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he hasn't been fighting at that weight since 2011. fighting at 132 in the amateurs means you'll be 132 when you're in the ring, and the guy standing in front of you will be 132. fighting at 135 in the pros means the guy standing in front of you will be 145. you're trying to create a narrative that simply isn't true.132.3lbs if you wanna be exact but the point is he was fighting at that weight since 2011 and looks comfortable at 135. That 5lbs difference to me balances out the fact that Loma is young and in his prime whilst Pacquiao isn't. Pac is not that big. Its just at his age cutting weight is a lot harder so if they do both weigh in at 140 come fight night they wont be a lot of difference between them. Loma will be slightly taller.
I'm not criticizing him for starting his pro career at 126 and yes fighters do cut a lot of weight but Mannys not one of them. Wouldn't be surprised if Linares was naturally big than Manny.
sure, manny isn't a big cutter, i agree with that. i'd say he's about 150lbs in the ring. loma is under 140, and a 10lbs difference against a puncher like manny isn't something to simply disregard.
and what's with this rigo horseshit? lomachenko offered to fight rigo at 124 when he was at 126, and rigo refused. only when rigo had no one else to fight and wanted to cash out did he agree to fight lomachenko, and it was his own damn choice. it wasn't like lomachenko kept calling him out, even after beating him he said the fight wasn't fair because he was bigger. now he seems to have hit his own ceiling as far as weight goes, and you fuckers want him to move up another 12lbs to fight an aging puncher. why doesn't manny move up another 12lbs and fight canelo, then?
lomachenko isn't calling pacquiao out. he isn't talking shit and then demanding manny drops down. he's being offered the fight and he's saying he isn't moving up. this is perfectly reasonable, he's already moved up 3 weight classes. if he wants to go further, cool. if he doesn't, who the fuck are we to demand it?