Open Discussion About 155: Why Are You Supporting it? Are You Against It?

[-PBP-]

To me, the biggest joke in boxing history is this 155 bull****. I know catchweights have existed since the beginning of time. But not like this. If you have two champions a division apart, meet in the middle and make the fight for the fans. That's the purpose of a catchweight.

But here, Canelo has literally created his own weight division. His last 4 and upcoming fight are at 155. It's not about meeting champions in the middle. He's now bringing up undersized welters or trying to drain undersized middles. What is going on here?

Where is the media outrage? Are they afraid to lose their credentials?

Where is the fan outrage? Do You Even Care?

What are Your Opinions on this 155 ****?

[HanzGruber]

its a joke, im sure you could easily find a plethora of hypocritical comments about catchweights from his biggest fans

[bigjavi973]

To me, the biggest joke in boxing history is this 155 bull****. I know catchweights have existed since the beginning of time. But not like this. If you have two champions a division apart, meet in the middle and make the fight for the fans. That's the purpose of a catchweight.

But here, Canelo has literally created his own weight division. His last 4 and upcoming fight are at 155. It's not about meeting champions in the middle. He's now bringing up undersized welters or trying to drain undersized middles. What is going on here?

Where is the media outrage? Are they afraid to lose their credentials?

Where is the fan outrage? Do You Even Care?

What are Your Opinions on this 155 ****?

and stop hatin!
















but then they forget how much they ****ted on Cotto for fighting Geale at 157 & Martinez at 159.

[Kagami Taiga]

Canelo looks so bad with this ****. I dont get why he even drains himself to fight there. Add the Khan fight to that equation and that's some diva level bull****. No matter how its deflected or otherwise.

[techliam]

To me, the biggest joke in boxing history is this 155 bull****. I know catchweights have existed since the beginning of time. But not like this. If you have two champions a division apart, meet in the middle and make the fight for the fans. That's the purpose of a catchweight.

But here, Canelo has literally created his own weight division. His last 4 and upcoming fight are at 155. It's not about meeting champions in the middle. He's now bringing up undersized welters or trying to drain undersized middles. What is going on here?

Where is the media outrage? Are they afraid to lose their credentials?

Where is the fan outrage? Do You Even Care?

What are Your Opinions on this 155 ****?

Its beyond a joke

His wins at 155lb counted towards his very high (no.1) ranking at 154, up until he beat Cotto. Now his wins at 155 seem to go towards his ranking at 160, as Champion (insofar as that 155 is deemed to be middleweight, and this is enough to satisfy keeping his lineage). That cannot be right

On top of that though, his opponents didn't lose any ranking at 154 when they lost to Canelo at 155. It's pretty peculiar. It only highlights corruption on sanctioning body level, and downright incompetence or sheep mentality from well respected rankings such as RING or TBRB (yes, even TBRB).

I firmly believe that world titles should not be valid in catchweight fights. If you are meeting half way, its not really showing who the best at the weight is. Fights that warrant a catchweight between two champions barely need a title to keep it relevant anyway.

[Larry the boss]

Canelo is a complete joke

[Rip Chudd]

To me, the biggest joke in boxing history is this 155 bull****. I know catchweights have existed since the beginning of time. But not like this. If you have two champions a division apart, meet in the middle and make the fight for the fans. That's the purpose of a catchweight.

But here, Canelo has literally created his own weight division. His last 4 and upcoming fight are at 155. It's not about meeting champions in the middle. He's now bringing up undersized welters or trying to drain undersized middles. What is going on here?

Where is the media outrage? Are they afraid to lose their credentials?

Where is the fan outrage? Do You Even Care?

What are Your Opinions on this 155 ****?

It's garbage, and a joke. What makes it even worse is it's for a middleweight title, the lineal one at that (please spare me the "nobody cares about lineal titles crap" just because you don't). I really hope GGG stands his ground and doesn't give in. While I would like to see this fight, if it doesn't happen cause Canelo is dead set on the catchweight then so be it, give up the title and let real middleweights fight for it.

[Beercules]

Canelos is a fookin' joke and this is complete bull****.

The only ones defending this are fan boys. Plain and simple.

[techliam]

Canelos is a fookin' joke and this is complete bull****.

The only ones defending this are fan boys. Plain and simple.

People have defended it?

[Rip Chudd]

its a joke, im sure you could easily find a plethora of hypocritical comments about catchweights from his biggest fans

Yeah you could. I have seen the same people who clowned Cotto for doing it all of a sudden have a change of heart cause Canelo is doing it