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CJ C asked in SportsBoxing · 1 decade ago

MANNY PACQUIAO FOUGHT ONLY 1 CATCHWEIGHT?

Why do people keep assuming that Manny Pacquiao only relies on catchweight fights? Of his last 10 fights, he moved up 4 weight classes and took on the best of each of those weight classes. Of the last 10 fights he only had, perhaps, one (with Miguel Cotto at 145 lbs.). DLH was contracted at the full 147 lb. limit. Hatton was at the full 140 lb. limit, Diaz was at the ful 135 lb. limit. Many is the greatest of all time. Floyd will just be the icing on the cake after he beats him.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I dont even know why there is a need to criticize manny over his wins. Me thinks that there really is discrimination in this sport for non-black and non-latin fighters. The same way why calzaghe just wont be given full credit for his wins over Hopkins and Jones Jr, wh both claimed they wont get their @sses kicked by some white boy. I dont even know why people castigate Manny for De la Hoyas battering at a weight he had to drain so much for, when it was actually De la Hoya in the first place who offered that fight to Manny at that weight, and not the other way around. He could have picked Margarito or some guy who had his size, but no! He had to cherry pick a fighter who had popularity but had an overwhelming size disadvantage. I dont hear nobody criticizing De la Homo for that before the fight. Then when he got his @ss kicked, these people make it seem that it was Manny who unlabeled the playing field. Then when he finally fought guys in thier primes and whacked them out just the same, people again started making excuses as if manny was fighting push overs. Hatton was the unanimous concensus as the best junior welterweight in the world before that fight. Was even commended for his win against Malinaggi. But when he got wasted in 2 rounds people started saying Hatton was over rated anyway. Then when he went on to fight cotto, who actually weighed in at 145 in his fight with clottey, many thought no shot in hell manny is gonna beat a natural welterweight in his prime. But when the fight ended up the same way as it did for de la hoya (only that it lasted 4 more rounds), they say cotto was damaged goods. I mean come on! The issue of age, weight, and apparent diminished skill is only brought about AFTER they all lose, NOT before they fight Manny. When Calzaghe kicked Hopkins @ss they all say that Calzaghe beat an old man. But when Hopkins later on would win against a younger and undefeated Pavlik, they say Hopkins is still one of the pound for pound best.

    The good thing about Manny is that he makes people eat their words with every win. They say De la Homo will beat Pacquiao like a dog, He makes him his *****. They say he cant a fighter with the same age as he is in their natural weight, Manny blasts Hatton and Cotto. One day, Manny will just beat up all of them till there aint no one else out there. But still haters will never learn.

  • Woody
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    1 decade ago

    True, Oscar fought Pacquaio at the welterweight limit, but I think many are calling it a catchweight, because Oscar was pretty much a junior middleweight at the end of his career and since he had to drop in weight to meet Pacquiao in the middle, it was viewed as a catch-weight or in that case a "catch-division".

  • 4 years ago

    as long as Manny fights the needed challengers to the call interior the disbursed time-physique, no, he ought to take as many fights at catchweights as he needs. The circumstances with regard to the incredibly some belts variety with the various sanctioning bodies, yet as long as Manny makes weight and defends it adequate situations in keeping with 12 months, he won't be able to be stripped. If he fails to guard it interior the disbursed time-physique, then he would be stripped of the belt.

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