Catch Weight Fights

[Dagomba]

pre-paquio/floyd erra how often did it happen? i am lacking knowledge in this field. can you list a handful of big fights that took place at a catch weights? i didn't realize they were common back in the day.

Gatti/Ward

Hopkins/Pavlik

Leonard/Hearns

Chavez/Whittaker

De la Hoya was in some I think with hopkins and forbes there are more but I'm lazy you, can search them on this forum there have been plenty of threads regarding famous catchweight fights.

[Redd Foxx]

I call bul**** because more often then not its the A side forcing the B side to come down in weight. Big fights mean **** when you are fighting at a disadvantage... sure the fight happened but we didn't see the best fight the best. we saw the best fight an 80% of the other best. If the catch weight meant both guys are 100% i am cool with that but that's never the case, 1 party exercises their drawing power to get advantages before the fight even starts.

So, you would rather not see the fights happen altogether. Gotcha.


And, the "draining" thing is the most ignorant argument in boxing. In most cases it ignores the fact that one guy is naturally smaller. If someone larger than you wanted to fight, don't you think it would be fair if he had a handicap as well or does the smaller guy always need to be the vulnerable one?

[Redd Foxx]

Gatti/Ward

Hopkins/Pavlik

Leonard/Hearns

Chavez/Whittaker

De la Hoya was in some I think with hopkins and forbes there are more but I'm lazy you, can search them on this forum there have been plenty of threads regarding famous catchweight fights.

Yea, "fk catch-weights". Nobody wanted to see those fights anyway. lol.
/sarcasm

[Irony123]

So, you would rather not see the fights happen altogether. Gotcha.


And, the "draining" thing is the most ignorant argument in boxing. In most cases it ignores the fact that one guy is naturally smaller. If someone larger than you wanted to fight, don't you think it would be fair if he had a handicap as well or does the smaller guy always need to be the vulnerable one?

ok fair enough i see your point. i can't recall if it was you or someone else who was arguing it another post about GGG offering 164 to ward but based on your logic you would support GGG fighting Ward at 164. I would love that fight to happen but i don't think at 164 we will see the best Ward.

[Irony123]

Gatti/Ward

Hopkins/Pavlik

Leonard/Hearns

Chavez/Whittaker

De la Hoya was in some I think with hopkins and forbes there are more but I'm lazy you, can search them on this forum there have been plenty of threads regarding famous catchweight fights.

those are a lot of good fights...