible move by De La Hoya. People forget how at the time it was supposedly a cherry pick. No one thought Pacquiao stood a chance.

De La Hoya obviously killed himself to make weight. I don't know what he did to get down to 147 but he looked like a zombie on fight night