By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao appears to be happy that he could be facing Antonio Margarito in his next fight. Pacquiao said “That’s good,” about a possible fight against Margarito by an interviewer from Aba-cbnnews.com. Pacquiao, 31, would be facing Margarito for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title. But here is where it gets weird. Pacquiao says “I’ll probably fight him [Margarito] at 150-147 pounds. Around that weight.” Excuse me but if Pacquiao fights Margarito at 147-150, that would be a huge catch weight for Pacquiao to be fighting at, since the junior middleweight division goes up to 154. 147 is the welterweight limit. There has been talk of a catch weight for this fight and you have to wonder whether it will fall into the range of 147-150. How in the heck is Pacquiao going to be fighting for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title when he’s weighing only 147?

It’s not so much what Pacquiao weighs in a fight with Margarito; It’s that Margarito would have to drain down to 147 to be fighting for the WBC junior middleweight title. Anything is possible, but doesn’t it seem strange for a fighter to be fighting for a title at one weight when the catch weight for the fight would be in whole different division? That seems kind of unfair, but whatever. I seriously doubt the catch weight would be 147, though. More likely it will be around 150, but that still seems so wrong. If Pacquiao wants to fight for a title, he should fight at the full weight instead of using a catch weight to give him a better chance of winning. If he’s too small to fight for the title, then he’s too small and shouldn’t be fighting for it.

Pacquiao has this to say about fighting Margarito for the WBC junior middleweight title: “No problem. I’m excited to fight in Mexico. It will be the first time I’d fight there.” We still don’t know whether the Pacquiao-Margarito fight will be held in Mexico. There’s still an outside chance that it could take place in Abu Dhabia. However, since Bob Arum is traveling to Monterrey, Mexico, that’s where it’s likely going to be taking place.