june you @#$% stop going on about the 140lbs to 142lbs­ please FMJ would not go down to that as over the years­ he has grown into a weight class between welterweight­ and light middleweight so the pacman would have to go­ up to welter. mayweather will beat manny i think it­ will be a great fight and manny is a great champion in­ and out of the ring bye this i mean helping his country­ through the tough times there in. june dont write @#$%­ back as you dont know wat your talking­ about!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mayweathers dominance over Marquez is not so­ appreciated by boxing fans around the world. He didnt­ respect his opponent and the country his opponent came­ from, didnt meet catchweight and paid Marquez to be a­ sacrificial lamb. For me, he does not deserves to move­ his ranking. From middleweight fight with Dela Hoya,­ goes down to Welterweight and then fight a guy from­ lightweight. A real fighter who deserves to be on top­ of the P4P is the guy who consistly fight above his­ natural weight. Example: Pacquiao fight from flyweight,­ to bantam weight, featherweight, super featherweight,­ lightweight, welterweight then to light welter and then­ back to welterweight. This is a plus big points to a­ fighter like this. A fighter who is allready big and­ yet choose a fight that can easily beat from 2 lower­ weights is not a fighter. He is a good defender but not­ a fighter. This is a big minus points to this kind of­ fighter. He does not deserve to improve his ranks. If­ he fights anybody in welterweight like Mosley, Ward,­ Williams and win, then he deserves to improve his­ rankings.

Have FMJ fight the Pacman at 140 and I am pretty sure­ he'll back out. On big reason will be the weight­ coz Pacman will outclass him in this category. This­ case, I guarantee that weight becomes a big issue.­ Pacman will not go with FMJ terms that is why this­ fight will not materialize.

If you look at FMJ's last 2 fights, the deals to­ fight him were done around HIM. What he said, goes. Had­ Hatton fought at his Light-Welterweight then maybe he­ would have come close to beating FMJ. Had Marquez­ fought him at either Light or Light-Welterweight, I­ again question how close the outcome would have been.­ But these fighters wanted the prestige of taking on­ Pretty Money Boy, so they backed down to his terms.­ But, in all honesty, FMJ has fought his 'weigh'­ up to his current welterweight limit. And whichever­ weight he's fought at, he's fought and beat the­ best. I don't think weight can be too much of an­ issue if all camps agree to the conditions. Personally,­ there is only one boxer who can cause FMJ­ problems...and that's Pacquiao.

Let's not forget Mayweather beat Marquez with­ speed, not power, he danced all over the place and­ countered the counter. If he was lighter (assuming of­ course he wasn't weight drained and therefore a­ little tired) then what difference would it have made,­ surely he would have been even faster?

Hi Chris,

I think you nailed the point there. Money­ talks in boxing and obviously, boxers and their­ handlers are motivated by it. Now that the catch weight­ fight becoming a trend in boxing, I am very concern as­ to how the boxing organizations will handle the­ situation. In my opinion, they should look at this very­ closely to protect the boxers and fans from­ exploitation. It's unfortunate that the "mafia­ rules" continue to prevail in boxing at the­ expense of the greatest boxers in this generation.

When is Mayweather gonna fight the best fighters at­ welterweight like Mosley,Cotto,Margarito.Thinking maybe­ Clottey would have been a better comeback fight than­ Marquez.Marquez moved up too soon maybe he should have­ started against someone like Malignaggi or­ Collazo.Taking nothing away from both fighters they are­ both awesome but since when is a counter puncher vs a­ counter puncher a good fight.Hopefully Mayweather will­ take on Mosley & then Pacquiao for a decider

Hi June,
I agree with a lot of what you are saying, but­ i cant get over the fact that both camps agreed to this­ fight and a certain amount of anticipation about FMJ­ weight had been taken into account with the penalty­ fees written into the contract for a boxer not keeping­ to the contract which could only be for the benefit of­ FMJ. Im definatly no expert but Marquez and his camp­ knew what they were getting into, so must of thought­ they would try their luck anyway. Catch-weights are­ always unpredictable- Roy Jones beat Ruiz in­ heavyweights stepping up 2 divisons, Pavlik lost to­ Hopkins stepping up 2 divisons- just never know what­ your gonna get. Yet some people said that FMJ was gonna­ get KO'd but Marquez who never came close to doing­ that despite the predicted upset from some (Hoya). I­ just think money was the motivation for both fighters-­ with FMJ in a win win situation- money and a nice­ set-up to face Pacman to take his P4P crown back.

Pacman is quicker and stronger than FMJ at 140 lbs to­ 142 lbs. FMJ height advantage is immaterial but I­ don't see this fight will happen at 140-142 lbs­ catch weight.

FYI a 5% weight loss or gain is considered a­ significant change and has a big impact on strength,­ speed and stamina of each boxers. FMJ is a natural 147­ lbs fighter and he has lost only 1% compared to his­ natural weight. FMJ weight loss (less than 1%) is­ "not significant" compared to Marquez who­ gained 7% weight from his natural weight (135 to­ 144lbs) that is why he had problem during the fight.­ Sorry but I don't agree with fighters (like the­ FMJ) who goes out of the agreement to getn the credit.­ Marquez is simply a sacrificial lamb here. I am a big­ fan of FMJ but I don't like what he did with­ Marquez who intentionally is not willing to go more­ than 5% of his natural weight. This is basically the­ reason why Mayweather won't fight Pacman at 142 coz­ he can't handle Pacman at this catch weight. If FMJ­ will agree to fight the Pacman at less than 142 lbs­ he'll be in big trouble. I have a notion that this­ fight will not materialized because FMJ will not settle­ at this 140-142 catch wieght. The boxing organization­ should look closely for this matter if the catch wieght­ bouts will the future trend of boxing coz boxers are­ vulnerable for cheating as in the case of FMJ.

A lot of talk about weight being an issue- even Marquez­ mentioned it too??? Everyone knew that FMJ would come­ in much heavier than Marquez including the fighters­ themselves. They knew this would be the main issue when­ they first made the fight and contracts were drawn up,­ when they weighed in and before the first bell rang!!­ This will also be the issue if FMJ fights Pacman. If­ people or fighters are gonna use this as an excuse what­ would be the point in these guys fighting in the first­ place- just don't get it. If FMJ fights and beats­ Pacman people are gonna say he only won because he was­ heavier and naturally bigger. If Pacman wins- he'll­ be hailed as the greatest!? Why wouldn't FMJ get­ the same credit?? He too came from the lower weights­ and stepped up into heavier divisons with the same­ problems as other boxers

@ 48 - totally agree with you, but where Mayweather was­ only 4lbs over at the weigh-in, not really a problem­ you would think, he was actually 20lbs heavier on the­ night.

I know Warren is mollycoddling Khan but there will be a­ time when Amir will say..'Let me at the best'.­ And he'll get his wish. People don't spar with­ Pacquiao if they're just there for being hit.­ I'd love to see how those sparring sessions went.­ Speaking of sparring....Haye and Fury sparring with­ each other too. Again, I'd love to be a fly on the­ wall for that one. Although Haye would KO Fury, could­ the Hayemaker take a hard, clean punch to the chin?­ I'd like to see David Price v Tyson Fury if the­ McDermott fight isn't forced for a re-match.

khan is garbage and has done nothing in boxing to ever­ get a chance to fight floyd he would get destroyed very­ quickley he cannot take a punch.that fight would never­ happen as khan only fights idiots or guys ready to hang­ up there gloves guys with no speed and no punch if he­ ever fights someone with speed and a punch then its­ goodbye khan but that will never happen

dont waste your time and money on floyd. PPV is not­ worthy. Youtube is best fof the world's boring­ king!

This is rediculouS, "4 POUNDS" technically­ "2 POUNDS". If u can't beat a man four­ pounds heavier than you YOU just can't beat him! He­ is too fast and too smart PERIOD. It is time people­ recognize Mayweather Jr. for what he is, one of the­ BEST. Sure sometimes i don't care for some of his­ bravodo but in that ring he has been the best thing for­ boxing since Mike Tyson.
I would like to see him­ fight pac-man, cotto, and shane.
and it was­ disrespectful how they did Mayweather after the fight.­ but i guess that comes with being the bad guy in your­ sport.

Ok, there's always question marks about Khan's­ chin, but he did take some meaty hits from Kotelnik.­ Argue all you like about Kotelnik not being a power­ puncher but my argument is, he was still the naturally­ bigger opponent and still caught Khan quite hard. And­ Amir took those hots. I'm not saying Khan has the­ greatest chin to take on FMJ but he has the speed and­ strength to cause FMJ problems. And of course Warren­ would want the fight. Imagine the millions he'll­ earn from ticket sales etc. He wins regardless of­ Khan's result!

Poor Marquez was just simply a sacrificial lamb here­ for Mayweather come back. This must be lesson for­ Pacman to make sure proper rules are in place before­ agreeing for a catch weight fight with Mayweather so as­ not to repeat the outcome with Marquez.
For sure.­ Mayweather vs. Pacman is a trully block buster fight­ but. For Mayweather vs. Mosley fight? no money in this­ fight. No interest among boxing fans.

I am a Mayweather and Pacman fan but for FMJ vs Marquez­ fight, I admire Marquez for his ability and skills in­ fighting a taller and heavier opponent Mayweather­ despite his age disadvantage. Media should not give­ this victory a plus factor for Mayweather because he­ cheated for not complying with the catch weight of 144.­ A penalty of $600,000 that is only a fraction of what­ FMJ has gained in terms of the prize money that he­ earned and his market value for his future fight goes­ up aswell. Mayweather will do everything just to win­ this fight and he is willing to absorbed the monetary­ penalty for violating the weight limit if that is the­ only way. It is unfair for Marquez who is so honest to­ catch the weight ilint. In such case. Mayweather means­ (of cheating and violating) justifies the end (victory)­ which to me is totally unfair.
If the Boxing­ organization is trying to come up with another catch­ weight bout in the future, they should first come up­ with a rules and regulations that will severly penalize­ the boxers that goes out of an agreement. Victory for­ the fighters who violates the rules should not be­ recognized coz if the boxing organization will tolerate­ such practices, then it will a precedent to the future­ catch weight bouts (such as the Mayweather vs Pacman -­ I hope this will happen). In this case, it will not­ only detrimental for the boxing as a whole but also the­ boxers at the height and weight disadvantage.

Yah FMJ is bigger than the Pacman sadly the Pacman­ fights toe to toe while FMJ wants to run,duck, and­ throw some fast,strong punch.The fight would turn out­ to be a hiphop rather than a boxing Championship.No­ doubt they are both strong puncher.