Spence on Twitter says SadamAli was Set Up to Lose

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Tha *** you talking 1lb lighter at the weigh-ins? Lol.. That doesn't mean anything. They dehydrate for those. 1lb could mean one guy took a piss and the other didn't. Has nothing to do with how big they are in the ring.

yeah, but for the bigger guys, each pound is painful, and they wouldn't drop an extra pound just for the hell of it

so he probably isn't cutting a crazy amount of weight

[sicko]

*** Yeah GBP knew he would lose why you think they was all at Linares fight and not his

Not sure about setup but they knew he would lose and didn't somebody from GBP basically say he would lose this past week leading up to the fight?

[Boxfan83]

Funny coming from PBC guy. Robert Guerrero, Miguel Vasquez, Jhonny Gonzalez, etc were all set up the same way.

[Redd Foxx]

Size is BS yes Munguia is big for the division but he actually was 1 lb less than Ali at the weigh ins.

Kid can just crack.

yeah, but for the bigger guys, each pound is painful, and they wouldn't drop an extra pound just for the hell of it

so he probably isn't cutting a crazy amount of weight

Doesn't always work that way. Scales often fall under different calibration and you might think you have your guy at 135 but your scale was 1lb off. I've trained with pro fighters and have seen this shyt. A 1lb variance is totally normal.

[boliodogs]

Bull****. He was a world champion but not a good one. As a world champion he should be ready to fight anybody his weight. He probably would have lost to Smith and the Mexican beat him very easily. He beat a sub par Cotto but he isn't very good and will probably never be a world champion again. He got beat by a very high quality fighter and a worthy champion and boxing is better off for it.

[Madison Boxing]

Don't understand this 'set up' business. Unless set up means that you are going to have a difficult opponent rather than a gimme fight. Mungaia got given his opportunity and he took it with both hands, great breakout performance from him.

[asgarth]

If Munguia made the 154 limit, he is a Jr. middleweight. I was never convinced that Ali was a proper Jr. middleweight. So the disparity in size had to do with both factors.

Did Goldenboy get promotional rights for munguia? If yes, I could see them feeding Ali to Munguia, because Munguia with his fighting style and as a mexican is much easier to sell than a ****** who is called Saddam lol.
If not, It's commendable, but it was a dangerous move to allow ali to face munguia on short notice.

If munguia doesnt made a deal with Goldenboy then they just lost 2 of their champions in one night. Plus their cashcow is sitting out for the first half of the year, maybe Goldenboy recovers with a Matthysse win.

[ShoulderRoll]

Sadam Ali shouldn't be fighting at 154 anyway.

[soul_survivor]

Spence is the last to talk when it comes to weight advantage.

LOL this!

Sadam just beat a very game Cotto to win the title, if he wasnt a light middle, he should not have been there.

Unless same day weigh ins are introduced, this is what boxing is.

These PBC fighters are scum.

[PrBoxing88]

Saddam Ali just beat Cotto because his past prime.