Comments Thread For: Cotto-Geale No Longer A Weighty Issue

[Larry the boss]

All that would achieve is getting a ton of boxers to move one or more divisions above where they currently are. You would still have the same names in each division. The only division that would really change would be heavyweight where you would have most of the current LHW and CW fighters moving up there. This would require the creation of a SUPER Heavyweight division to accommodate the current HW fighters.

A much better idea would be to return to the original 8 weight classes and to eliminate catchweight title fights.

Mayweather never blew up in weight in any division

[Redd Foxx]

Geale is so depleted that it won't matter, he may look bigger and even stronger but going too low in weight such in this case takes way too much out of you.

Bullshyt. People on this board have this fairytale imagination when it comes to weight. The guy is still going to be much, much larger than Cotto and you can't pretend that doesn't count for something. The effect is has on his stamina and strength are things we don't know because it affects each fighter differently, each time they do it. In mma there's belt holders that cut 15 to 20lbs for a weight in every fight in and come to fight in stellar shape. The methods these days are much more measured and successful than they used to be. Fans and haters just love to clutch onto that weight drain excuse though!

[PeasantCrusha]

Bullshyt. People on this board have this fairytale imagination when it comes to weight. The guy is still going to be much, much larger than Cotto and you can't pretend that doesn't count for something. The effect is has on his stamina and strength are things we don't know because it affects each fighter differently, each time they do it. In mma there's belt holders that cut 15 to 20lbs for a weight in every fight in and come to fight in stellar shape. The methods these days are much more measured and successful than they used to be. Fans and haters just love to clutch onto that weight drain excuse though!

Exactly. It says more about these so called "fans" who cannot ever seem to give a fighter they hate, ANY credit. Talk to them about plaster wraps and Memo Heredia, and it's not that big a deal.


Basically:

Eye doe

Knee doe

Weight doe

Ref doe

No proof of plaster doe

It's just chest acne from sweat doe

Shopworn doe

Too many wars doe

He wasn't our best doe

We need to focus on these diva fans and their feminine soap opera bullshyt when it comes to petty envy...

[OnePunch]

Bullshyt. People on this board have this fairytale imagination when it comes to weight. The guy is still going to be much, much larger than Cotto and you can't pretend that doesn't count for something. The effect is has on his stamina and strength are things we don't know because it affects each fighter differently, each time they do it. In mma there's belt holders that cut 15 to 20lbs for a weight in every fight in and come to fight in stellar shape. The methods these days are much more measured and successful than they used to be. Fans and haters just love to clutch onto that weight drain excuse though!

if cotto did not think it would have a negative effect on Geale, he would not have asked for it in the first place.

[Puya]

Not entirely true anymore. Since the time of Robinson-Maxim most states (including NY) have set limits as to the maximum weight difference between the combatants. Without looking it up, I think NY is either 10 lbs or maybe 12 lbs at that weight, I dont remember. So assuming its 12, then if Geale weighed in at 157, then Cotto could be no lighter than 145


Edit: Ok, I looked it up. In NY, in a middleweight bout, there cannot be a difference of more than 13 pounds.


junior flyweight (108 pounds) 4 pounds
flyweights (112 pounds) 5 pounds
junior bantamweight (115 pounds) 6 pounds
bantamweights (118 pounds) 7 pounds
junior featherweight (122 pounds) 7 pounds
featherweights (126 pounds) 8 pounds
junior lightweight (130 pounds) 9 pounds
lightweights (135 pounds) 10 pounds
junior welterweight (140 pounds) 11 pounds
welterweights (147 pounds) 12 pounds
junior middleweight (154 pounds) 13 pounds
middleweights (160 pounds) 13 pounds
super middleweight (168 pounds) 13 pounds
light heavyweights (175 pounds) 14 pounds
cruiserweight (190 pounds) 15 pounds
heavyweights (all over 190 pounds) no limitations

I learned something today. Thanks

[Lunchbucket]

damn that ring card girl doe! all she needed was those black gloves tecate girls wear and be straight FIRE!

I thought exactly the same thing! She's hot.

[Lords]

Just you.

Cotto looks filled. Geale looks like a tall flyweight.

Geale looks the same he did when he weighed in for the GGG fight...