Comments Thread For: Geale Says He Wasn't 100% After Draining Down

[Barcham]

So Cotto needed to weight drain a limited fighter who is nowhere near the level of truly elite fighters?

These idiots just keep digging the hole deeper and deeper and are not bright enough to realize it.

[El-blanco]

Wouldnt that be crazy if the WBC stripped Cotto for weighing in BELOW the divisional limit?? Brings up an interesting spin on things seeing as the Middleweight division goes from154+ up to 160, and fighters face consequences for weighing over. And weighing below would bring up safety concerns...thoughts anybody?

I think you can weight up to 15 pounds below mw ma and still fight in the division if you like.

[joseph5620]

What excuse? It happened, he got slammed in the head then hit with a left hook that put him down. It is what it is.

That's right. The left hook put Geale down. The head butt did not and I'll ask you again; Geale never used the head butt as an excuse or factor. So why are you?

[joseph5620]

These idiots just keep digging the hole deeper and deeper and are not bright enough to realize it.

This is coming from a guy who doesn't understand that sanctioning bodies bend the rules and always have. I would say you are the one who is not too swift.

[Eastcoast]

Again it doesn't matter. Geale is not that good and never has been. Yet he is one of Golovkin's best opponents.

A catch weight doesn't change that fact.

Geale was good, just never great. You can't deny a guy with his resume as never being any good. Draining down does impact a fighter's ability. Roach and Cotto admitted that all week.

I've said multiple times in the weeks leading up to this that Cotto would beat Geale even at 160 due to the hand speed difference. The weight drain just made it worse. We've seen it before with Ward/Dawson. Guys lose reaction time and punch resistance.

[PeasantCrusha]

Geale wants to be able to look his girl in the eyes tonight, and not have her think of him as a beta to Cotto's alpha. Hence, the excuses...


Pride...



He was simply never on Cotto's level and I am starting to suspect, neither is GGG.

[Eastcoast]

That's right. The left hook put Geale down. The head butt did not and I'll ask you again; Geale never used the head butt as an excuse or factor. So why are you?

And I'll tell you again, it didn't help Geale. He was stunned by a headbutt then disconnected by the hook. You can't argue (or shouldn't anyways) that the headbutt didn't help accumulate damage with the hook.

[ea22]

Weights are optical illusions. Somebody made up the 160 limit and 168 limit and 147 limit. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Its just a marker for organization. So Geale moaning is embarrassing just like Cotto was moaning about Pac

This is one of the ******est things I have ever read in this forum, weights are anything but "optical illusions".

[wlliam]

Weights are optical illusions. Somebody made up the 160 limit and 168 limit and 147 limit. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Its just a marker for organization. So Geale moaning is embarrassing just like Cotto was moaning about Pac

I get what ur saying about divisional limits, Fighters all have differnet optimum fightn weights and they dont usually fight in the class that maximizes the performance but rather fight in a class where they would have a size advantage. Weight classes were intended to protect fighters as well as create a fair playing field.

It all comes down to the fighter though, if the fighter has trouble making the weight theyre in the wrong class. Another solution-dont agree to the weight.

[Lords]

He weighed in at over 180 for the actual fight, had probably 20 pounds on Cotto.