No he did not cheat. The IBF scratched that morning after weigh in because it's a unification bout in which that rule does not apply. Therefore, this wasn't sanctioned by them.
This was nothing more than a futile, underhanded trick and display of gamesmanship by Oscar De La Hoya; In order to give Canelo that extra edge and advantage over Jacobs, in the hopes of weakening him in the fight.
No he did not cheat. The IBF scratched that morning after weigh in because it's a unification bout in which that rule does not apply. Therefore, this wasn't sanctioned by them.
This was nothing more than a futile, underhanded trick and display of gamesmanship by Oscar De La Hoya; In order to give Canelo that extra edge and advantage over Jacobs, in the hopes of weakening him in the fight.
Weaking him in the fight
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Fight against a man with his same weight in the ring.
Precisely the ibf cancelled that rule because their fighters weighted less than their rivals in order to hold the ibf title too
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