Comments Thread For: Mayweather To Defend 147 and 154 Titles in One Night?

[White_Knight]

Then how would the 154 pound belt even come into play since the fight is in an entire weight class lower? If that were the case then Cotto could defend his 160 pound belt fighting a guy at 147 right?

Adamek should win a heavyweight belt and then go and defend it against Travoris Cloud.

[techliam]

See Leonard vs. Ladonde

Both fighters weighed in under 168 for both titles to be on the line. I believe Lalonde never fought under 175 before that fight either, hence some criticism

Hence Floyd and Cotto would have to be under 147 for all three titles to be on the line

[mathed]

Wow.....you might be one of the few posters in this thread who understand how you can put 2 weight titles on the line....the fight has to be at 147 or lower... it's the only way. At 154 you're over the 147 limit hence no go.

Right but there has to be a concession on the part of someone, an organization, a fighter, someone has to OK having a 154 pound title at stake at 147. Otherwise, Pac fights some 140 pound guy for the 140 pound guy's belt and the 140 pound belt holder says if I beat you, I get your 147 pound belt. I don't think it works like that, lol.

[Spray_resistant]

Then why are there weight classes at all? Why doesn't Pac fight guys at 140 for his 147 pound belt or every other fighter out there do that? They could easily convince some smaller fighter to accept the challenge in the hopes of winning a belt in a higher class and the popular dude with the belt would be facing an easy mark.

So giants like Wlad don't beat up little dwarves like Roman Gonzales.

[techliam]

Right but there has to be a concession on the part of someone, an organization, a fighter, someone has to OK having a 154 pound title at stake at 147. Otherwise, Pac fights some 140 pound guy for the 140 pound guy's belt and the 140 pound belt holder says if I beat you, I get your 147 pound belt. I don't think it works like that, lol.

Yea... the WBC rules state this is OK for voluntary defences as long as the other fighter is 'highly rated' in another division. You need 'permission' for this, though I can't imagine someone like Floyd Mayweather having problems with this

[mathed]

Adamek should win a heavyweight belt and then go and defend it against Travoris Cloud.

LOL, I actually like that idea....WAR Adamek...beat that ass

[Spray_resistant]

Well thanks for the reply, but it seems a bit irrelevant to what I was asking. But as far as your reply goes, the WBC do have to abide by their rules or they are subject to a court of law, and they don't have any cop outs for the weight limits of the world title fights. But yes, the sport is poorly organised at best

My main question has nothing to do with that though, I only wonder why Floyd wants to defend both of these belts when he doesn't have to, it's more fees for him to pay. He never did so with Maidana

I was just trying to remind you and everyone reading that its just a shady entertainment business with loose rules not written in stone that can be easily loopholed whenever it is practical or makes business sense.

As for why Floyd would want to, maybe he has some plan to fight Cotto now and has a reason to want to keep the 154lb title so he can unify 3 divisions at once is all I can figure......not that it would mean much if the fight has to be at 147 for that to happen.

[Kagami Taiga]

Both fighters weighed in under 168 for both titles to be on the line. I believe Lalonde never fought under 175 before that fight either, hence some criticism

Hence Floyd and Cotto would have to be under 147 for all three titles to be on the line

Yea I wasn't thinking in those terms but u are technically correct.

[mathed]

Yea... the WBC rules state this is OK for voluntary defences as long as the other fighter is 'highly rated' in another division. You need 'permission' for this, though I can't imagine someone like Floyd Mayweather having problems with this

So it has to be a "voluntary" defense and not a mandatory to even consider this scenario? I can see the lines of clarification on this situation being anything but transparent. Floyd slips them a cool mill and they will make up a special belt they call the "Diamond Duality Belt", lol.

[mathed]

So giants like Wlad don't beat up little dwarves like Roman Gonzales.

But if that small dude has a shot at the legit HW title, then why not right?