Does Pacquiao really need to fight Margarito at a catchweight?
August 14th, 2010
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao will be fighting at another catchweight for the 2nd time in his last three fights when he goes up against Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title on November 13th. This will be Pacquiao’s second fight for a title with a catchweight being used.
I don’t really understand why Pacquiao needs to be fighting at a catchweight for a title. Is it because he feels he can’t win without it and needs a handicap to win or is it something else?
I could understand a catchweight if Pacquiao was fighting a non-title fight, because it really wouldn’t matter all that much that his opponent was going to have to drain himself a little to make a smaller weight. But if it was a title eliminator or for the title, I don’t see how the WBC or any of the sanctioning bodies could allow for that.
I mean the catch weight isn’t something that’s going to be helping Margarito and certainly wasn’t something that helped then WBO welterweight champion Cotto last year when he fought Pacquiao.
Having to fight at less than the maximum weight is harder for the bigger guy. If Pacquiao doesn’t feel comfortable fighting someone at the full weight, then he’s better off not fighting for the title at all then. But I don’t see why Pacquiao needs a catchweight to fight someone like Margarito. He’s not considered to be the best fighter in the division, and has been struggling since last year. He was stopped by Shane Mosley last year, and he looked like he had lost his power in his recent 10 round decision win over Roberto Garcia this year.
If this was Sergio Martinez, Paul Williams or James Kirkland, I could kind of understand Pacquiao wanting a catch weight, because those guys are really tough and considered to be the very best in the division. Margarito is basically a welterweight, not a junior middleweight. He’s only fought twice in the junior middleweight division in the past six years, winning one and losing one.
I don’t see the need for a catch weight to fight him.
I see a catch weight victory as a tainted one. I couldn’t imagine wrestling at a catch weight when I was wrestling in high school, and for a pro boxer to be using one for a title fight seems really alien to me.
It just makes me think that anything is possible, but it seems so wrong. Is this Pacquiao’s idea for the catchweight? Pacquiao doesn’t seem like the type that would ever ask for a catch weight. I just hope this is this is the last time Pacquiao uses a catchweight for one of his fights, because I would hate to see Pacquiao going after a middleweight and then a super middleweight using a catchweight.
I think Pacquiao would huge problems against even the weakest of the middleweights with or without a catchweight, but I still would hate to see Pacquiao using another catchweight in hopes of winning a 9th world title.
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listen you all pacman fans: when mayweather fought delahoya for the super welterweight title, mayweather had to move up in weight from 147lbs to 154lbs and beat delahoya who was in top shape! now that’s a true champion! (there was no catchweight involved!) when pacquiao fought margarito for the super welterweight title they had margo come down to 150lbs (catchweight) w/c was very difficult for margo to achieve because it was no longer his current natural weight, maybe in the past it was! he was drained so badly that it weakened him comes fight nite, and you know the story, he ended up in the hospital w/ pacman coming out as the winner! now all you pacquiao fans, who’s the true champion? the one who goes up in weight like mayweather to beat delahoya for a super welterweight title or pacquiao who makes margo come down in weight (overdrained and weakened by the weight loss) and beats margarito? i hope this will shut all you guys up!
the only way pacquiao can win is by draining his opponents to a catchweight, make them weak first! if weight is not important then why his opponents have to lose weight first even though they’re not overweight? pacquiao has to move up to their level and not make em lose weight when there was no longer to lose to the point of draining them!
@jb..How could that be wrong? Jr. Middleweight is from 148 lbs to 154 lbs. If they fight at 151 lbs it’s still within the limit. What’s the problem with that? If they go beyond the limit then that’s illegal.
Politically Incorrect .. Millions of Filipinos voted for Mayweather? WOW. You’re a total idiot. What a shame you ruin your life for lying just for your idol Floydee. lol
Politically Incorrect .. Millions of Filipinos voted for Mayweather? WOW. You’re a total idiot.
Politically Incorrect .. Millions of Filipinos voted for Mayweather? WOW. You a total idiot.
@Jb
You’re saying catchweights aren’t legitimate? How?
As I said again, What if Manny said he wants to fight Margarito at welterweight (147 lbs), would that have been OK? Now Margarito is given a 150 lb catchweight, a lot better than 147 lbs. So which one would you have picked. Margarito has fought 7 times at light middleweight, and his last one was with Roberto Garcia and before that was with Daniel Santos in 2004. But most of Margaritos fight in the last 5 years has been welterweight. So if Margarito fought at 147 lbs, it would have been a better situation? I think with Margarito’s 150 lb catchweight is a lot better than 147. So this is not such a big deal.
@ anonymous
When Floyd fought Baldomir, Baldomir was the lineal Champion in the Welterweight Division. And at the time, Floyd was interested in fight for the “legitimate” Champion Straps.
Call him (PBF) what you want but all of Championship fights were legitimately contested and NO CATCHWEIGHTS were involved.
Just the FACTS!!!
guys let’s stop this catchwt argument. it just happened that boxing in general, and catchwt in particular is beyond chris william’s grasp. he should be writing showbiz gossip in some tabloid, or latest fashion or home decor in some broadsheet… but SHE strayed into boxing, creating chaos among us men.
chris… pls don’t contaminate this macho world with your “confused ” position. OKEY?
For two fighters to agree to fight at an agreed weight is just like like two consenting adults on the kind of sex that they want to have/do. Margarito is naturally bigger and has longer reach. Padcquiao is smaller with shorter reach. The catchweight was meant to even the playing field. Both agreed on it. What the F*** is wrong with that? People arguing against this is missing the whole point of level competing field. They just want Pacquiao to lose and lose bad.
Pacquiao defeated hatton in hattons territory. At 140 hatton was undefeated. Hatton had the advantage over pacquiao.
Mayweather may have beaten hatton but hatton had to up in weight. Mayweather had the advantage over hatton.
question: Who beat hatton fair and square? Answere: pacquiao
it makes me sick reading “hattnon/cotto/ODLH have been beaten before Pac faced them”. it’s just sickening. oh well, Pac has been beaten before by bums earlier in his career, so every other fighter should’ve beaten pac as well right? or these “bums” that beat Pac must be way better than who Pac has faced lately right?
really stupid of people using that as alibi. how about Baldomir? he had ELEVEN LOSSES and still Poultry Boy fought him? what does it say? LOL!
@boxtop123
i have no idea where in what i wrote did i say that gaining weight will be a disadvantage for Pac? You completely misunderstood what i wrote
hello
The title should read, “Does Pacquiao really need to fight Margarito at an agreed catchweight?” Once both fighters agreed to the terms of a contract and a catchweight is involved, it’s up to either fighter to protest, before the contract is signed. I do agree that this fight shouldn’t be for a jr. middlewight title, though.
Maybe you’ll address your question to the critics who voted for Pacquiao as the best fighter of the year, fighter of the decade and pound for pound champion. Do you think you are smarter than them? Whoever pacquiao fought there’s always criticism. Some people are just jealous of his success. You cannot make everybody happy after all.
Sergio martinez stripped his middleweight belt that he won over Kelly Pavlik and not a jr middleweight belt. And if you remember, Martinez lost to Margarito by TKO before. Is that the best your talking about. maybe much bigger than pacquiao. I agree.
Win or loss pacquiao will fight. That’s the warrior is all about. We can’t wait for floyd to decide when he is going to fight again. Berto, bradly, williams will have their time with pacs. Now its margarito’s time. With HBO 24/7, with pacs in congress delivering speech, with margarito cheating, that’s a lot of issues people are curious to watch. I stand with my prediction of 1.2 million PPV buy. See you after the fight. Thanks for your time.
Sir, you are right. You are not oblige to help, contribute to whatever cause Pacquiao has in mind. He give us a fight and hope we like it. If you feel that the fight in not good enough for you, Just don’t watch it. I will watch it and so as other millions people. I predict that this fight will have 1.2 million PPV buy.
Politically Incorrect! What do you want from Pacquiao, fight for the fans and give all the money to Arum? Pacs needs money too to help his constituents, who are the people of Sarangani, Philippines. He plans to build a hospital in his hometown. Sarangani was ruled by the Chongbian family (who are Billionaires) for over 3 decades but did not bother to build one for the people in their district. I trust Pacquiao will fulfill his campaign promise. More power to him
Chris Williams is the best. An all time great. Writer of the year. Writer of the decade. He’s Gifted.
Chris Williams is happy to see Manny being killed. Manny hasn’t fought yet at Jr Middleweight. So for you to understand what you don’t understand is that Manny may not be able to reach the full 154lbs light-mid so Manny’s camp suggested a catchweight at 151lbs and both the commissioning body and Margarito’s camp agreed. Whats the problem with that now? Only jealous fans like Chris-Williams are making problem. Why Top Rank choses Margarito, not anyone else? Because Margarito is the only available with potential of making bigger money than others on the stable. Your idol Floyd ran away like rabit so Margarito is the only choice. If Manny wins and stays at super-welter then perhaps we can see him fighting at 154lbs. got that Chris?
the fight is already set, stop whining chris william. why dont you go shopping with floyd or something.
I don’t mind MANNY fighting at a CATCHWEIGHT…
…I’m more of a TRADITIONALIST, so the ORIGINAL 8 DIVISIONS are the only ones that count to me…
Heavy
Middle (160 lbs.)
Welter (147 lbs.)
Light (135 lbs.)
Feather (126 lbs.)
Bantam
Fly
Pin
…all these EXTRA DIVISIONS have watered down BOXING…we have like 68 WORLD CHAMPIONS…
…not to mention, these CORRUPT boxing organizations (WBO, WBC, WBA, etc.) creating new titles–
…can someone explain to me what a INTERIM-SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION is?
…it’s just another way to INCREASE their revenue…
…I don’t mind MANNY fighting at a 151 lbs catchweight…
…because to me, TIM BRADLEY has been fightin at catchweight at 140…
…if there WAS NOT a 140 LB. DIVISION created, bradley would have to fight at 135 lbs– which he probably couldn’t make weight…
…or at 147LBS…and if you saw his LAST FIGHT…he was AVERAGE…and probably would get his ass kicked by the TOP 5 guys in the division…
…all these EXTRA DIVISIONS are paper titles anyways…
Pacquaio took the margarito fight because he getting close to retiring and it will be his 8TH and thats basically just securing him in history books..With the most titles..Margarito aint the most interesting opponent but he has somethong berto and Marquez dont is pacquiaos 8th Title
Margarito would have took the fight at welterweight..and or any catchweight. And Floyd gone wait till pac retires
ROBERTO
you are a fool and i dont mean to sound hard but manny is a good fighter but not a great one margarito? come on they are having lots of trouble with this fight due to public outcry even pac fans are posting that they dont want to see these type of fights anymore at some point you have to step up the competition…. from clottey to margarito come on. forget floyd there are other fights better than margarito
he is being protected from tough fights and you can sense that public outcry is getting to him and notbecause of floyd fans but from his own fans
The Floydiots slave headed by Chris Williams will continue to make senseless excuses, its been going on for quite sometime now. These characters have to have some past time so they think of rubbish topic, in the end they still will watch Pacman no matter how silly they think the whole thing is going on. They have no choice because their arrogant idol DrugUser already abandoned all his fanatic fans, now Chirs Williams insanity is trying to pull them to join his dirty illusion crusading against Pac team on every move they make, catchweight, HBO etc etc. he is always against everything.
What if margarito offer to fight pacquiao at welterweight with pacs belt on the line. Do you think margs will say no because he will be weight drained. I don’t think so. So what’s the problem of catchweight at 151. I think only Chris Williams and floyd fanatics have problem because they couldn’t take that pacs will overshadow floyd. It’s not about catchweight, It’s jealousy.
151lbs is within jr middleweight limit. fighters can talk to each other what weight they are going to fight to level the playing field. If WBC will allow a title fight on that weight, then is not pacquiao’s fault. WBC have their own rule. If you have problem with that then organize your own boxing association and tailor your rules to your desire.
I have been off the air, for some time,
I just couldnt find, anything else to rhyme!
More n more are calling manny – the cathweight queen,
He fights more at catchweights, than the world has ever seen!
Pac wants every single advantage in every fight,
Almost all boxing fans – know this to be right!
Why he is fighting margo – only he knows,
Real boxing fans , know this fight blows!
There are plenty of fighters OUTSIDE the Top Rank stable,
But if manny really had the skill – then he would be able!
My son Floyd will ko pac , on his own terms
After Manny is ktfo, BOY WILL HE LEARN!
Floyd Mayweather SR.
What would rather pick Margarito fighting Manny at welterweight with no catchweight at 147 or fight Margarito a light middleweight at 150 catchweight? People forget Manny is naturally a smaller guy. Light middleweight is new untested waters for Manny.
VINCE VEGAS
i think that the point with catch weight is the toll it takes to get down in weight. delahoya killed himself to lose the weight and was unable to rehydrate due to the amount of weight loss thus the reason he couldnt continue his tank was empty.
like a marathon runner after 24 miles he may not be tired anymore after an hour rest but he is surely not in good shape to run another marathon and even if he attempts to he will not be the same as the previous race
@catch weight queen pacaiuo …
You questioned why will Pacquiao fight Margarito. That’s so simple. BECAUSE your IDOL FLOYD is too scared to fight him. Margarito was one of the fighters that your IDOL FLOYDEE avoided. This is a slap on your IDOL FLOYDEE’s face. lol
@catch weight queen pacaiuo
How could Pacquiao be in advantage with Margarito at 151 lbs cacthweight? Margarito is a natural welterweight which is 147 lbs. It’s Margarito has the big advantage with rergards to catcthweight at 151 lbs but not Pacquiao. Just use your commonsense if you have one then you’ll understand who has the advantage between Pacquiao & Margarito. Commonsense will tell you that Margarito has the advantage with regards to the catchweight of 151 lbs because he’s 5’11″ and a natural welterweight.
clottey, and now margo? how is this guy even in top ten is beyond me..p4p the biggest fraud maybe!! we will prob. see pac fight james toney next! prob.-I mean of course a catchweight will be involved..pac is so over rated it is a complete circus act! he is just entertainment..low in the skill dept., and high in the stamina dept.. (i wonder how he got that late in his his career)…but he scared of needles..ok…
pac wants all the advantages in every fight or he walks away.. people watch him because of his exciting brawling style..they dont care who he fights , just that pac is beating on some one..kind of like aurturo gatti was.. alot of fighters fight pac to get a payday and will put up with all his demands..if a fighter wont put up with pacs games then some say he is scared of a small guy that is “fighter of the decade”….yea ok..wake up people!!
I don’t buy this article. We will only know who the ATG is after we see the last man standing between pacman and mayweather and this is good for them, fans and boxing world.
Chris, Manuel and Dave are the new Three Stooges.
i just don’t understand why people tend to look only at the fighter who has to drain himself in a catchweight without noticing the other fighter who has to bloat himself up to make it to the weight.
one has to drain, the other has to bloat, i guess that makes it fair to both.
Chris Williams whom Pacqauiao fights or needs to fight, don’t care, that’s non of your business. Just keep on thinking more and more rubbish article discrediting Pacman we all know you are under the Payola of the Frauds, needless to say all your comments are one sided for the Mayweather. Excuses after excuses you have been writing hundreds of thousands of words, but never you wrote something why your IDOL and master Floyd don’t want to fight Pacquaio, besides your terrible obvious excuses.
i don’t get it. which part of *****”it’s an agreement between both fighters whether they want to do it or not” these whiners don’t understand. if both fighters don’t agree, then there’s no fight. just like floyd doesn’t want pac not taking the test so there’s no fight. even if margo is the underdog but if he doesn’t agree to the catchweight then i’m sure there will be no fight. which one of the reason why the floyd/pac fight is not happening because tey “did not agree” with the terms. floyd is so wishing to run the sports that he want’s both terms to be his, 60/40 and drug test. can’t have both. he is not fighting a 2nd rate boxer. pac maybe a soft spoken fighter but he is not greedy and dumb. so what happens? “no fight”! as simple as that. *****you think any of these fighters are dumb enough to not agree with the terms and still fight? “we” the fans, are the dumb ones jumping to that conclusion. once again, “catchweight plus title” those are the terms. both fighters agree or not. if “yes”, fight is on. if “no”, then there’s no fight. *****cotto “agreed” to fight the midget with a catchweight for the title because this fighter (cotto) believed that catchweight or not, he could beat pacquiao. had cotto known about pac’s ability to adjust to long-reached, taller fighters, he wouldn’t have agreed to the catchweight.
then you have whiners who will AGAIN say, “duh, well if there’s a catch weight there shouldn’t be no title”. my answer to that, read all the ones with the ***.
Margarito has been a welterweight for a long time. Catchweight of 151 lbs should be no problem for him. He can rehydrate to 160 lbs after 24 hours.
Pacquiao may have to hold a 5-pound dumbbell at weigh-in time just to make it. He will probably come in at less than 151.
Catch weight is not illegal, immoral or unethical. Bring it on.
In theory, I’m not a fan of catchweights. However there is a misconception here;
It’s not a catchweight fight, it’s a catchweight weigh in. It may seem I’m splitting hairs but I feel it’s relevant.
Catchweights have become more common since the weigh in has been changed to the day before the fight, rather than day of.
Marg may weigh in @ 151 but he can step into the ring 10 pounds heavier, and he will. Look at Marg’s weigh in photos @ welter, he looks positively anorexic. He’s a big guy & he’ll be over 160 fight night. If he wighed in @ 154 on fight night he would be close to 170 I’m certain.
In comparison; the 2 pounds Cotto had to come down, I couldn’t get behind that one. Though to say it cost Cotto the fight would be going way too far.
As far as Manny’s weight; I don’t see him coming in much heavier than he has in the recent past. A fighter can only add so much weight, effectively. I don’t see Manny in the ring at more than 150 & he’ll still give away 10 pounds easy.
Maybe instead of debating catch weights the question should be; why doesn’t boxing adopt the old policy of the same day weigh in?
WRITER SAYS
If this was Sergio Martinez, Paul Williams or James Kirkland, I could kind of understand Pacquiao wanting a catch weight, because those guys are really tough and considered to be the very best in the division. Margarito is basically a welterweight, not a junior middleweight. He’s only fought twice in the junior middleweight division in the past six years, winning one and losing one.
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SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM FOR A CATCHWEIGHT WITH MARGARITO? BLAIM WBC FOR HAVING THE TITLE ON THE LINE NOT PAC COZ ITS A FAIR FIGHT FOR BOTH.
ENVIOUS!!!
ENVIOUS!!
ENVIOUS!
IT’S ALL ENVIOUS! PACMAN THE GREAT!
IF YOU GUYS DONT LIKE PACMAN FIGHT’S AT CATCHWEIGHT OR DRAINED FIGHTERS OR WHATEVER YOU SAID, DONT WATCH PACMAN’S FIGHTS! IT’S SIMPLE! CATCHWEIGHT IS NOW A BIG DEAL COZ PACMAN USING IT AND BEFORE ITS NOT COZ MOST USING IT ARE AMERICANS? JUST ACCEPT IT THAT PAC IS ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS!
Pacman missed being battered and pound… He will loss to Magarito… painful way….
I just hope Manny will clear his mind and fight Margarito @ a full 154 lbs Jr. Middleweight limit for the championship.
MY GOD!! @BOXTOP123, WHAT BRAIN DO YOU HAVE DUDE?
andy says:
August 14, 2010 at 8:03 pm
this are the list of elite fighter who fought in a catchweight but it never been questioned
pancho villa,oscar delahoya,felix trinidad,sugar ray leonard,henry armstrong,bernard hopkins,roy jones,joe ganns,emille griffith,pernell whitaker,julio cesar chavez have all fought at catchweight FOR A TITLE FIGHT! mayweather retired for less than a year but he still active in sport he play in world wrestling federation inordr to play this kind of sport you need
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boxtop123 says:
August 14, 2010 at 9:19 pm
ANDY
you forgot to mention that those guys you named also fought the best available fighters in the division
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BOXTOP123
DO YOU HAVE INITIATIVE? ANDY SAID THIS GUYS FOUGHT BEFORE AT CATCHWEIGHT TOO! THEY FOUGHT THE BEST AND TO MAKE IT FAIR THEY FOUGHT AT CATCHWEIGHT..DUDE, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL!
pacquaio wanted to fight the best boxer in welterweigh,mayweather run away from the best fighter available,doesnt matter if he lose 50 million dollars.
boxtop123 parquiao,margarito fight only a second option,the first was mayweather,pacquaio but unfortunately mayweather doesnt;t wanna fight,he choose to spend a vacation in exchange of 50 million dollars paychek!mayweather run away so what pacquiao do is look for alternate opponent who is willing AVAILABLE in NOV 13 FIGHT!
Unless you are prepared to take on the best fighters at a weight class, you have no business moving up to that weight class for a title. Does any one disagree with that statement?
From these so called P4p guys fight selections you would think there are no worthy opponents left in boxing but there are still fighters like Sergio Martinez, Paul Williams, Andre Berto, and Timothy Bradley who actually have earned the big time fights against Mayweather and Pacquiao. When will they fight these guys? I give Mayweather some respect for finally taking care of Mosley, but you still have some guys left out here.
It’s hard to have a real civil discussion about this fight, because people are so biased. But lets be real here, how is Margarito the number one contender at 154? His record at 154 is 1-1. Floydiots or what ever they call you guys, shouldn’t try to use this match up to down talk Pacquiao and his fans, but to be real, Pacquiao as the P4P champ should be looking to challenge the best 154 pounder for his 8th title in a weight class, and not someone like Margarito.
it’s not about the catchweight in my humble opinion….I just dont see how a man who tried to use illegal wraps on his hands should even be allowed to fight again. 2nd point, why should PAC waste time on a weak fighter like Margarito? He is not even on PAc’s level!! Why risk injury fighting a lesser fighter?
ANDY
you forgot to mention that those guys you named also fought the best available fighters in the division
FRN
it sounds like you are saying for pac to put on that amount of weight would put him at a disadvantage ? if so i was wondering if you believe it works the other way as well
on second thought, y’know pacquiao being the little guy he is has fear of “heights” too. he’ll need a catchweight again when he faces williams next. what do you say we give it to him?
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No catchweight fights involving titles,
i agree with you here. ask roach who first brought it to the table. anyways, if a catchweight is such an advantage to the one who asks for it, i think the mayweathers need to know about this yet. i think they need it, really.
@ andy
Your list is flawed…prove that!!!
this are the list of elite fighter who fought in a catchweight but it never been questioned
pancho villa,oscar delahoya,felix trinidad,sugar ray leonard,henry armstrong,bernard hopkins,roy jones,joe ganns,emille griffith,pernell whitaker,julio cesar chavez have all fought at catchweight FOR A TITLE FIGHT! mayweather retired for less than a year but he still active in sport he play in world wrestling federation inordr to play this kind of sport you need to be active in work out.
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Well if you say Margarito is virtually a welterweight fighting at junior middle then having a catchweight at 151 should be no problem for both men? He wouldnt be draining himself to make that weight bcos his be making 147 for most of his career
I believe if they want to fight Pacquiao then they should agree to a catchweight if Pac demands it, maybe not for a title but for the best pay day of their career.
Btw Pac is 5’6 with barely any fat, as he’s gaining weight his doing it the right way by adding muscle. It is pretty hard to gain 7 pounds of muscle (154-147) over a course of a month. Not to mention his small frame. Being 151 with a 5’6 height is quite tanked already
ohhh im sorry i was wrong!mayweater has not won in a catchweight with marquez,because there is no catchweight actually happen mayweather weight 146 while marquez weight 142 lbs in officiall weight.the fight was welterweight division 144 catchweight.
A weight in-between any weight class is legal and an acceptable norm in boxing. If both fighters agree, it is a fair deal and no one should make it an excuse in one’s loss.
chris williams i have a question for you,why mayweather fought marquez in a catchweight 144 lbs instead of 147 lbs?im waiting for you reply!
Thats why i think its wrong ppl class Pac-Man as the P4P KING and a 7 weight world champ, he fought cotto at 145 not the full welterweight limit and they say hes the champ come-on, everyone hates maywether jr but at least he doesnt fight for titles at catchweights if he did everyone would call him more then ever, roy jones jr didnt, there the real P4P KINGS its wrong. Ppl need too realise its boxing you want to be the champ fight at the full weight limit dont drag ppl down and class yourself as the real champ.
most of margarito fight are in welterweight division he only fought 2 times in light middleweight 154 lbs since 2001 to 2009
151 lbs catchweight for both of them is not an issue anymore.
Catchweight or not, Title fight or not, I don’t care!! I just like to watch a fight. I can’t wait till MAY 2011 for pac/floyd to fight. It might not even happen. $64(HD) for pacquiao fight is worth it.
Chris Williams, What will happen to you if pacquiao retire. Your job depends on him. You did good compared to other columnist in this site because all your topics are about pacquiao. You got a lot of responses. Others, they are lucky to get ten responses. Smart guy ha! You made my idol even more popular, Good or bad publicity, is still publicity!
Think about it whats the point in so many weight classes if they have catchweight its one or other Light, Middle and Heavy thats how it should be.
The reason heavyweight is so bad is because of Light Heavy and Cruiser mainly cruiser. If they were less weight classes their would be so many bigger fights than waiting on Floyd vs Manny and K’s vs Haye.
Maybe one day?
I think they should ban catchweight especially for titles.
extra 3 pounds will give margarito advantage.
they should just fight at 147