Pacquiao Should Stop Dragging Boxers Down in Weight

To: Junmax,

The only reason why cotto had a hard time with Joshua is because he got hit on the head. Cotto is a lot younger, stronger, & power puncher. I don’t know why you Philipines think Pacman will win because when Cotto beats him, Pacman will be taken out the boxing picture. (just like every other boxer)

Liam Santiago shall we arrange for u to meet pac man so u can suck him off. LOL even propose to him.U stupid guy he’s overrated and Mayweather will teach him a lesson if pacman ever accepts he’s not as big as money and takes what he gets in a 60 40. Cotto may even do him. LOL Jerk

I want people to know,I train fighter for many years,professional,never one of my fighter, after their weight-in,if the fight is 147pounds,the next day they put up 10 to 12 pounds minimum ok,and I have like 35 fighters ok,paquiao is a very good fighter but team hatton and team de la hoya had the wrong aproach to the fight,both wanted to be fast or speed and speed never defet pounds this game is mesure by pounds you have to be biger than you opponent.

are you kidding me?? FYI cotto fought clottey at 146 pounds…. cotto weighed 146 on fight night to fight a BIGGER GUY – joshua clottey.. i dont know why he cant do the same to fight a SMALLER GUY – pacquiao.. pacquiao has already jumped ten divisions from where he started his pro career.. if he could weigh at 146, then all he has to do is shed 1 POUND to make it to 145.. obviously the reason why cotto is forcing pacman up is either he wants to slow pacman down or he’s afraid to fight him

Really now, this article sucks. It’s just another one of those articles finding some lame excuse to take away what Manny Pacquiao is trying to achieve. Idiots. Boring.

too right you are douche mate cus u aint cumin bk on here lol

you moron!!! what an article… you dont understand it well regarding the weight issue.

Do you think PACMAN will fight @ Junior middle wt. w/ Oscar Delahoya?…or Pacman will fight HOPkins or Royjones in their wt. class?..its just a simple logic!..the answer is a BIG NO!.liam, find another job pls….

Hey Author! Don’t blame PACMAN about dragging his opponents down in weight, pacman(P4P king) is merely laying down the challenge to his opponents — that’s why they call it “CHALLENGER”. Pacquiao was once a challenger and he accepted the terms of the champs he once fought with, and he rose to the challenge, always! Blame his opponents for taking on the challenge. And to the wannabe challengers out there: “Don’t accept to fight the pacman if you think can’t rise up to the challenge, and if you think you can, lay it all on the line! e.g. COTTI’S BELT!

I say Pacman vs Cotto fight in 147lbs SAME DAY WEIGHT-IN in during fight night with $2million penalty for every pounds or lb. in excess of 147lbs welterweight limit. I am sure this is excellent for both fighters especially forPacman so Cotto can have no excuse that he was not defending his title in full welterweight limit of 147lbs and Pacman can finally erased alldoubters at the same time he is assured that Cotto will not be more than 147lbs during when he steps in the ring with him… No excuses no alibi what so ever .
Winner takes all the glory. But purse split Manny should demand 80:20 sharing of all the proceeds in favor of MegaManny and me being CPA that is a very fair sharing.

If Cotto play hard to get and demand bigger purse them Team Pacquiao can cancell the fight a fight Shane M.

the writter thinks only the opponents of Manny, why don’t you think the side of Manny? Every sports have their own rules and regulations, same as boxing,why they have weight limits? why are there negotiations? etc. We are in 20th century, they know pros and cons of the sports, not unlike you!

Read my name. When my parents named me they were dreaming of this fight. I dunno, but I think a bit of that came out in my name. Just got this feeling it did you know?

Liam, cotto last fought at 146lbs. against clottey, that means 146lbs. is his naural fighting weight. do you think that 1 lb. less is hard to lose for cotto? think again!! thats why cotto agreed in the first place that the weight for the fight would be 145lbs. cause he knows he can easily make that weight. remember that cotto is the naturally bigger guy.

THIS WRITE UP IS JUST FOR HITS!
Think first! The issue has been resolved already. Why is there a need to put this write up if Cotto indeed say he can fight at 145. Cotto’s demand is already met. As a matter of fact Cotto weighed 146 against Clottey at their weigh in. You said it yourself having limits has purpose to protect boxers, didn’t it cross your mind your own words back fired against you because Manny is not a legit welterweight (he’s natural may even be a lightweight) and that catch weight might also save Manny’s life on the line???

hey you…lets play games as it want to be…its boxing and everybody does it…but its so sad to hear comments like this tht let the pound-for-pound King down…lets not like crab mental ill..we will give d price to deserving person like Manny who endures all thing including his life as well as his soul fro his family…and now he harvested all his tirelessly venture..nevertheless he took it fair and square…let us like pharisees in the bible tht became lame and tame…plss consider…manny is a great man let it not envy and jealosy drag him down..common fight if anybody biliv u can survivve d guy from Gen.santos City,Pilipinas sell all ur properties and square it on No, alibisNo reservations…bsyds dis s boxing not a beauty contest…about JMM okay he is good bt he has to beat 1st Money Mayweather…and he will be next no one else…bt…can he beat d typhoon guy…?make ur mind kids..manny is waiting..filipinos are cramming for more manny fights..solid and prayerfull..goodluck

Everyone of us is free to express his own views regarding the Pacquiao-Cotto fight at catchweight of 145 lbs. It is natural for Manny to look for that catchweight becoz Cotto is naturally a big fighter at welterweight while Pacquiao is a champion at 140 lbs. I think it is fair enough to fight at 145. Manny will add 5 lbs while Cotto to reduce by 2 lbs. Welterweight limit is 141 to 147. Others says dragging opponent weight destroys Pacquiao’s credibility. For me, its no way. Pacquiao is going up and his opponent has been at 147 for so long. If u are on Manny Pacquiao can u do that fighting at 147? Maybe Manny will fight at 147 after this fight to Mosley or Mayweather while he is expanding and toughening his body. Mosley chasing Pacquiao at 140? maybe he will eat those words and face the harsh reality sooner. Pacquiao never retaliates to Mosley chasing many times. We have to remember Manny is an intellegent man and he has a better IQ than those who dont have respect to him.

Ei liam santiago r u dumb or what?

You know Liam! I like your style keep egging on the Pachuggers! It’s Showtime already even though nobody signs the dotted line yet! My namesake will be very very happy with this! The supposed bout will be held in November but it’s getting much publicity than the PBF-JMM fight! My namesake wanted it to happen because he has already advanced his TF from Uncle Bob!

Cant we just give credits to the fighter or team that won and give our respect to the fighter/team that lost.. Cmon, cant we be contented? At least we got to see a good match/game..
In this upcoming fight Cotto vs Pacman.. If Pacman wins, he wouldnt be given enough credit because he just beat a guy whose not the same fighter before he fought Margarito.
If Cotto wins, they’ll say that he beat a smaller guy that started his career at 106lbs..
Cmon!!

Remember that Cotto weigh 146 in the Clottey fight! So i think it’s not that hard for him to drop another pound. These are just excuses if in case he loose the fight. But on fight night, I see Cotto at his best and in very good condition. No excuses please! Fools… Pac by stoppage Rd 11.

liam santiago,
you know you sounds you have no knowledge in boxing. i dont know how come you are covering this boxing news. Before all of you guys predicted that pacquiao will have no chance of winning fighting delahoya. then you guys alos added that pacquiao accepted the fight because of money only. but you saw a different fight, the small guy beated the bigger guy with heart.

I 100% agree with Liam. Pac is a washed out loser. Fight Marquez and accept defeat for the 3rd time. Not a drained dlh or a weight dead hatton. Your a fraud Pacquiao. Live with it. Liam Santiago talks sense, you guys just dont WANT TO BELIEVE IT. if we had more people like Liam in this world, it wouldn’t be such a messed up place. DAMN YANKS. Nothing but trouble.

145 is just right for this fight. any other way would be a disadvantage to the other. if above 145 then let’s cancel the fight. if below 145 then let’s cancel the fight. either you get a catchweight or no fight. we can all live with that including the fighters.

John. Why do you ask?

Liam-”I predict Cotto to stop Pacquiao in round 9 or 10.” PACMAN TROOPS-WHAT IS YOUR COMMENTS??? For me, Liam is predicting something that is very impossible..IN YOUR DREAMS, LIAM! HAHA. This author is purely a anti Pacman!! All authors of Boxing24.com are all INSANE!!! PACMAN TROOPS, AM I RIGHT??

im only remember that pacquiao in a catch weigth is de la hoya,hmmmmm, but dela hoya was coming to pacman not pacman arange the deal, opportunately that pacman have courage to accept the figth with dela hoya,pacman is also have big diadvantage of size and power fighting cotto, beside only 2 pounds but cotto wiegth in wiegh in vs clottey is 146 pound

Liam, As a boxing writer putting statements like this on the internet, you are bound to get criticize. The title alone is a joke. The nature of your responses also make you very unprofessional. I don’t think you know boxing too well to give credit where credit is due.

Ignorant!…

better hung up your keyboard if you don’t know what you’re writing!

For your information mr. santi-Ago, this is the first time paquiao will ever fight where his handlers demanded for a catchweight. he fought barerra and Marquez at jr. featherweight and featherweight, morales at featherweight, diaz at lightweight, de la hoya at welterweight and hatton at jr. welterweight.

did pacquiao demanded de la hoya to go down at his natural weight at that time which is 135lb? no, they met at 147. so, where’s your point?

It’s not fair to say Pacquiao has been dragging his opponents down in weight. With Oscar, it wasn’t like pacquiao was asking him to fight him in HIS COMFORTABLE weight..dont forget that Pacquiao also needed to jump 2 weight class. ODLH was the draw and he was dictating the terms. It’s also clear that the writer has all his excuses. Hatton, for godsake, was just not in the league of pacquiao not because he was bad..but because pacquiao was just so damn good. No matter what u say about hatton’s defense and other flaws, don’t forget how hatton dismantled the other good boxers. Hatton was only beaten by Pacquiao and PBF. And the way pacquiao destroyed him, that was too much. About Cotto, you should be praising how pacquiao accepted the terms. They will be fighting at 145 and Cotto, in his last fight, weighed 146. How difficult could that be for cotto? Pacquiao’s size, if you may think correctly, is fitted most at 135. When he dismantled hatton at 140, he was already showing his greatness in that fight. He was not supposed to beat hatton that way. Now, if he fight the best Cotto at 145, how can u say he’s dehydrating boxers? Did u not realized that he is not supposed to be campaigning in this weight division? He is a legitimate 135 fighter, size wise. Not because pacquiao’s so great that you should be asking and expecting too much from him and aking him to fight at 147. Th great pacquiao also has to even the playing field a little bit. I ask you..can you imagine Juan Diaz or Michael Katsidis fighting Cotto at 145? Will you criticize Diaz or katsidiz for dragging Cotto at 145? Also considering in his last fight, he weighed 146.

Fight at 145 lbs with no Title at stake..
that what cotto wants…
but Manny would have the lions share at PPV..
80% for Pacquiao and 20% for cotto..
lets see..

Hey RealDeal. I should have this pathetic idiot Bigtex of soon. Im sure theres a site for idiots like that , that dont no a thing about boxing and want to fight with strangers. What a wierdo! lol. Must have had a strange up bringing. lol.

|Anyway he’s on his bike soon. lol. Goodbye Bigtex, go and suck on a granny’s breast and get a life wierdo

The real deal! Big Rex wont be commenting on here much longer. lol. say ur byebyes rex

liam your one sided opinion is dumb, 141 to 147 is a legitimate welterweight, that’s a fact! pacman does not have advantage of 145 weight, he has advantage bec.of his speed and stamina.if cotto can match that he has a chance beating pacman,i’m a pacman fan but i believe cotto is a much stronger puncher,if cotto could hit pacman with solid punch he could win but i doubt it bec. pacman is evasive and quicker.

that’s is the tricky part of the business..u should know that!

Im now going to ban alot of commenters who have left SRIOUSLY abusive comments if thats you…bye bye.

BIG TEX.. get a life. where am i meant to be getting your email and why would i waste my time emailing you.

let me all refresh ur memory. Pacquiao in his entire career has fought mostly big opponents. He even climbed different divisions so fast that’s why at age 30 he will hav his chance of getting the record of 7 weight division belts which nobody in the history of boxing has done. Yes, Dela Hoya had to cut down his weight but it’s because he is so eager to fight the great but small pacquiao thinking (along with his team and the rest of the people) that he can easily defeat the very small pacquiao. You also forgot that Pacquiao had to climb 2 weight class and you even predicted ODLH will dismantle him. During the weigh in, ODLH, for me didn’t look bad.Whether he was dehydrated too much or not, pacquiao also trained hard and roach came up with a beautiful game plan. We saw the skills of pacquiao the beautiful game plan of roach so it’s not so easy to say that it was all because ODLH was drained. Even if he was not, i stil think he wil hit the canvass maybe in the last few rounds. Almost everybody critized pacquiao saying he was so hungry for money that he was being stupid in taking the fight. So please, don’t make excuses or at least don’t take away all the credits from pacquiao. Love it or hate it, i wil say pacquiao did something not most good boxers can do.

What the hell are you? what do you think of Manny he is a aod of boxing? Cotto is defferent from De la Hoya so if he agrees to 145 same with 147. I think you dont really know about the boxing weight division.

alright, alright… i’m wrong! i simply cannot understand why after my thirty years (8 years as an amateur, 10 years as pro with a record of 15-22 and 12 years as a writer) devoted to boxing, many still dont believe in what i say? yeah…maybe the punishment i got while still fighting in the ring took all the sense in my relatively smaller brain. i’ll have to have it examined before writing any piece again, i promise!

pahak you’re an idiot. Everyone ballons up during fight. Of course the fight is in the ring but that’s not what I care about. All I am saying is hey if ur packy wants the belt he should fight at the welter weight limit of 147 not 145. I don’t care what you say, if he wants to win his 7th title belt it should be at 147 bc that’s the weight cotto fought in. I don’t care if he fights cotto at 145, why? Because there is a high probability that Cotto will tire Pacman out, but thats my opinion and we can talk all we want about it but we have to see it to believe it. Anyways if manny went up to 147 to fight ODLH he should be willing to go to 147 to fight Cotto. I think it would be a good fight if it was at 147 because we could see history in the making if Pacman wins the fight. But Still, I understand the point that Liam is trying to get across. If Pacman really wants to be a true champion he should go up in weight, I don’t care if he started at 106 we all know that he is a big guy and he can handle guys like Ricky Hatton so he should do it. But hey 145 sounds good to me, but it won’t be as meaningful to me. Also, I would rather see Manny Vs Marquez rather than Mayweather vs Manny. I mean I wouldn’t mind seeing both but I hope Marquez wins and then fights pacman or something. Whatev

Yeah. Found a way to read your column. So if Cotto wins,then he’s great. If Pacman wins then it means nothing cause Cotto was drain by 2 the pounds. Agreed. It’s good that you said it upfront. I knew you would say that. Or maybe if Pacman wins Cotto is really a shot fighter. Right? Then Pacman is fighting for nothing. A win or a loss for Pacman on this fight does not mean nothing. No legacy. A**h**e

Anyway i think it’s just fair that Pacman just go up in weight than Cotto go down by 2 pounds. Cause it’s the welterweight. They should fight only at the LIMIT and not WITH IN THE LIMIT. F****R

mr. writer, u r da 1 of many boxing writer & analyts predicted dat pac wil loss to dela hoya.

I doubt any one would ‘whoop my ass’. I spent 30 years boxing which would help me alot. More than most of you sofa warriors can say!

hey joe, i say we can all agree to that..147 it is during fight night..bcoz that is the welter limit right? so why does cotto ballooned up to 160 during fight night..thats not welter thats middle weight you idiot..they bend the rules for that because, THEY DONT WANT TO PREJUDICE THE PROMOTIONAL ASPECT OF THE FIGHT DUE TO POSTPONEMENTS, BECAUSE FIGHTERS CANT MEET THE CONTRACTED WEIGHT DURING FIGHT NIGHT..so you say its fair? and to tell you joe, the fight is not on the scales you moron, its in the ring..cotto can weigh as much as 160 lbs during fight night whereas packy can weigh only 150lbs max..indeed the fight will still be in welter..coz the fight IS NOT ON THE SCALES..BUT IN THE RING..

everybody needs to just shut the F up. why bash this writer, leave him alone. he’s only expressing his biased opinion. in my opinion, he knows his sh*t. because he knows that Mexican/Boricua fighters (young or old) 1. cant lose weight; 2. win fights unless they are the bigger men; and 3. if they do lose weight, they can no longer fight. we get your point Liam and we thank you for telling the truth like it is. Ill say it again so everyone is clear, today’s Mexican and Puerto Rican can’t fight win a fight without a huge weight advantage.

i notice all the articles that are coming from the boxing website is one-sided. i’ve read like 3 articles and they’re consistently downgrading pacman’s achievements. maybe it’s just a ploy to attract pacman fans to give comments and in the process, this website’s rating would go up because of the comments. as far as i can remember, i think this the same boxing website that described MANNY PACQUAIO as AN OVER RATED fighter! woww!! it’s just blew me away. i think all of the writers they hired here are paid to discredit PACman’s achievements and even future achievements.

this writer claims he is a pacman..B.S. to that.. always complaining that packy is dragging cotto particularly for their upcoming bout this nov.14..to tell you mr. writer, cotto weighed 146 during the weigh-in in their cotto-clottey fight..147 is the limit..we can agree to that..if you want it to be fair, pacman can weigh 147 or 146 or 143 come fight night, so can cotto weigh that much come fight night? he aint and never will..so if you keep on criticizing packy for that, think mate, pacman will eat cotto if they will weigh 147 during fight night..1 lbs. lower than what cotto weighed of his last fight is not that much..and dont criticize packy for that, coz its more than fair for cotto, than weighing 147 during fight night..further, this is a welter bout so you insistently argue so, we pacfans can all agree that the fight be at welterlimit during fight night..FAIR?

this article is pure rubbish

this author is not a pacman fan as he claims…he doesnt know what he is braggaing…loser!!!!!

Hi Liam I guess you are not a boxing fanatic, you should understand carefully what u are talking. lol

Liam, you are a disgrace,First you said you are abig fan of Pacquiao then you call him a fraud. are you a writer or some kind of a fat loser sitting in couch eating all day and your momma spoonfeeding you.

Mr Liam Santiago, you said boxing has weight limits to prevent serious injury to boxers. You said the Pacman Cotto bout must be at 147 lbs. Do you mean Cotto might be seriously injured by Pacquiao at 142 lbs if the former is at 145 lbs during weigh-in? Or during the actual fight when Pacquiao is 148 lbs and Cotto is at least 158 lbs? I think it is Pacquiao who is at risk of serious injury during the actual fight. Do you think Pacquiao is afraid to fight anyone of the welterweights including PWilliams if the weigh-in is done 2 hours before fight time? And you are saying you’re a Pac fan? You’re a fraud Pac-fan.

Balat sibuyas pa pala itong kupal na to!!! Gustong kumita ayaw namang magpakatotoo!!!! Pero talagang ganun eh, dapat wag mo nang basahin ung mga sagot sa yo para di ka na-iimbyerna!!!! Sige tawagin na kitang Liam kupal, baka kasi naiintidihan mo itong sinusulat ko, para kasing Pinoy na intsik o Pintsik ung pangalan mo!!! He he he he!!!!! Good day!!! Relax!!!!

Hey Liam why is it that that when pacquiao is fighting at catchweight you are trying to discredit him, its as if catchweight is a pacquiao invention. Why dont you write about great american fighters who fought at catchweight. Is it because he is asian and the other are american? Fair is fair, write about it and we can call this even. Or are u trying to make this a race issue?

Hey Liam,

U only see Pac’s opponents drop weight, but u seem not to notice Pac fighting in a higher weight. u’r one-sided.

Did not Cotto’s nutritionis say it’s OK for him to fight at 144?

‘Dragging boxers down in weight’-my toes-my knees-my shoulders-my head! LOL. You are funny! Keep writing, it’s good to your health.

Did not Cotto’s nutritionist say that it is OK for Cotto to fight at 144!

I stand corrected.

gumagawa ng mga katarantaduhan ung mga writers na to, gamit ang topic na negatibo tungkol kay pacman, para makarami sila ng hits sa internet.

Well its the opponents of pacquiao who wants to fight him.. they want to fight him bec of the money that he brings. pacman is just levelling the playing field. For me he has the right to demnd a catchweight. bec it seems everyone wants to fight him right now since he is the best and those who challenges him think he is. so if they want to fight him they should make the necessary adjustments for the fight to happen

Ei Liam, can u pleas enumerate all the boxers that PACMAN fought wherein he needed to ask them to go down? As for me, I can only remeber Prettyboy going down but Oskie even chose the weight.

The title of your article sucks!

you are just looking on the side of cotto draining 2 pounds… you should also look on the side of pacman gaining 5 pounds. gaining and draining both have a negative effect, you know it.

Pacquiao Should Stop Dragging Boxers Down in Weight???WTF. The only fighter that Pacquiao had asked to go down in weight so far is dela Hoya! He did that because he knows that he is not superman.Oscar is way bigger and is 6-division champ.

Hey, don’t forget that Pacquiao started boxing at 107 lbs. Cotto started at 135 lbs. That’s 28 lb difference. Pacman is no Superman and Cotto is no pushover that’s why Pacman is askin for Cotto to meet him halfway.

In Cotto’s last fight, he weighed in at 146 lbs against Joshua Clottey. Against Ricky Hatton, Pacquiao weighed only 138 lbs. So Pacquiao is jumping 7 lbs up to get to 145 lbs while Cotto needs to go down by 1 lb only.

I really don’t get it. Nobody complained when dela Hoya fought Hopkins at a catchweight of 155 lbs for the WBC,WBA,WBO and IBF middle weight titles. Hopkins started boxing at 177 lbs. The fight before that, he weighed 159 lbs. So he went down 3 lbs for the dela Hoya fight. So it is fair for Pacquiao to ask Cotto to go down to 145 lbs.

..but as a professional you should have at least a broader frame of mind..you should be prepared and anticipate that not everyone will agree to your points..specially when the topic is biased..We’re not kids here.

..and why would not Cotto put the title on the line if it is not fought at 147?..but why would not Pac go up 2 more pounds to make it happen?As you can see, the longer it goes the more topics it will generate because this is an issue where people freely express their views..If they say bad things against you, does that mean you should do the same?I don’t think so..Let us all talk like matured people..Accepting our faults won’t make our balls smaller, would it?

cotto fought clottey at 146 pounds, pacquiao is coming from 140 pounds to 145 pounds to fight cotto, if you do the math pacquiao has to gain 5 pounds versus cotto losing a pound. now tell me if pacquiao is draining cotto

DYep. Yes good points but they arnt putting their point forward, they’re using very abusive language, so i respond to that.

“Nepster. I dont care who asked who to come down in weight or what joe bloggs said when mikey mouse asked himor what weight daffy duck is fighting at!

Jeez man!

Pac should never have fought delahoya, that result means nothing. they may aswel hav hung a punchbag in the ring. instead of dlh he should have fought the next lw or lww contender ”

…with these type of replies, you dare call yourself a writer?You DON’T fight with your readers, you ACKNOWLEDGE their points and then clarify your stand..not as if you are just another reader lashing with another reader..You said you were a pacfan but why do you not care who set the weight limit when pac fought DLH?You are a hater because you ignore the fact that it was DLH who set the limit because DLH was the bigger (but older) dog at that point that is why he has the authority to set the rules..but now that pac is in position, why can’t he demand things the way DLH did? If you are a writer who writes for boxing, you should know what you write..The title “Pacquiao should stop dragging Fighters down in weight” is not applicable at all..How many fighters did he asked to go down in way exactly?can you name those fighters, PLEASE?

Cotto vs Clottey was fought at 147, why Cotto weighed 146, 2 pounds below the maximum limit? Why didn’t he took the opportunity to weight 147 if it will benefits him. I think Cotto is still very healthy & strong at 145, 1 lb below his ideal weigh-in based on his last fight. Pacquiao is the real in risk here jumping above from his natural fighting weight class.

Liam Santiago is i supposed not stupid or is he? PaCman is so small and yet have the balls to move in weight and what he is taking is a concession of one pound from Cotto! Cotto weighs 146 pounds against Clottey. Is one pound a big deal to all of you? Cotto was the one who offered to fight PaCman at 145 and PaCman wants it 142-143 catch weight. Some people must have forgotten this but PaCs willing to fight him at his term. Now do you think Pac’s is dragging people down their weight? ODLH went to fight the Pac at 147 and he set the condition and not the PaCman sir! Please don’t misled the public and try to correct your mistakes sir!!!

I’m sick of this crap. Pacquiao went up to 147–expecting Delahoya to rehydrate to 160 and why they worked with middleweight sparring partners–They didnt’ expect delahoya to train and basically stay at 147.

What Oscar and what Mayweather commented was that he stayed at the weight too long. What he was suppose to do was to stay around ~155 and drop down to 147 during the week of the weigh-ins. HE DIDN’T DO THAT. Sorry, there are no excuses for him.

dont be a stupid santiago

oscar signed at 147 because he thought pacquiao would be easy money. the fight didn’t need to happen because pacquiao fought at 135 before de la hoya.

liam just wants attention.

Liam Santiago wants to be a boxing promoter.

You have a point there. Its good to see pacquiao fighting an opponent on his top condition. But I don’t see Cotto winning this fight except if he lands a luck punch to pacquiao. I’ve watched the clottey vs cotto fight and cotto really had a hardtime fighting clottey. Pacman’s technique if far more impressive than clottey. Cottoalso doesn’t punch while moving his feet away from the opponent and he has a poor defense. Cotto has lots of weakness that manny should take advantage. I would say Pacman could still beat himat 147 lbs and your right, why not face him at 147 lbs.

your making it look like manny needs cotto. i think it’s the other way around. cotto should be thankful for the catch weight, he’s making manny come up in weight to redeem himself and make the most money. if not for arum we would have been talking about a manny v mosley or even manny v pbf which most fans would rather watch.
maybe cotto should come down in weight to fight manny at light welterweight.

they’re the ones who wants to fight pacman for a big payday so they should try and make it a little more fair. would it be considered fair if they weighed in at 147 and come fight nite be at 160 or more, while pacquiao weighs in at 142 and comes in at 147 fight nite?

a 147 pounder fighting a 160 pounder, sounds really fair, right?

i guess everyone just expects the pacman to be superman, maybe next time he can fight a tag team of valuev and the klitchko bros, oh, and no catchweight… we don’t want to give pacman any advantage…

I can’t help u make lots of hate reply to Mr Liam .It is very understandable I’m his physician and he has just gotten out at Mental Hospital recently.Thought he was already fine..Sorry but i will make recommendation to take him in again after reading his article and your reply to him..KUDOS..

To write an article something like this I believe u should have to be more knowledgeable and have more boxing sense..I think you dont have both ..You simply is a GARBAGE LIAM..Go back to the dumpsite where you belong.

I dont think the weight will make much difference to Cotto. In his last fight with Clottey he weighed in at 146 pounds, thats only 1 pound more than what he will fight Pacquiao at. I think its a fair point to say that Pacmans last 2 fights were well suited to him but he is a great fighter for sure. I think however that Cotto will win this fight, he has more power than anyone Pacman has ever fought before, he has much better movment than what Hatton had and will be strong at that weight unlike de la hoya. I expect this fighet to be competative for the first 3 rounds and then Cotto’s strengh and power will wear Pacman down. Cotto wins by ko in the 9th.

Hey Liam BOXING NEWS 24.COM should be ashamed hiring you as one of there writer.It only diminish there respectability.You should write instead on a lowly tabloid on a weekly basis of a small community.Your boxing sense is simply questionable.

Plus Cotto set the weight of 145! Pacman finally agreed to it. What more do you want! So they meet half way. Cotto loses 2 extra lbs and Pac loses natural size advantage. Get over the weight crap! It all comes down to who can perform at fight night.

Liam let it be instill in your deadbrain that it is not Pacman who is dragging them in weights it is them just like MOsley who is dragging themselves simply bcoz of monetary consideration..Only a fool will fight PAC at a disadvantage unless he get something in return(MONEY)..Think of it why Cotto would consider fighting Pac when there is a plenty of fighter in 147 lbs…Just come to think of it..

After the demolition of ODLH and news of the Cotto fight all people could talk about was “Pacman is fighting dead at the weight fighters”. What ever happened to “I don’t think his power is going to hold up in higher weight classes”. Give him some freaking credit! He started at flyweight! Highly regarded puncher Vic Darchinyan’s power stopped at bantamweight. If you think Cotto’s going to be at a disadvantage what about Pacman’s small frame? Oh, and Pacman IS going to win and deep down we all know it. A fighter whose bread and butter is hooks will always be way too slow against the Pac.

If you want them to fight at the welterweight limit, how about the same day weigh-in!, at 147lbs limit?
REMEMBER THAT PACQUIAO STARTS BOXING AT 106LBS. DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO FIGHT KLITCHKO’S AT HEAVYWEIGHT LIMIT, OR HOPKINS AT LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT LIMIT!
Where is your common sense liam?

what this writer is trying to imply is that pacquiao is a coward sh** for dragging cotto down to 145…LOL…

clearly a pac-hater…LOL…. the last time pacquiao stepped on the weighing scale for a fight he was 138 and cotto was 146…. and the fight is going to be at 145!!! … what disadvantage this guy is talking about!!!

All these comments for 1 pound?! Thats just to tell you how boring this summer has been for boxing. It will e a great fight and may the best man win.

Pac is building a lagacy as afraud fighting weakened men – who exactly? He was ranked #1 pound for pound EVEN before the ODLH fight fighting Barrera, Marquez, and Morales. Hatton wasn’t weight drained either.

No need to get upset man…Just asking.

KIRK3451 – Hey dic*head. I dont care what Sugar ray did when he fought mikey mouse. or what Hopkins did when barry chuckle gave him a boxing lesson.

Pac is building a lagacy as afraud fighting weakened men. there u are. now go and suck a granny’s breasts.

Liam – calm down…calm down man…I don’t regard the ODLH fight as a great win for Manny, but I’m just saying…if someone offers you your biggest payday to fight him, what do you do…you fight him man! Who would turn down a fight with Pacquiao now? Nobody. Who would have turned down an ODLH fight then? Nobody…because they know they’re going to get the biggest payday of his life. Pacquiao made more than twice what he’s previously made fighting ODLH. Can’t really say I blame him for that….

This is what Pac should have done:

* GONE TO 147 TO FIGHT COTTO OE

* FIGHT AT LWW

SIMPLE AS THAT.

BANTEGUENO ALSO (WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS). YOU OBVIOUSLY DONT NO ALOT ON BOXING SO GET A BIT OF KNOWLEDEGE, COME BK AN ALL CHAT TO YOU THEN OK LITTLE GIRL? (FA**OT)

“Pac Man is a great fighter but evry1 drops a lot of weight 2 fight him” – who exactly? Did you expect Pacquiao to jump from 135 to 154 to fight ODLH? That’s not even healthy for a normal person to gain 19lbs in a matter of months, except Hatton who could probably do it in two weeks (I kid I kid), but aside from Cotto, who else has Pac asked for a catchweight? It was ODLH who set the limit for their fight wasn’t it?

Hey Liam – I agree that 147 would be preferable, but don’t you think that Pacquiao weighing in at 142, and coming in at 147 like he did with ODLH, and Cotto weighing in at 147 and coming in at 159-160 be too big of an advantag for Cotto? He’s already a great fighter and having an extra 12lbs would be much too large of an advantage. I personally think this is more of a challenge for Pacquiao to fight at 145 than it is for him to fight b-level, untested fighters at 140. No?

hey liam santiago if you really are a pac-man fan then i think you should know as a pac-man fanatic as what u claim to be….that in the de la hoya fight manny was not the one who choose the weight limit for their december showdown last year…..so i think you should stop pretending that your a pacquiao fan and be proud that your just another pac-hater…..

“If Cotto does not win it will be because he couldn’t deal with that drop in weight.” And you are a pac fan right? So you know better than cotto? Coz cotto picked the 145 catchweight not manny. manny will only win if cotto couldn’t deal with that drop in weight? Stupid pac hater!!! I dont even think the 2 pounds will a difference. Remember Hopkins vs ODLH? they agreed on a catchweight of 158 for the undisputed middleweight, Hopkins came in at 156-157. Cotto weigh in 146 in his last fight so a pound will not affect him. Just accept it if cotto loses, manny is just that good.

To the author. Why blame Pacquiao? Why not blame Cotto for taking the fight INSTEAD? HUH?

Liam,

Then why is cotto agree to fight at 145 if he would be in disadvantage? assuming the 2 lbs drop would cause him a problem.

“I’m a Pacquiao fan but…” Really? Don’t sound like it. Liar liar pants on fire! Pacquiao went up 2 weight divisions to fight Dela Hoya who only had to go down 3 pounds to welterweight after previously fighting at 150lbs. You should fault Dela Hoya for not preparing correctly for that fight. With Cotto he weight in at 146 weight to fight Clottey. He will easily come in at 156-158 come fight time for Pacquiao and Pacquiao will be maybe 148 tops when they step in the ring. Instead of always tearing down Pacquiao and his achievements, give credit where credit is due. Before all his recent fights Pacquiao takes the bigger risk fighting quality big men in fights that people what to watch. AND…. stop pretending to be a Pacfan. If if and buts were candy and nuts…

Ashlishwarioor. Weather he used to nbe a flyweight or strawweight doesnt matter. why bring that up so often. if he isnt big enuf for this weight why is he fighting at it.

thats the reason i stop reading manuel perez comments because its all one sided..how about the height advantage of cotto?i bet one day some of your reader will lost interest too..