Weights by Andreas Hale & David L. Hudson
From the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for tomorrow night’s “Number One/Numero Uno” card promoted by Golden Boy Promotions & Mayweather Promotions, televised on HBO-PPV:
Floyd Mayweather 146 vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 142*
* Contractual weight was the 147 pound welter limit, but penalties were written into the contract for excess poundage over 144. ”The penalty [for Mayweather] was a significant amount of money,” said Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
Chris John 126 vs. Rocky Juarez 126
Michael Katsidis 135 vs. Vicente Escobedo 134
Orlando Cruz 126 vs. Cornelius Lock 125
Said Ouali 146 vs. Francisco Rios 148
Erislandy Lara 155 vs. Jose Varela 156
Jessie Vargas 140 vs. Raul Tovar 141
Dion Savage 167.5 vs. Loren Myers 167.5
Mike Perez 133 vs. Richard Ellis 133
All Photos by Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/GBP
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Mosley estimated Mayweather at being 20 lbs heavier than Marquez. Why would they even make weight classes in the first place if you can buy an advantage for 600k? Marquez struggled to gain the weight, meaning he was gonna be slower than 134
Someone else wrote this and it’s so true:
Floyd knows what he’s doing. There has been 3 or 4 fighters that have called Mayweather out and he never jumped at the opportunity to fight them. So when Marqez calls him out he jumped at the opportunity because he realizes the fight’s in his favor. I hate catch weights also but Mayweather agreed to 144 pounds. So it’s his obligation to fight at 144. SO if he could only make 147 he should have said so when the fight was first signed. He waited until the last minute when Marquez camp had no choice but to agree with it. That’s wrong and selfish. That ESPN interview I saw confirms why i dislike Mayweather. He was lieing out his teeth.
Your so Right TJBoxing the weight makes a huge diffrents. That is why they refuse to say the weight this whole time because they knew Mayweather will not make the weight.
Tonight Mayweather will come in at 153 and Marquez will be at 145 just watch.
Marquez not any more he wont deliver, fu$%$ Mayweather came in at 146 pounds? what the hell is that? This is the kind of shit that the so called best fighter in the world does?.
I’m sorry but this is a slap in the face to everyone that has bought this fight,
Marquez wont cancel it, to much pride, but if Floyd comes in re hydrated tomorrow at around 150 it could be ugly.
How many more advantages does Mayweather need to win fights, I really can believe that a boxer with such great talent is also full of shit.
And I can’t believe that DLH didn’t do anything about this, instead of making Mayweather go down to 144 they settle for money, unbelievable BS, it would really take a god giving miracle for Marquez to even make it a competitive fight .
And it makes me sick to hear DLH still promote this fight after this issue in ESPN Deportes Radio as “In my heart I feel like Marquez can win”
Come on, do they really thing we are stupid or something?
I’m really disappointed, I honestly believe Mayweather could have make weight if he really wanted, but most likely he had this all planed, very nice champ, very nice.
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