Comments Thread For: Roach: If Geale Can't Make Weight, We Have Backups!

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WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto was looking in top form for his showdown with Daniel Geale happening Saturday in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center. Cotto worked out for the media for about a half hour and what many left with from the workout was the thudding body shots Cotto was hitting his trainer Freddie Roach with on the mitts. Roach says his power is there and ready for Saturday night.

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[Larry the boss]

This is pathetic,if he is over 157 they will pull out,basically they are banking on him being drained or no fight

[FeFist]

LOL. How long is Miguel going to hold the middleweight division to ransom?

[SchoolTheseCats]

Lmao what backup can you possibly have besides pulling out fight which everyone and they mom knows roc nation will not let happen smoke and mirrors to try and make geale honor that 157cw that's all

[mike1010011]

You know roach,I only put up with your **** because your pacquiaos trainer,but you really need to shut the **** up. Who the **** are you to talk about honor when your forcing fighters to come in at a catchwieght in order to get a chance at the Lineal Middleweight belt? I'd love for geale to come in at 160 and see if they really have the balls to scrap the fight. I can just imagine cotto fans trying to bash GGG,and defend cotto,if cottos camp brings out another fighter literally at the last second. Who are they going to bring out? Gabe rosado?

[soul_survivor]

lol replacements for another date right? another date that costs money, man hours and negotiations lol

Cotto got himself into a mess if there isn't any sort of punishment for coming in overweight except a threat to pull out of the fight.

Then again, all this bs is giving the fight more attention than it deserves so, market strategy?

[ELPacman]

This is my issue. So the dude can come in at 158,159,160lbs which would all be acceptable if it was being fought at the 160lb limit, yet all those weights would be considered "overweight" by the contract stipulation.

Look, I'm usually forgiving of catchweights to make great fights happen, but in this case, it's a terrible one and I do not support it. Pisses me off more that it's involving Cotto whose been one of my all time favorite fighters. I guess it happens to all the best when they reach the high paycheck level. Calling the shots sucks sometimes...

[Mr. Philadel]

Roach is full of ish and Geale is full of ish as well IF he doesn't make the contracted weight....simple!!

[gmc_rfc_06]

Nah, I like Miguel but this is unacceptable.

A middleweight, fighting for a middleweight title, can't weigh in as a middleweight or we'll abandon the fight. Geale isn't even a top level fighter man, you can't hold a division and title to ransom.

[bigjer88]

You know roach,I only put up with your **** because your pacquiaos trainer,but you really need to shut the **** up. Who the **** are you to talk about honor when your forcing fighters to come in at a catchwieght in order to get a chance at the Lineal Middleweight belt? I'd love for geale to come in at 160 and see if they really have the balls to scrap the fight. I can just imagine cotto fans trying to bash GGG,and defend cotto,if cottos camp brings out another fighter literally at the last second. Who are they going to bring out? Gabe rosado?

Freddie's gotten inside your head. Good thing you're not fighting on Saturday.