Comments Thread For: Marriaga Still Plans To Fight Overweight Nicholas Walters

[DreamerUSA]

WTF is it with fighters missing weight so often nowadays!?

Because guys are fighting in divisions they have no business in. With the size of Walters I'm suprised he was ever able to make 126. He should be fighting at 130 or even 135.

[-PBP-]

Walters was out of the ring too long, just like Quillin.

He gained a ton of weight after beating Donaire over the holidays. He was supposed to return in March but he was too heavy and had to postpone. They blamed it on the flu but I don't buy it because you hear about fighters fighting sick all the time.

[lightsout15]

If walters doesn't make weight in two hours. The title would only be up for grabs for marriaga.

Damn, i hope he makes weight I wanted to see a unification bout between walters and loma if he beats marriaga.

[Chrismart]

Poor from Walters.

[Weebler I]

He gained a ton of weight after beating Donaire over the holidays. He was supposed to return in March but he was too heavy and had to postpone. They blamed it on the flu but I don't buy it because you hear about fighters fighting sick all the time.

Yeah, when a fighter is already big at the weight he needs to stay active, can't afford to blow up.

[wiz1030]

Doesn't surprise me one bit. Rumors were Walters struggled to make weight before, and he's already really big for 126. I hope they can still make a Loma fight, but something tells me Marriaga is pulling the upset and that's who they'll put Loma in with next

[lightsout15]

Doesn't surprise me one bit. Rumors were Walters struggled to make weight before, and he's already really big for 126. I hope they can still make a Loma fight, but something tells me Marriaga is pulling the upset and that's who they'll put Loma in with next

He probably walks around 150-155 ripped. Walters is massive at FW, it's probably time to move up.

[vorgaphe]

No sympathy for fighters who miss weight.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

As other posters have mentioned, even before the Darchinyan fight there was rumors that he was having trouble making weight. It's not surprising, Walters and Mikey Garcia are some of the biggest featherweight I've seen. We all saw how Mikey struggled to make weight.

I really like Walters, but I'm hoping Marriaga can pull the upset. Think about it, if Walters doesn't make weight and he wins, we won't see the Lomachenko unification. Even if he makes the weight, will he be able to make it once more? Granted if Walters beats Marriaga easily and fast, they should make Loma vs. Walters fast so Walters could go into training camp as soon as the fight is over. But if Marriaga wins, we'll see the unification.

[Dolezal]

Hopefully he loses.