Marquez Moved Up Two Weight Divisions to Face Mayweather

[Kagami Taiga]

It's a **** fight and Ggg deserves no credit for it. But Floyd didn't move down, he reneged on the CW vs a guy who was looking undersized at 135.

He did move down so you are wrong.

[Rath]

Juan Manuel Marquez had never fought above 135 and then moved to 142 against Mayweather who weighed 146 at the weigh-in. So, in essence, he moved up seven pounds and fought a Mayweather who was 4 pounds heavier at the weigh-in. Marquez also had fought very little at 135, mostly 130 the past few years.

I have no problem with any of this, but I'm not going to nod along and say this is fine and then condemn other champions for doing the same thing. 147-155 isn't even that much of a leap. 147-160 is higher, but these guys both agreed to it. So what's the problem?

Floyd and genius floyd fans have a term for it.

"Level Playing Field "

[b00g13man]

Nice deflection tactics.

[HeroBando]

He did move down so you are wrong.

He came in 146 and paid a 600k fine for coming in 2lbs above the CW. I'm sure you know this, what's your point?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Floyd and genius floyd fans have a term for it.

"Level Playing Field "

Haha. The bubble in that level they speak of is at the top.

[Ricky Bahl]

marquez was cheated on the scales by floyd, props to both Brook and Golovkin for fighting at full 160.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Didn't see the fight eh? He exposed him for not being able to deal with adversity. Got cut, fell apart. Same vs Marquez, he was pushing the smaller guy around till he got cut, then things went south very quick

I saw the fight. Watched it from the poker table at San Manuel casino in Highland, Ca.

[muslimer12]

The thing is Khan and Brook are still unproven at WW, and they go up to MW. both garbage fights, but atleast with Khan-Canelo style wise khan could have just ran and outboxed canelo. Brook gets destroyed by GGG

[Tony Trick-Pony]

marquez was cheated on the scales by floyd, props to both Brook and Golovkin for fighting at full 160.

Full weight is rare these days.