Why Did No One Complain When De La Hoya Forced Hopkins To A 156 Pound Catchweight?

[boliodogs]

I remember Leonard draining Lalonde I have said on this board how terrible it was to let Leonard win a title at 175 by beating a guy not allowed to weigh more than 168. Again you have your facts wrong because the weight limit was 168 not 167. Leonard was the catchweight king back then and defended his 168 pound title at 164. Leonard was a chicken**** and wrong to defend his title or win it at a catchweight. Cotto is just as wrong as Leonard was and two big stars doing the same type of wrong thing doesn't make it right. Certainly Cotto isn't the first to pull bull**** like this off but it is still wrong. Cotto deserves all the anger he is getting over this. It doesn't bother Cotto a bit. All he cares about is making the most possible money any way he can.

[#CaneloKhan]

pretty sure people did, just who the hells remebers what happened in 2004 let alone forum post (if this forum even existed then)

[bigjavi973]

because delahoya wasn't the lineal champion at 160?

Nah.... ODH made the undisputed (WBC, WBA, IBF & WBO) champ come down to 156 lbs and everyone was ok with that.

[bigjavi973]

What's this???



IBHOF Carlos Ortiz vs Kenny Lane for the welterweight title fought at 140 lbs catchweight?

OMG I thought that has never been done before doe!

[Mitchell Kane]

Nah.... ODH made the undisputed (WBC, WBA, IBF & WBO) champ come down to 156 lbs and everyone was ok with that.

Wrong.

There were a lot of people who made a point about it at the time (along with DLH's lidocaine injection).

The Hopkins-DLH catchweight doesnt get much talk after the fact because Hopkins made the weight easily and beat DLH easily.

It's not used by some people as a shining example of a fighter draining an opponent via catchweight because Hopkins is a physical freak and DLH didn't win.

[boliodogs]

Anyone complaining about cw, shouldn't watch THAT fight! I don't like or hate them! If a fighter excepts those terms, that's on him.
Just don't complain after the fight. Only the smaller fighter/bigger draw can demand a cw. If Two fighters agree to a cw and one of them is hurting himself to make the weight, then maybe he should be fighting bigger guys anyhow! That just shows you how much these boxers fight for $!

Not liking the terms of a fight and not watching that fight are two entirely different things that have nothing to do with each other. I hate that middleweight champ Cotto won't let his challenger weigh over 157. Geale has to agree or have no chance to become a champion. If it were not a title fight Geale could fight Cotto at 157 or even 151 and I wouldn't complain because both men agreed to the weight. Title fights are different and champions have no right to lower the standard weight limit for the weight class they are champion of. Cotto is still one of the best fighters in the world and he is exciting to watch. Of Course I will watch the fight and hope that Geale wins. That has nothing to do with me not liking the 157 pound Cotto weight.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Nah.... ODH made the undisputed (WBC, WBA, IBF & WBO) champ come down to 156 lbs and everyone was ok with that.

What you're saying is completely false. People did *****. Specially black dudes.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i was talkin mad ****

[brian___]

Geale weighed 158 for his title winning victory over Sturm. People are making too much of him making 157 for this fight. Some are too easily drawn into the antiCotto bandwagon.

[Boxfan83]

Or when the great sugar ray leonard drained the **** out of lalonde to a 167 pound catchweight for Lalondes belt at 175. I dont remember anybody bringing that **** up when it comes to those greats. Most of you newbys dont remember Sugar Ray draining the **** out of lalonde.

Because De La Hoyas Mexican/American so he got a pass. Only Puerto Ricans get picked on in boxing, pobresitos....