Boxing – Is Pacquiao Afraid to Fight Cotto at 147?
July 31st, 2009
By Manuel Perez: Well, Manny Pacquiao only has himself and his trainer Freddie Roach to blame for this latest fiasco with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto about the title not being on the line for the fight. If Pacquiao and Roach wanted the title to be up for grabs in the fight, they shouldn’t have requested for Cotto to take the fight at a 145 pound catch weight rather than the upper 147 welterweight limit.
That’s on them. Cotto has drawn a line in the sand and won’t be putting his WBO title on the line for this fight unless Pacquiao agrees to fight at 147. Pacquiao can solve all this if he just agrees to fight at the maximum welterweight limit and forget about all this catch weight nonsense.
If he wants the title, then do what all fighters do when competing for a title in the welterweight division, agree to fight at 147.
If Pacquiao can’t do it, then he needs to forget about fighting for the WBO title, because it isn’t happening. I wonder what Pacquiao is hesitant about? First he was hesitant to give Juan Manuel Marquez a rematch after winning a controversial 12 round split decision over him last year in March, and now he’s resistant to fighting Cotto at the full 147 weight limit of the welterweight division, yet he still wants Cotto’s title on the line.
Why stop there? As it is, I couldn’t count a win over Cotto as being legitimate if Cotto is forced to put his title on the line at a catch weight.
That’s not fighting for a title, to me. That’s more like some kind of circus like exhibition bout, a stay busy bout, rather than a true title fight. This is all show business stuff, like a side show event in my view. It isn’t a world title fight if both fighters aren’t coming in at the normal weight for the division, as far as I’m concerned.
Cotto is saying that he’ll vacate the WBO title if the World Boxing Organization tries to exert pressure for him to put his WBO title on the line for the fight. It looks as if that might actually happen because the WBO are on board with Miguel’s title being on the line for this fight, even though the bout won’t be held at the normal welterweight limit of 147.
Pacquiao needs to forget about the catch weight take the fight at the normal weight.
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In the early days of Pacquioa’s boxing career, some people have always describe him as the underdog;however, in every fight he always turn out to be the winner. As evidence, in the last fight Hatton talk some crap. But he found himself knock-out in the second round. So this time P4P in my opinion Cotto after the fight will be “kuto”.
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A welterweight boxer weighs in at between 141 pounds (63.5 kg) and 147 pounds (66.7 kg).
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Boxing – Is Cotto afraid to fight Pacquiao at 145?
My mistake for leaving out my name. I repeat:
Kelly, Duran don’t have balls no more. It’s all fat now. Besides, he brought the words “no mas” which means “no balls” into boxing. Why would you say Cotto would follow him? Or are you conceding that Cotto has balls that weigh two pounds and that is why he can lose two lbs? Please, stick to the facts and keep this between Pacman & Cotto!
We’ll all see Nov 14th, Cotto is going 2 steam Pacquiao trust me. He’s clever, has speed and a lot of power and also can take big shots.
what is 2 pounds anyway. it can buy you only 2 beers. we should criticise cotto for fighting a smaller guy not MP. cotto could balloon to 160 on fight night and mp cant do anything about it. and belts are useless its just decoration that you win in a fight. with the lots of bad calls from referee,judges and promoter trying to match thier guys with tuktuk and pedicab drivers belts are useless.
It’s really obvious that this Manuel Perez is Juan Manuel Marquez. Why..? Why drag the name of Juan Manuel Marquez in the first place when the hotstuff topic right now is Pacquiao v Cotto. Their bout is already done a summer and a year ago. Therefore, If I were this “Manuel Perez” aka Juan Manuel Marquez, is to make sure to focus more of the bout against Money Mayweather and make a clamor for your third meeting with Pacquiao.
Pac is moving up 7 lb s to meet Cotto at 145. All Cotto has to do is lose 1 lb to meet Manny at 145. I don’t see any big deal with that…
147! same day weigh-in.that would even the field.lets see who will chicken out
Let the fight at 147 but weighin should be after michael buffer had announce the fight.
I myself agree with “golden-opinion” was saying-hero is needed for country that lacks heroes. But I cannot accept that the canvass kisser (JMM) will be our hero. Do you think those judges were not able to noticed “JMM” kissed the cancass four times in his two encounters with the Pacman? What kind of “honesty and fairness” in the judges are you refering to? Ha ha ha.
Cotto is playing his limited card,if he is serious not to fight Pacquiao under his term actually in their term 145 lbs with title he is either backing down making an issue or his calculation is way off.The amount of purse he will take is the most lucrative deal he can get in this recession time and even no recession.Pacquiao is the gift for those that will have the opportunity to fight him in a boxing match.There is no clear cut future in this change of mind of Cotto.Manny doesn’t have anything to prove but further cement his boxing legacy and it should be an honor for Cotto to either stop it or fulfill it.The bravado at this juncture of Cotto’s career ,it is counter productive for him.He will still be great in the eyes of the boxing fans even if he loses provided he gave it all and had an excellent fight for both of them in post analysis.Don’t act like you are Mayweather throwing unniceity ,that’s not you Mr. Cotto,keep the Purto Rican Pride intact wisely and not cowardly.
What’s wrong with 145 lbs? It’s still within the welterweight of 141 to 147 lbs. Catchweights were allowed before. Is Pacman-Cotto fight now an exemption?
i agree with this one but in second thought i prefer to have popularity than belts..we all know for a fact..once cotto beat pacquiao his popularity will boost..man pacquiao’s popularity is good to match cotto’s belt..why dont they give a try..cmon man jst 2 pounds u lost from legitimate weight..its not pacquiao who’s afraid fighting cotto..its cotto..if he has gut why dnt he put the title on table..pacquiao is a smaller guy ryt..if he knows pacman is a small one and can’t beat him..he dont need to worry..perhaps he’ll get his title back and popularity boost..so who do u think that scared now?..2 pounds lighter man..think about it..
Time to time happens when the need for a heroes is relevant for a country with a lack of heroes and when there is one the people run crazy and blind, and this is the case of the pac followers, this the only one they have (how sad), they have to defend his “god” pac but the truth is that as long as pac generates money always will be a chance to make pac win fights (for good or bad), imagine the scenario if the judges were honest and fair with JMM!!! probably the pac tale will be different. Once again this is a business and business will try to protect those who generates INCOME!!!, and the asian fans play the game. Keeping boxing business running is called UNDER THE TABLE 101 or Go Blind in Boxing for Dummies
Say you later alligator da da da ra
weltereight is 141 to 147. What normal weight are you talking about..? If Mosely is willing to stake his crown within welterweight, he is a real brave fighter… While Cotto is a coward amazona…
weltereight is 141 to 147. What normal weith are you talking about..? If Mosely is willing to stake his crown within welterweight, he is a real brave fighter… While Cotto is a coward amazona…
why did you not question mayweather fight marquez at 144. marquez is 135 and was forced to
fight at 144 catchweight, that is 2 division up?
Hey dude, Pacquaio’s got more balls than you ever will have. Why, even Roger Mayweather acknowledges that, catchweight or not.
I bet you can talk the talk but you can never walk the walk.
How do you know when a guy has no balls? Answer: He talks too much. In your case, write without even knowing where to anchor your topic on. Welterweight is 141 – 147 dummy!!!
I DONT THINK MR.PEREZ KNOWS WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT!.WHAT A WRITER MR.PEREZ, ITS A SHAME!!..NEXT TIME IWILL NEVER EVER READ YOUR ARTICLE,IM JUST WASTING MY TIME,U DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING MR.PEREZ!..SHAME ON YOU!!
I THINK THE BEST OPTION WOULD BE FOR PACQUIAO TO FIGHT COTTO AT 147 , AND THE WEIGH IN TO BE DONE ON THE DAY OF THE FIGHT
Hey Mr. Perez,
Why focused so much and blame Manny for asking Miguel to go down TO MEET HALF WAY in weight?
Why not ask Miguel and call him a coward for not fighting Manny at 140?
You’re always putting the blame on Manny. Can;t you see how fair it is for both to meet half way THEIR TRUE WEIGHT?
My first time to reply in such a column because I can’t imagine why a writer like you was allowed to submit columns wherein fact YOUR THINKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT IS SO POOR..
Mr. Perez, maybe you should just start writing and expressing your own views in your own friendster account.
Abram
cont..with all of that said, Manny should ditch the fight with Cotto and take on Shane Mosely or pay JMM money to step aside and face PBF. Either way u look at it, SM and PBF would look much better on his resume than Cotto. In the end if Cotto /Pac do face off and the WBO title is not involved and Pac wins most people will recognize him as a 7 division title holder, just like he is with the Ring Mag. Title.
You know i have to agree with crapwood23 for writing this:
normal weight…..fyi 141-147 is welterweight…..so what do u mean by normal is that boxers should be 147 to be a welterweight is that it???….tsk tsk….ahh can i request that u name your next article as”why i hate pacman” that would be better and straight to the point because all of your article is all about dissing the pacman…..
You know there are some writers out there knockin Pacquiao for requesting that this fight be at a catchweight and the strap being up for grabs. Like it ot not Cotto is the naturally bigger guy, he has never fought below 140 as a pro and is now fighting at 147 MAX..the welterweight division is from 141-147. Pacquiao started his career at 106, should there even be a discussion. so long as the fight with Cotto is between 141 and 147 it is a welterweight match. I mean even the WBO which is the belt that Cotto holds says it should be a title fight! Regardless if the belt is up or not if Cotto loses his career is taking a step back. Besides it not as id Cotto deserves that belt, he took it Michael Jennings, other than that fight most people have no idea who he is.
141-147 is welterweight….. same scenario with hopkins vs delahoya, listen to your own advice, you need to grow some balls yourself to compensate for your hollow head and probably holeless pie
141 lbs to 147 is welterweight division.
if pacquiao fights cotto at 145 ok….
if cotto as the champ does not want to stake belt at i45 it’s ok….
this catch weight thing is called “handy capping”
always present in any sporting event that has size and weight issues…
this fight if materializes is a legit “welterweight division” but with or without a chapionship belt….
if they cotto and manny agrees to fight within these terms… then let’s get it on….!!!
I agree with thatswhatup. Looks like Manuel Perez is a true Pacquiao hater and obviously doesn’t know much when it comes to the history of the sport. Perez…are you 20 years old?? Nice!
are people forgetting that delahoya fought hopkins at a catch weight 2 lbs under 160 AND for the title?
same scenario here.
Pacquiao SHOULD BE CREATIVE and appear before national tv and the BWOA and say some thing like “cotto’s unwillingness to stake his title in our proposed November fight he claims is due to the 145 lb catchweight. I want to state that I will fight Cotto at 147lb but no more than 150 @ a second weigh-in inside the ring right before the fight. This adds another spectacle to the biggest fight of the year and make it even more interesting. Violations should then be penalized at $2 million/lb and every fraction of a lb thereafter.
“Now if Miguel Cotto is man enough he will prove to the world that he is not IN FACT A SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT PASSING HIMSELF OFF AS A WELTERWEIGHT”.
As for Juan Manuel Marquez, HE SHOULD QUIT SPREADING HIS LEGS FOR MP EVERYTIME THEY MEET ! ! !
To settle the issues on both sides and save this much anticipated fight, let’s petition for a fight weight of 147 lbs but it will be on same day weigh-in. This will stop all the issues and will be more than fair and competitive on both Cotto and Pacman. If this one fails, Pac should move on and push for Mosley fight, more legacy and more thrilling.
I suggest that team pacquiao should back off from this bout. Why is that cotto is the one dictating the terms when he’s still rebounding from the loss to Marga. Who is Cotto anyway? Even if they fight at the 147 limit I still think Pacman KO’s Cotto. And even with a win, pacs legacy wont notch higher for cotto ain’t a legend.
And please, stop saying as if pacquiao is the one who wants all the advantages. Yeah, removing 2lbs is a big deal, but then how about moving up so much in weight that it compromises its health as well. If removing 2lbs is that much of a deal then I can say the same as moving up in weight.
what do you mean Pacquiao is afraid of Cotto to fight at 147? Maybe Cotto is afraid to fight Pacquiao at 143. HEHEHE
you idiots yes welters at 141-147 but they dont want cotto to be at his comfortable weight which is 147 its all mind games at 147 cotto dominates pacman
Pacquiao ain’t afraid of JMM and you know that if they meet for the third time…JMM will go to sleep. I know Manny is a different fighter now. About this thing with Cotto, it will go on and Cotto knew that the belt is on the line even at 145 lbs. It’s going to be a great fight. You just got to watch it Manuel. Peace.
PACMAN is infact smaller to cotto so a catchweight must be dealt. PACMAN is not fool like u who dont understand how boxing goes. PACMAN is even small fighter at 140 lbs n how much more on 147. but his courage to fight bigger boxers can’t be seen to an ordinary boxer. so y d hell cotto agreed to fight PACMAN at 145 n no title in the belt? bcoz obviously money talks. wat is 2 lbs down compare to PACMAN’s 5 lbs up n even the smaller boxer? it juz shows how afraid cotto is to PACMAN. bcoz he absolutely knows he needs all the luck there is in the world to beat PACMAN. im pretty sure he’ll dump top rank and go to golden boy but if he’ll be beaten badly by PACMAN nobody else wants to watch him fight n b advised to retire.
ur meant to be in the era where PACMAN dominates boxing. u still have d guts to descriminate one hell of a fighter n d best boxer in the world ryt now. who r u bytheway? but nyway i wont go to ur level since we r very proud of PACMAN. hope u will stand wat ur saying wen u get older n older n meet the PACMAN face to face in the seconds ull passed away. good luck!
hey Lt. Red, i just fell from where i was seated… laughing! hehehehe
Emilio, alot of people on here are making more excuses for Pac than his own camp. I agree with you about Shane Mosely, hats oof to him for saying he would come down to fight him. But do you think Pac wants to fight him, now, he don’t know how to prepare for him. Pac wouldn’t like to be beaten right now. So he has even went far as fighting Cotto for his belt but at the catch weight he wants. Pac is the Catch Weight Champion, because he has more cacth weight requirements than any boxer I know of, wow. Fight at 147, you can beat anybody right Pac.
I too sympathized with those who condemn Manuel Perez article, spare him, he doesn’t know the rules in boxing weight limit.
I don’t know if Mr. Perez understand that Pacman is a very small man when it comes to weight against Cotto. This Pacman is trying to add weight all the time to fight the best in different divisions which is very seldom for a great fighters. You don’t want to let Dela Hoya or Hopkins fight Tyson at heavyweight division if ever you want to watch them fight. Sometimes you need to use your common sense when writing article like this.
Hats off to Mr. Mosley, he’s so confident he’ll kick Manny’s ass, he’ll fight the P4P king at 140 with 60/40 payout + his WBA belt. Now why can’t Cotto do the same? So if we won’t consider 145 as a legit WW match then rules needs to be changed. WW = 147, nothing in between,it should be 147 flat. At a catchweight of 145, Cotto would still come out as the bigger man come fight night???
YEAHHH! STOP ALL THOSE CATCHWEIGHTS. IF COTTO WANTS TO FIGHT AS A TRUE WELTERWEIGHT? THEN SO BE IT! LET IT ALL HAPPEN ON THE FIGHT NIGHT. BOTH FIGHTERS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE 147LBS WEIGHT LIMIT FOR WELTERWEIGHTS ON THE FIGHT NIGHT. THAT’S THE HONEST AND TRUE WELTERWEIGHT LIMIT ANYWAY. TELL IT TO THE WHOLE WORLD THAT YOU’RE NOT COWARD AND THAT YOU’LL FACE MANNY AT 147LBS AND THE WEIGH-IN SHOULD BE DONE ON THE FIGHT NIGHT. DO IT ON THE FIGHT NIGHT! SO THAT THERE WILL BE JUSTICE IN THE WHOLE BOXING WORLD AND ITS GOVERNING BODIES.
M perez thinks he knows boxing but I bet you He never boxed before in his life !!!
you’re an idiot perez!
tao, tanga ka pala eh.sabi mo bakit di labanan ni manny si cotto ng 147 lbs?ang pinag uusapan dito ang timbang sa weigh-in na 145 lbs na magaganap isang araw bago ang laban.kung sa araw ng laban 200 lbs na si cotto,lalabanan sya ni manny.tanga ka pala tao.tao ka o hayop na walang pag iisip?
Cotto is afraid of Pacman that’s why he’s playing hard to get to collect some more money for his last fight so he can have a good life for his retirement after this fight.
Did you have the same sentiment when Dela Hoya fought B Hop for the 160lb championship (with belt of course) and they did it at a catchweight of 158lbs? You talk as if Pacquiao invented this catchweight thing. If Dela Hoya won against Hopkins that time, would you be saying the same thing against him, bragging about his 7th belt? And newsflash for you, what made you think that Pacquiao-Marquez III would generate more money than Pacquiao-Dela Hoya or Pacquiao-Hatton? Give the guy a break. He already said he’s willing to fight anyone, and that includes Mayweather and your Marquez, were you listening? But he has to take them one at a time. Pacquiao already beat the hell out of Marquez, what’s there to prove huh? Or unless you are one of those bitter people who judge by their own emotions. Look at the COMPUBOX numbers of Pacquiao-Marquez II especially the total punches landed per round and let me know if you changed your mind. If not then you are a Marquez-hugger, nothing more. Unless you have an issue with simple arithmetic. I will repeat, Pacquiao already beat Marquez and for now he won’t satisfy your hunger for a third one simply because there’s nothing to prove. Not unless your Marquez upsets Mayweather. This tactic of yours to indirectly mock Pacquiao that he is scared of fighting Cotto at 147 will not work. If that’s the case, then Dela Hoya is scared of Hopkins. If you understand boxing, the way you even have the guts to write something about it, then you should see the idea of catchweights and that anything between 141-147 is welterweight. Pacquiao is the smaller man and he’s going to square with a natural welter guy. He is willing to fight Cotto and give him the biggest purse in his career, not to mention MOVE UP in weight to meet him at 145. Cotto in turn has to give some concessions as well by shedding a pound-less of what he weighed against Clottey. That’s where the equation is in equilibrium. Where does the belt issue fit in? It should be on the line simply because anything between 141-147 again is a welterweight. If you won’t stop arguing about the catchweight, then look back on Pacquiao’s official weigh in records, especially in his last two fights. He made 142 as his highest against Dela Hoya, 5 pounds short, and 138 against Hatton, 2 pounds short. He is still a natural lightweight. And by that, climbing up in weight translates to compromised speed and power. But while Pacquiao had not shown a loss in speed in power when going up, it is that reason right there that makes him special. Don’t lie to people thinking that it is fair. He is still the smaller guy. Now, if you will insist that asking Cotto to drop down to 143 is ridiculous, then i’ll say asking Manny to go up to 147 is as ludicrous. That’s why they have to meet somewhere in between. That’s why dela Hoya asked Hopkins the same once upon a time.
When the weight categories were created, boxers depending on their actual physical make up and preparation have the option to choose what weight class he wants to fight. Such is the case of welterweight, or 141 lbs to 147. COTTO, after finding out that he was no more fit for the junior welterweight class decided to beef up and move to the welterweight level. Being so, he can have a weight during weigh-in that is within the class provided under the rules, to reiterate within 141-147 lbs. Afterwhich, it is now up to him what weight he wants to climb the ring. Having said that the matter of weight is something which is provided in the rules. Any boxer who wants to campaign in a particular weight class must stay within the limit of his category come weigh-in in order to comply with the rules. Nevertheless, for some really popular boxers, they get to include a clause in their contract a specific weight limit come weigh-in as anything beyond that is either a perceived advantage or disadvantage on their part. But this is not to say that when the boxers agree on a particular weight, they would be coming up with an invented “weight category” or intentionally disregarding the rules of boxing on the matters of weight class. The chosen weight is without doubt still within the boxing category to which it belongs.
In the case of PACQUIAO-COTTO, I dont see any reason for a debate why the same cannot be said to be a welterweight fight. The agreed weigh-in weight, being within the 145 pound limit is without question still in the welterweight category. To argue therefore that the fight having to be staged at 145 lbs is not a welterweight fight is not only misplaced but plain stupid. To follow such argument would be like to force PACQUIAO to come at exactly 145 lbs at weigh-in. This was not so. Again for practical intents and purposes, and logic if i may say, PACQUIAO can come at 141 lbs during weigh-in in order to comply with the minimum weight set for a welterweight boxer, or at 145 lbs in order not to breach the maximum weight provided in the contract.
When COTTO fought CLOTTEY last June, he came in at 146 lbs during weigh-in, very much within the welterweight limit. At fight night, he came in at more or less 158 lbs. Having done so, does it make a difference then for him if he goes an extra pound less when he weighs in at 145 lbs, the contracted weight for the PACQUIAO fight? Anyway, he can still come at any weight he desires come fight night. The advantages are still monumental to his favor. If this was so, and relating the same with all the rules set and the contract issues, there is definitely no reason why COTTO should not stake his WBO crown. He is the champion in the WBO for all boxers weighing 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 and 147. If he fights at any of the said weight, he is entering the ring as a champion, and whether he likes it or not defends it as a champion. If he wins it, he wins as a champion and vice versa.
What about PACQUIAO. In his fight with DELA HOYA at a welterweight limit of 147 lbs, he weighed at 143.5 lbs during weigh-in despite the fact that he can opt to weigh 147 lbs or any weight provided under the welterweight rules. At fight night, he was a meager 148.5 lbs. Can we fault him for coming at said weight when he feels that staying at that weight would be to his advantage? HELL NO!! That you cannot say of DELA HOYA. He had the option to come in at 147 come weigh-in, and bulk-up at any weight he desires if he thinks it was to his advantage. He weighed in at 145 come weigh-in and entered the ring at 147. That was his choice! Yet people still managed to give excuses for his dismal showing against PACQUIAO. To this I say, a boxer’s greatness cannot be measured merely by the manner by which he throws his fist in the ring. The greatness translates as well in the psychological war he plays prior and subsequent to the fight itself. If one fails to play a good play prior to the fight, no one should be blamed for it but himself.
Finally, ive seen PACQUIAO from the time he was a simple, no skill, all break-loose boxer in the Philippines until he blossomed into what he is known now. After he won his first fight against BARRERA, a lot of people unfairly said that it was due to the fact that it was BARRERA’s off night but little gave recognition to PACQUIAO’s skills as the reason for the win. To prove that the same was no fluke, he fought JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ, most avoided fighter in his weight class. Years prior thereto, BARRERA or MORALES, the kings of the division did not want to have anything to do with MARQUEZ, for there must be something in him that made these warriors think twice. But did PACQUIAO think twice? HELL NO!! Regardless of all the controversies that came out of the disputed fight, there is no question that he did not back out from the said fight when his manager/promoter told him to do so. No one, I say no one has the right to question his courage in the ring. As he always says, “I am just a fighter and I fight whoever my promoter tells me to fight.” When the DELA HOYA fight was set, again very few people gave him the chance to score an upset. To others, it was stupidity, suicide. But he didn’t care less. He fought.
The other reality in boxing is that when one becomes popular, boxing becomes business at the same time. Having said that, a management team in order to ensure that their “money machine” is protected or comes to a fight in advantage or without disadvantage, may arrange for some concessions before agreeing to a fight. Weight included. Again, it is a management effort. If management sees a perceived advantage when a stipulated weight is seen, it is management’s best analysis of the facts as they saw it. A boxer cannot be faulted for it. he cannot be unfairly said to be a coward if management sees it that way. It is after all business.
Fact is, if not only for weight classes, you throw any fighter against PACQUIAO in the ring and he fights them with no questions asked. Too bad, or too good is that rules are made in order to set standards in a sport, apart from recognizing the reality of weight and size advantage. If there is only a weight class in courage, I am sure that PACQUAIO would be fighting in any weight class for he is a man who never backs out from a fight. Filipinos are known for that.
see team pacman wont budge they becoming pemadannas devas…this is y i think the pacman mayweather fight will never take place they both premadannas they wont agree 2 nothing!!
pacman should man up at 147 4 the title he maned up with delahoya y not with cotto?
145lbs is WELTERWEIGHT!!!!
People, especially boxing writers should try to review boxing rules and see for themselves that 145lbs is still under the welterweight division with 147lbs as the LIMIT.
Now, could anyone still argue with this?????
You should try to set your facts straight. The question should be, why is cotto afraid to stake his WBO title on a welterweight match with Pacquiao?
Cotto is just playing hard ball here. He’s trying to confuse people in thinking that 145lbs is not a welterweight….or Cotto doesn’t know his boxing basics that 145lbs is sill under the welterweight division?
BEST SOLUTION: Weigh-in at 145lbs before the fight date and weigh at the limit of 147lbs at FIGHT NIGHT which is the real weight of a true WELTERWEIGHT fighter. This should be fair and just conditions for both without any excuses. These conditions surely meets Cotto’s demand….but the question is, will Cotto really accept this or he will again make another excuse?
145lbs is still in welterweight division don’t you know that..ZZzzz….. just admit it your miguelita angela cotton candy is scared to fight pacman coz pacman will eat him alive.. look at mosley offer to team pacquaio and look at cotton candy offer then comment with an article who is scared
JMM duct pacman’s rematch after their first match,instead goes for chris john and accepted the payment of only for 30 grand.
dela hoya and executioner title match at a catchweight of 158lbs for middle weight division.
for pacman and cotto it can be done at catchweight for a title fight, if cotto is not afraid of losing his title.
Granting for example that Ivan Calderon wants a shot at Cotto’s title and since Welter is not his natural weight, do you find it silly or are you going to say that he is afraid to fight at the welter limit 147lbs if he wants to fight at 145 catchweight? Is this the first time that a fight happens at catchweight? If your answer is yes,you can say what you want against Manny but if there were previous titled fights which happened at catchweight before, better shut your big mouth. A WISE FIGHTER WILL TRY TO LOOK FOR A WAY TO EVEN-UP THE FIELD A BIT AND IT SO HAPPEN THAT MANNY IS WISE, BRAVE BUT NOT FOOLISH.
What a sensible comnents posted out here. Common Manuel Perez PACMAN is going up 5 lbs above his natural weight. Cotto will only be going down 1 or 2 lbs below his natural weight. Now tell me who’s afraid of who? WHERE IS YOUR SIMPLE ARITHMETIC MAN? WELTERWIEIGHT IS NTO 147 LBS BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW IT IS BY DEFINITION A DIVISION HAVING A WEIGHT OF 141-147 LBS AND HAVING A TILTLE FIGHT AT 145 LBS IS VERY VERY LEGITIMATE AND ADDED ATTRACTION FOR US BOXING FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD!
Why Cotto accepted if not dictated the weight to 145 pounds? What does he mean why he dont want the belt to be on the line if it is 145 pounds, and YES if 147 pounds? That if he fight Pacman at 145 he surely lost the fight? Why fight if he will surely lost? For the money? I think if that is the case he is more greedy thah Bob Arum, and the tag “MONEY” must be on him, rather than Floyd. Cotto already accepted or dictated the fight to be 145 he must put his belt on stake.
It looks that you don’t know what a welterweight limit is all about. Let me educate you idiot.
1. a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, esp. a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
2. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 147 pounds (66.1 kilograms), between junior welterweight and junior middleweight.
3. a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between lightweight and middleweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 140 to 147 pounds (63.5–67 kg).
REVIEW YOUR NOTES FIRST!!!
MANUEL PEREZ Pacquiao doesn’t wan’t to fight Marquez for 3rd fight bec he doesn’t need to. And you said the 2nd fight is controversial? Made only controversial by Marquez, his team, his promoter and writers under GBP. They need to create noise in order to land 3rd fight to Pac. They need it so badly.
take it easy folks… please don’t hate me. i am jmm’s japanese boyfriend and just want to avenge his losses to pacman. jmm won’t let me lick his sweaty balls anymore after those losses:( i hope all of you will understand me. peace.
i got crazy with this kind of article,,the welterweight had a min and max of 141-147..so wheres the problem?the problem is they want to meet at the cachtweight of 145 and still it was a welter weight.and the WBO agrees to both fighters to meet at the catch weight to stake the belt with purse..the problem is to the writer who make hype this global affairs with a negative issues regarding of pacquiao,why Mr.PEREZ,any concern regarding of your financial status has been affected thats why you are eager to pursue 147 limit..how much dollar your lost in betting marques last fight??if this is fiasco,why delahoya and hopkins meet at the catchweight??i know you are not favor to MANNY to hold 7 DIV.world champion bec.it will surpass your idol delahoya..
If Cotto wants pac to fight him @ 147…The weigh-n should be on the day of fight… He should agree also to accept a 70-30 deal in Pacs favor & a 1 Million Dollar Prize for fighting Pac..
PLEASE UNDERSTAND MANUEL SR! He is having a nightmare with his sex transplant lately. He thought that he received a good transplant from a 26 years old donor but what he have right now is a from a 75 year old donor and his was 50. He’s so much frustrated that he is venting everything in writing and against Manny Pacquiao. I hope the Doctor who did the operation will be brought to justice. It’s really unfortunate that good people like Manuel Perez needs to suffer. At least, WE CAN STILL CALL HIM A MAN BECAUSE OF HIS TESTICLES.
manuel, what if we scrap the catchweight issue but limit the maximum weight at fight night to 147 lbs?that is a ligitimate maximum welter right? So, mano-e-mano 147 lbs during fight night.Would your brave cotto be so willing to fight pacman with his title on the line now? Any more excuses Mr. Manuel?
it is so clear that manuel perez hates pacquiao! his article is so one sided! biiaatch! i mean… bias!
pacquiao is the pound for pound king! he should be the one dictating and the truth is… cotto is afraid of taking the risk ’cause he knew that his chance of winning this fight is so slim!
If this Puerto Rican is afraid of fighting Manny and losing his belt at a catchweight–Mosley is not.
Did the PRican not agree to fight at 145? He agreed to fight at 145! I can’t see any rhyme nor reason in agreeing to fight and not staking the belt.
I am no longer interested, as a Pacfan, in the belt. If I were Manny, I would fight this PRican for free comes 2010 election fever in the Philippines at Sarangani! Let him cleave to his belt!
BTW, Mosley is the real man to beat. Mosley KOed this PRican’s tormentor!
Manny wants at 143 and cotto wants at 145. Manny agreed to cotto wants, because according to team cotto, they can make the 145 lbs with ease. Manny put his p4p on the line and cotto dont want to put his belt on the line. Who’s got balls?
Ok, the first issue is the sanction fees for the belt. Cotto dont want pay pay for sanction fees, but this can be resolve by Arum and WBO president. And now, team cotto make another issues about the weight. Now to this writter, IS COTTO AFRAID TO PACQUIAO???
its simple.. cotto is a freaking chicken, and you’re an idiot! let go of cotto’s balls, will ya!?
A loser with his crown intact sounds ridiculous. wouldn’t that be shameful if you claim you are still the world champion even if you lost? what if Pac gonna KO cotto in early rounds? well, the cotto folks gonna strap the WBO belt to him during the announcement of winner while he is declared KOd in 3rd round. cotto will go down the ring with his beloved belt hugging his bludgeoned body and sings “I’m still the Champion” to the tune of We are the Champion, proudly chanting it to the booing crowd. lol
the title is important in this fight. cotto knows it yet he is unwilling to put it on the line. WBO boss even acknowledged the fight can be a title fight. so it seems cotto just doesn’t want to lose twice just in case, losing in the fight and losing his title. he is just playing safe. but if cotto will lose in this fight, his WBO crown will be rendered useless. his loss will tarnish his rightful claim to the crown. A loser with a WBO crown!!!!!
ok let’s get to the point. the title is important in this fight. even
manuel, why don’t you answer this question instead: IF COTTO IS ALLOWED TO WEIGH MORE THAN 147 LBS DURING FIGHT NIGHT, THEN WHY IS HE AFRAID TO PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE?
I’m so sick of all this drama with this fight. If Manny wants the title he should know that the welterweight limit is 147 not 145, so if he wants to weigh less why punish Cotto for trying to come in at 147. Last time I checked thre was no such things as a catchweight championship. One more thing when this fight was discussed nothing was mentioned about Cotto putting his title on the line now all of a sudden Manny’s advisers want this to be a title fight. Manny is already getting the bigger purse and now he wants the belt Cotto should just vacate the damn belt and then just fight someone else. Hey Manny grow some juevos and be a man and let Cotto come in at 147.
hey manuel? who ever said cotto can’t weigh more than 147 lbs during fight night? isn’t it that the agreed 145 lbs catch weight is only during weigh in which is at least 24 hrs before fight night? and cotto can bulk up to 200 lbs for all we care after the weigh in. so why is cotto afraid to show a weight of 145 lbs during weigh in? you should be truthful manuel in writing articles. except if there is nothing there in between your ears.
Perez is a broken record. he kepts on repeating his hatred against Pacman. Understable coz all his bets lost against Pac–ODLH, Marquez, Morales, etc. That’s why he can’t resist digging things that could paint negative image on Pac. Say what you want, but you might end up losing this time for Pac vs Cotto fight.
HEY GUYS STOP READING ARTICLES FROM THIS CRAZY WRITER!
ITS NOT WORTH OUR TIME!
Cotto has agreed to 145. He was not coerced to accept it. What I cannot understand is that he is willing to give up his title rather than putting it on the line? Its crazy. What’s the difference anyway. If he cannot afford to pay the $150K sanction fee out of his $5million purse, there is no problem as Paco said Arum will pay all those fees. Probably that’s what you get by playing golf. I don’t think Cotto will ever get paid this much sans Pacquiao.
anyway, its not about the topic, it’s how to get numbers.
wow, this article smells like sweaty balls.. POSSIBLY Cotto’s. get that crap out of your mouth Perez.
147 lbs is the MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT for a welter, you moron!!! pacman is the star, he deserves to call the shots the way oscar and the other star boxers he fought did when manny was just starting. cotto is just too arrogant at the same time scared that’s why now he’s making a lot of excuses. if he’s not interested in fighting d p4p king then i’d rather see manny fight mosley at least he’s got more balls
It’s not so much about being scared that it is about
calling the shots! Let’s not forget who is the “Pound per Pound” best here now, it’s PAC. With that said, he should be making the calls and not Cotto. Besides, it was Cotto who ask to fight at 145 and not PAC and yet PAC granted him that wish so what is the big deal? And now Cotto is asking not to make this fight a title fight? That’s is ridiculous, especially after he was shown his potential share of the pot and got the catch weight he wanted? What else does he want? Look Cotto, this is boxing but it’s also a business, PAC like a smart business man is just doing what any smart boxer would do in his position, and that is to put himself in the most ideal position he can to win this fight he has the negotiation power to do so. If you were the “Pound per Pound” king no doubt you would do the same. Just asked Mayweather. So now that you got your catch weight and obviously you were happy with the share of money you will get, let’s this thing up another notch by putting that belt on the line. Heck, DelaHoya fought Hopkins for the middleweight crown at 158, two pounds below the Middleweight limit of 160, so there it is, this is not the first time this will happen.
I’m a Filipino from Bataan and I somewhat agree with this biased writer. At least in this Pacquiao-Cotto discussions. Catchweights should only be meant for exhibition matches.
This is nothing new…catch weights have been made throughout boxing history. Are you on Golden boy’s payroll?
The thing is Pac will fight Cotto at 147 if its a 80-20 Spit!
Cotto can have ALL those weight advantages…
Catchweight is there for a reason!!!
It is obviously intended minimize the Size Advantages & Disavantages of both fighters~
If only Pac is naturally a 143 lbs guy, but he’s not….. He’s 138 lb Little Guy…
He can even fight at Lightweight if he wants to!
Fighting in 147 is no problem with Pacman especiall if they do the weighing on the same night of the fight.
Because of your wrong perception of Manny (prejudice) you have given wrong opinion bordering on being an idiot. I can only feel sorry for you and your work. Why would a boxing writer deliberately misled people on thinking that the welterweight is only at 147 lbs when the range of the welter division is from 141 to 147 and that any boxer within this range is a true and bonafide welterweight. I understand your hate but to hide it through some intelligent reasoning is unfortunate. By the way during the Manny and JJM fight (the first one), after pacman was techincally cheated of a win (one judge missed it) Manny pursued JMM for many years to have the rematch of whick JMM evaded. So complete your data for the public to read. Also if JMM and Manny would fight today, JMM will face a different fighter. The Pacman is always evolving for the better and unless every boxer and biased writers accept this fact they will always fall short on their prediction of all Pacman’s fight. Lastly, I believe the Pacman will accept Cotto’s demand and will stop him in 8 rds. By the way it was Cotto who wanted the 145 lbs and he got it. It was also Oscar who wanted the 147 and he got it. Stop blaming Pacman for all the woes of his opponents. These boxers do not need you to explain their loss.
crapwood23…… 75% who watched the pacquiao-marquez 2 believes MARQUEZ WON THE FIGHT! pacquiao is just the popular fighter that’s why they gave the decision! if not for that kind of under the table, then pacquiao’s carrier is already dead! EVEN IN THE PHILIPPINE MEDIA BELIEVES MARQUEZ WON THE FIGHT! THAT”S WHY THEY DONT WANT TO GIVE MARQUEZ ANOTHER SHOT BECAUSE THEY SCARED OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE THIRD TIME AROUND!
MANUEL PEREZ – MEXICAN?!
victimized by the mexecusioner i see. but it was a fun and laughable read though.
(or maybe he’s puerto rican)
crapwood23 it means that you dont understantand what you’re talking about! yeah welterweight is from 141-147……BOBO! they should not put a weight limit to 145 if they want a title because welterweight is from 141-147 lbs NOT FROM 141-145 lbs. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTND NOW! BOBO!
MR. PEREZ WHERE DID GET THE IDEA AND KIND OF BOXING BOOK HAVE YOU READ,145LBS IS NOT WELTER WIEGHT? BECO’Z IT DOES’NT REACH 147BLS? YOU’RE DISCUSTING TO THE SPORTS BOXING MEDIA PRACTICIONERS,YOU BETTER ASK SOME ADVICE FROM THE WBO,WBC, WBA ETC. IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU A “KNOWLEDGEABLE ADVICES BEFORE YOU PUBLIST IT INTO WRITING,IT’S SO SHAMEFULL,I WONDER THE 24.COM DOES’NT EVEN BOTHER TO HAVE THIS ‘UNKNOWLEDGEABLE BOXING SPORTS WRITER’ -MANUEL PEREZ- THEY HAVE NOWADAYS? HOW SHAMEFUL.
is he even legit to write articles?
who is manuel perez?
Pacquiao made Manuel Perez look stupid on DIAZ, DELA HOYA and HATTON fights. . .He predicted Pacquiao will be KOed by DIAZ, Brutalized by DELA HOYA and will be sent to hospital after HATTON’s fight
i think you just have to go to hell and write your article there.
grow a pair? normal weight? for all you pac haters out there know this! pac weight limit is 130-140, he started at 105. he is already extending his weight limit past 140 just to fight your co-called giants. oscar asked him to fight at 147 he agreed and went over his weight limit, and what did he get for it? “oscar was weight drained” so many excuses.
this time pac was the one asking to faight cotto, not the other way around so how is it that your pointing at him as the one afraid to fight. catch weight? of course! cotto is a giant compared to pac, cotto asked pac to meet him half way, pac-140 cotto-147 what is half way, 145? no its 143-144 but yet he gave cotto 145 just to satisfy him. now he wants 147? when does it end?? hell why not ask pac to go up 150 then? knowing cotto he will probably be 150+ on fight night.
its already unfair that pac has to go up so much pounds just get what he wants which is to fight cotto. people think going down in weight is unfair, what about going up in weight? its already unfair that cotto is bigger, taller, and has the reach advantage and yet pac is the one being pointed as the one cheating.
Pacman afraid of cotto?!?! lolz. Cotto is the one who doesnt want to put his belt on the line and do excuses!!!! no need to explain why it is called a catch weight. Again, RM already say it…. pac got some balls!!!!
WBO catch weight has already a precedent in the middleweight at a catch weight of 158 pounds, yet it was sanctioned as a title fight. So what is Cotto’s complaint? He defended his title against Clottey and he weighed at 146 lbs. Shouldn’t he weigh at 147 if he insist that is the right weight for welterweight title? Dumb Cotto. You have no marbles to stake the WBO title against Pacquio! Coward! Coward! Coward! Go Pacman-Mosley!
GO TO H E L L … I mean
is cotto afraid of manny at 144?
Thank’s for all the love, next time I’m in town I’ll let all you guys fight for my pipi I know u love me love u back, to my fans hope you can suck my pipi very good
Duran Fan I think you need to read more on boxing. He who have the GOLDEN EGG RULES! COTTO IS NOT EVEN A PPV FIGHTER SO GO FIGURE. PACMAN DOES NOT NEED THE DAMAGED GOOD. PACMAN’S FIGHT WILL ALWAYS BE A MAIN EVENT PPV.
By the way. pacman is at his best at 140, and cotto is at his best at 147. so if you know math manuel, the middle of 140 and 147 is “143″. So just come to think of it, pacman will fight 5pounds more, than cotto which is 2pounds less.. do you think that’s fair??? hmmmm….. you’re a very good man manuel. hahahahahah..
hey miguel cotto ok, its gonna be at 147lbs. But it must be a 90-10 purse split of course in favor manny pacquiao. deal?
Nice article. Just continue, hopefully manny will be able to read your article.. but who are you anyway? hahahahaha… Anyway, if this is how you do for a living, don’t stop. HAHAHAHA. Manny fights for his speed, so if he weights more he’ll loose his speed.. cotto fights with his power, so if he’ll loose weight, he’ll loose power.. Physics + Mathematics manuel. that is why its a catch weight.. you gain some you loose some.. pacquiao is at his best at 140. so if they wanted to defeat the P4P belt, well they should go down to 140..
first of all may i know from you as a boxing writer if 147 is the only weight required in order to be a fight considered as welterweight fight?and also is it not possible for a fighter weighing between 141~146 to fight as welter weight? also i wonder why pacquiao was rated no.1 challenger in welterweight division(WBO) and then if he will be fighting the champion at even weight of 145 which is within the limits of welterweight division the fight would be a non title fight? this is ridiculous how this issue has been stirred upon just to generate money and not to look for justification of the a cathweight between a fighter who has climb up the welterweight division and a fighter who is a mainstay of that division. what do this so called boxing experts wants from manny pacquiao to bargain to give him the chance to fight for history? do you want to see him fighting @145 vs 147 and get killed and then they will be happy? common guys, be honorable in what you write as you clame to be as boxing experts, kindly put justice on what you are writing.
grow a pair? normal weight? for all you pac haters out there know this! pac weight limit is 130-140, he started at 105. he is already extending his weight limit past 140 just to fight your co-called giants. oscar asked him to fight at 147 he agreed and went over his weight limit, and what did he get for it? “oscar was weight drained” so many excuses.
this time pac was the one asking to faight cotto, not the other way around so how is it that your pointing at him as the one afraid to fight. catch weight? of course! cotto is a giant compared to pac, cotto asked pac to meet him half way, pac-140 cotto-147 what is half way, 145? no its 143-144 but yet he gave cotto 145 just to satisfy him. now he wants 147? when does it end?? hell why not ask pac to go up 150 then? knowing cotto he will probably be 150+ on fight night.
its already unfair that pac has to go up so much pounds just get what he wants which is to fight cotto. people think going down in weight is unfair, what about going up in weight? its already unfair that cotto is bigger, taller, and has the reach advantage and yet pac is the one being pointed as the one cheating.
I agree, have the fight at welterweight limit of 147lbs but fight in Canada where the weigh-in is on fight day!
If im not mistaken, Cotto ranks #10 from the P4P rankings nad Pacqiuao at #1. Also Pacqiuao is the most exciting fighter today.. Which only means he brings the money and he is using this to his advantage.. Now, what if?, WHAT IF Pacquiao fights him at 147 and beat the hell out of him, what will happen to Cotto then?? From #10 from the P4P lists im pretty sure hell go down! WAY WAY DOWN!!! And well be remembering him as the fighter who Manny beat and gave him the historic 7th Crown at the 7th Division..
If Cotto wins at 147 which he has the advantage being the bigger and stronger fightet, he just beat the P4P and the most exciting fighter.. Thats it.. Pacqiuao can still fight SSM @143/144 for the other WW belt and JMM.. He still has a lot of options..
Fighting at 145 would just make the fight at even.. Cmon, 2 lbs?
a catch weight is not for pacquaio to gain advantage. it is to even the playing field a little bit. you must know that pacquiao’s size is fitted for 135. He is just so great that he demolished dela hoya at 147 and hatton at 140. Cotto is a legitimate welterweight boxer. It’s not that pacquiao don’t have a chance at all if he fights him at 147…because as ive said, pacquiao is extraordinary. Fighting Cotto at 145 is just to even the playing field a little bit since we all would agree that Cotto is, in the first place, too big for pacquiao. instead, we should admire pacquiao for taking the fight at 145. Remember, Cotto weighed 146 in his last fight so 145 should not be difficult for him to make. If pacquiao prefers to fight the bigger names at 147 since there are no longer big name boxers at 140, it should make sense since boxing is also business. You guys should analyze and think carefully. Personally, and this is just my opinion and i may be wrong, but i think at 145, Cotto will have the advantage. Because im sure he can make it. but its still ok that they fight at 145 so when cotto will be beaten, there will be no more excuses
Let’s define first what Welterweight means…
It’s a weight division ranging from 141lbs to 147 lbs.any weight within the range shall be called a legitimate welterweight fight..
147 lbs is just the limit….
Why are they calling Delahoya-Pacquiao a Welterweight fight since Pacquiao weighed 142lbs and Delahoya at 145 lbs?
Welterweight is not a single weight basis.
It can be fought to whatever weight both fighters agreed upon as long as it’s within the range(141~147)…
a catchweight of 145 is just making it a fair fight….Cotto is one of the few fighters who is capable of gaining more than 10 lbs overnight after the weigh in. Come fight night, Cotto will be weighing a 160 lb frame. Pacquiao will come in only at 149lbs. How is it fair then when Cotto now technically a Middle weight fighting a Welterweight?
hahaha. this writer is truely jealous of pacquiao, the little man from asia!!!
I think its time for Manny to take a closer look at a possible Mosley fight. I believe that’s the more intriguing fight.
Your title gives away your bias. In Pacquiao’s last fight fight he weighed only 138lbs while Cotto weighed 146 in his last fight. Their proposed fight is set at 145 and you think it’s Manny who’s making issues trying to back out from the fight?
no idiot boxing eliterit, it means if u want the title we dont give a sh.t if u wanna come in at 141 lbs. for all we care, just that ur not gonna teel the champ who’s defending that he cant come in at the 147 lbs. limit….simple…arent they any schools in the filipines? just cause u beat 2 bums dont mean u get to bend all the rules…its either or….if not go see if floyd gives 2 ur demands or better yet if u give in to his(purse split),or just go get ko’d by mosley for less money either way the whole world now knows ur the catchweight king who likes to fight drained fighters,& we all know u cant beat any of the top welterweights in the world at the 147lbs. limit….but dont worry,if u put enough money on the table maybe u can buy ur senventh title or maybe a contract stipulation where ur allowed to load ur gloves…lol idiots..u & ur dum fans…no know wonder why ur like god in the filipines,cause ur all they’ve ever had..lol make it last while it last…
Even at the maximum welterweight limit 147lbs, Manny can still kill Cotto with ease that’s the whole fact. But the 2lbs difference is about respect, Respect for both of them. Well, if Cotto doesn’t want to respect Manny he can fight other fighters and let Cotto lost his Millions.
IS COTTO AFRAID OF MANNY AT 145???
I dont think Pacman is afraid to fight Cotto at 147,they originally asked for 143 but didnt work out & Cotto is willing to go for 145.So all parties agree knowing that the title is on the line, But with the encounter of Cotto & ODLH in Puerto Rico, this controversy occured. Catchweight is just to level the playing field, even Cotto does not exceed the limit of 147, his last two bouts, during weigh in, is 146. Cotto is the one afraid to fight the Pacman coz he knows he will be KO, thats why he’s making this fiasco. Ok 90/10 split 147.
and to all the readers this writer is just using us to get a lot of hits so when you see on the title page that the writer is Manuel Perez just ignore and dont read it this writer keeps writing the same article with no sense he dont know a sh.it about boxing he is just a certified pacquiao hater thats it and for you Manuel Perez i know your face so once i saw you in a pacquiao press con i swear to god ill fu.ck.ing knock you out im sick and tired of your nonsense crap why did you even become a writer SAYING PACQUIAO IS AFRAID OF COTTO AT 147 THATS JUST NONSENSE HOW ABOUT ME SAYING COTTO IS SCARED TO PACQUIAO ON 145? UR FULL OF SHI.T
Are you insane?? 145 lbs is under a welterweight limit. That is only 2 pounds away from 147 lbs. Studid author!! I think you better shut up and stop criticizing pacman in your damn article!!! IDIOT!!
grow up man, pls give credit where the credit is due. ww 141-147 man…
Paquiao has already given up a lot more in weight than Cotto is. Cotto is only going down 1 lb from his previous weight and Pacquiao is going up 7 pounds. The playing field is not even anymore a 145 and more in favor of Cotto where welterweight is his home weight. Pacquiao homeweight is only 135.
this author is a full of crap. its just ryt for pacquiao and cotto to fight on a 145 catchweight it happened so many times in boxing so wat d fu.k is wrong with this writer cotto is just trying to play hard to get and get a chance to have an advantage with pacquiao cotto is coming from 140 he need to gain 5 pounds for the fight while cotto only needs to shed 2 pounds from 147 so in short both fighters are not fighting on their comfortable weight but if you will see pacquiao is the one who is giving cotto an advantage coz pacquiao need to gain 5 pounds compare to cottos 2 pounds so to the fu.ck.ng writer stop your bul/sh/t about the fight being a catchweight it happens all the time its not new to boxing fighter are just trying to make the fight as even as possible to make it a competitive fight and to avoid mismatches so do us a favor just dont write no more
Come Nov.14 after Cotto’s knockdown of Manny Pacman, you’ll gonna be shutting your mouth in shock.
For now, enjoy your nonsense blah blahs Manuela Perez
u are a nut haha…. ithink cotto will have a good fight to manny if the tittle is on the line many paquiao p4p tittle is on the line too…. it’s a fair match up
Hey, what’s the big deal with Cotto going down to 145 lbs? He weighed 146 lbs against Clottey. Pacquiao weighed only 138 lbs against Ricky Hatton. Thus, he is jumping 7 lbs north to meet Cotto at 145 lbs. Cotto should be grateful Manny is willing to do that.If not for Uncle Bob, Cotto will not get a shot against Pacquiao. I doubt if he Cotto can earn $2million fighting the likes of Mosley, Williams, Margacheato, Cintron and Bradley. Cotto has nothing to bring to the table except his belt. He must have a lot of fans in NY but,hey, how many times did he fought in Vegas and did well in PPV?
this writer are IDIOT…
Stop writing nonsense column! Better go home and plant Kamote!
Absolutely out of ur senses! Ar u a blind man? Hav u seen the disparity between the natural size of Pac and Koto? How many 106 pounders go as far as 145 to challlenge one of the best fighter at 147? U Losersssss!
Why dont you reverse the question?
I think Cotto is the one who is affraid of, thats why he is very hesitant to put the tittle on the line because he knows he will not be able to defend it from Pacquiao.
Hey Mr Reyes, why are you asking why is Pacman afraid to fight at 147, why not ask Cotto why is he afraid to fight Pacman at 145, its only 1 lb below when he fought Clottey he was 146 then, and catchweight is no nonsense its just to level the playing field, how I wish Pacman will agree at 147 with the weigh-in to be done on the day of the fight I wonder what will be Cotto’s next excuses will be?
Pacquio should fight Cotto at 147. 2 lbs won’t make a difference on fight night:
Fight night( after hydration):
Pacquiao 142
Cotto 154
Prediction:
JM Marquez loses by KO against Mayweather Jr at catch weight of 144lbs and retires. Pacquiao wins 7th title by KO over Cotto at 147lbs with 70/30 purse.
Pacquiao vs Mayweather 2010 at 147lbs with 50/50 purse.
Cotto vs Margarito 2 2010
even if pacman fight @ 147 still an easy fight for pacman,,,our team just want to make sure that cotto earn the big pay check in a hard way. remember no pain no gain.
pacman can ask anything from cotto……..
he’s even thinking of asking cotto to do a full monty. cotto would do anything for money.
IS COTTO AFRAID TO FIGHT PACQUIAO AT 145?
You’re my namesake Manuel Perez but you’re an idiot!!!. I’m asking Floyd Mayweather to go down in weight too. Does that mean I’m afraid to fight him? it’s just logical we both do something for each other. I put on weight he sacrifices a little. So what’s wrong with that? the question is, is Cotto afraid to fight Pacquiao by going down 2 pounds lighter? Is Mayweather afraid to fight me at a lower weight?
If you’re sick of Pacquiao doing these things in boxing, then why do you keep writing about him? Just wondering…
He is afraid because He can sense of being beaten Up…
If Cotto is the real welterweiht he wii not be scared of 145 lbs. Paquio is small guy while Cotto is a big man with a big name in sport why is scare to fight the small guy in 145 lbs. I thing he is scared the small guy Paquiao to put on line his title in the catch of 145 lbs thats it.
You seems to be a broken record. This is always how you write your article since day one money fights in US. And since day one also you are proven wrong. When will you Learn. May be Learning & Understanding is not one of your traits. JEALOUSY, THATS FOR SURE!
pacquiao is a small light welterweight (140). he is fighting a big welterweight, pac is too small and the only thing that would make this fight competitive is for a catch weight of 143lbs. but pac have the guts to fight him at 145. now tell me that pacquiao is afraid of cotto. MORON!!!
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this guy manuel perez is funny… in one of his article, he called himself “an expert” LOL! he’s dumber than all those so called “expert” combined. i can see where all the anger and jealousy is coming from, but you need to grow up you baby! pacquiao is the p4p king, live with it! nobody cares about what you say.
i think your the one who is not normal here
the welterweight limit is 147 min. is 140? I believe .The oldtimers fought within these weights,and as long as you came in within these two it was on. Of course Paquiao would be at a disadvantage at 147 thats why he wants to fight at a lower weight. But to force Cotto to put his title on the line at a catch weight is wrong. Come on Freddie don’t let me lose respect for what you have done so far.
COTTO IS OVERRATED!
Lets give it up for Manuel!!!…For being the number one fan of Manny Pacquiao.
Cotto does not have to stake the belt. That was not part of the negotiations. The fight is at 145. Not a TRUE welterweight title fight. If thats the case, Pacquiao should fight Mosley next and ask for his WBC title at 141 lbs. I’m sure everyone will respect that as a legitimate title bout as well…lol. If this is how the PACMAN politics, then maybe he shouldn’t going into office in his native land. Good for you Cotto! 147 or it’s just a big fight. PERIOD!@!@!
Exactly, not only Cotto is gamble here.
Pacquiao’s title of P4P is also in the line. So a catch weight of 145 pounds is fair. ^_-
The fight should not happen and we’ll see who will compromise. hOW much $$$ are we looking at here?
Is Mayweather and Marquez is a catchweight at 143lbs? why dont you write about you marquez not the figth at 147?…. U r the stupidist writer…
If the belts on the line then I think Cotto should be allowed to weigh in up to the 147lbs max limit, no catch weight for this fight. Because WW can be anywhere from in theory 140.1 Lbs up to 147lbs let Manny weigh in at what he wants so long as he’s not under/over the WW bracket. In Cotto’s last fight he weighed in at around 146lbs.
Perez I know what your trying to say and I understand where your coming from but WW is not just 147lbs…….that’s the max you can weigh! But yes I agree Cotto should be free to weigh in at what he chooses to.
what is cotto afraid of? Why doesnt cotto want the his title to be on the line- he knows pacman will take it away THATS WHY!
normal weight…..fyi 141-147 is welterweight…..so what do u mean by normal is that boxers should be 147 to be a welterweight is that it???….tsk tsk….ahh can i request that u name your next article as”why i hate pacman” that would be better and straight to the point because all of your article is all about dissing the pacman…..