Pacquiao fought DLH in a catch weight - Floyd

[mannyman]

Pacquiao and Roach are the masters of the catchweight.

Couple of facts for you to think about:

DLH was the A-side and made the decisions.
DLH was 4-1 favourite.
DLH wanted to fight at 147.
It was Pacs first fight at 147.
147 isn't a CW - its a proper weight division.

Another massive point - Pacquiao was actually a cherry pick for DLH.

However, a 154 titlist asking another 154 fighter to fight at 152 is the very definition of a catchweight.

I'm not a fan of CW's but plenty of fighters are guilty of it.

[mannyman]

The sad part of this story is, it is not even dela hoya fans who's complaining.

It's the floyd fans.

Floyd fans so insecure about their idol's achievement, they are discrediting any and all boxer who they perceived surpasses that of Floyd's.

This^^^^^^^

[DARKSEID]

Pacquiao and Roach are the masters of the catchweight.

[ADP02]

Floyd what about Canelo CW of 152? It was obvious that Canelo did not look right at 152. Two 154 title holders fighting at 152.

Andre Ward said that Canelo didn't look good at the weigh in.

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[Lords]

No catchweight... 140, 147, 154, 160 are divisions

A true 154 pounder asking another true 154 pounder to fight at 152 is a deliberate catchweight...

Technically those are max weights for divisions there not actual divisions themselves.

[El-blanco]

This is so idiotic.

[Deevel916]

Technically those are max weights for divisions there not actual divisions themselves.

Many people seem to forget this. ^^

A WW fight is anywhere between 140.1lbs and 147lbs. If both fighters weight in a 143lbs it's still a WW fight.

[Hype job]

Yes , it was a contracted weight much lower than what Oscar had been fighting at 154 , Oscar had not been 147 on fight night for over 10 yrs , he was ruined before the bell sounded .

As an example a LW champ fights a WW champ at 140 pounds , its a CW .

Who chose the weight?

[El-blanco]

Who chose the weight?

This thread proves how ******ed these guys are. They just make **** up as they go along.

[Hype job]

No because not all CWs are equal you are all hung up on the CW which on face value doesnt mean anything , what matters is the effect of a CW and thats on an individual basis , you cannot throw a blanket over all CWs because they not all the same , Oscar was the worst case of weight drained Ive ever seen in a contest of this level .



True it was a cherry pick gone very wrong , not Mannys fault but he beat a dead man walking and fans pumping the win up for Manny is not telling the whole story , actually I bet the version of Oscar Floyd fought , the 20 lb bigger Oscar that Floyd fought , would beat the hell out of Manny probably stopping him .

Good grief Flommers showing how deranged they are.