Floyd Mayweather Jr Takes a Huge HIT - 09-19-09

Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes a huge hit after the fighter is two pounds overweight. - Sept. 19, 2009 -

LAS VEGAS Floyd Mayweather Jr. made the contracted weight of 147 pounds for his HBO Pay-Per-View fight on Saturday with Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

But when Mayweather weighed 146 pounds at Fridays weigh-in, he was forced to pay a six-figure penalty to Marquez for coming in at more than 144 pounds, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said.

Schaefer said the contract the fighters signed in May was for the bout to be at a limit of 147 pounds. But in that contract, each man agreed to a substantial penalty clause for every pound, or fraction thereof, more than 144.

Mayweather has fought at welterweight since 2005, but Marquez never has and only has fought three times at more than 130. He weighed

134 in a Dec. 9, 1996, bout against Rodrigo Valenzuela. He was 135 when he stopped Joel Casamayor on Sept. 13, 2008, and was 134 when he stopped Juan Diaz on Feb. 28.

On Friday, Marquez weighed 142.

There never was any question whether Marquez could make the weight. It has been more than four years since Mayweather weighed less than 146.

There were no surprises, Schaefer said. The contract the fighters signed for the fight so many months ago called it a welterweight fight. But there was a stipulation that there would be a penalty for weighing over 144.

Floyds team informed us today that he would not be able to make 144, and because of that, there was a substantial penalty. If he would have been 147, it would have been even bigger.

Thus, Mayweather was in the odd position Friday of making the contracted weight but still paying a penalty.

If either man had weighed in excess of 147, he would have been required to sweat off the excess weight to reach 147 exactly. That is not normally the case unless a fight is for a championship, which Saturdays fight is not.

Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, said there was no issue with the weight from a commission standpoint. Kizer said he went to Marquezs locker room prior to the weigh-in and asked him if he was aware that Mayweather would weigh more than 144.

Kizer said Marquez told him he had no problem with it.

Mayweather also arrived at the MGM Grand about an hour later than the reporting time given to him by the commission.

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[bradleyJay24]

wuts wrong with your logic.. styles make fights...just cuz he beat cotto doesnt mean he can be mosley... anyone who thinks like that knows nothing about boxing.

[yasbeuck]

Prick!

[arnulfo500]

@bradleyJay24 True dat! Ricardo Mayorga beat Forest twice and forest beat mosely twice and so mayorga thought he could of beat mosely lol and get got his ass whooped!

[perfectspecimen1]

i hope you die for posting this video

[genericsfarm1127]

@Stunna32 after mosley mayweather cant run away hehe the worlds greatest chicken

[hellolms]

Manny isn't ducking Mosley he chose to fight cotto, who of which beat Mosley. Mosley keeps the one hand in your face to try and find a punching opportunity. But i think much like the Mayweather fight he will be out boxed. Manny will hit him every time he opens up I say a 11th round tko for manny. The only person who has a shot at beating Manny is Mayweather.

[ctrvtec]

look all i got to say is when may 1st comes around i aint buying the mosley and gayweather fight...me or any other boxing fan...ima go to a sports bar instead cuzz i dont want to support gayweather at all.

[Stunna32]

it doesnt really who beats who in boxing its all about Matchups! Cotto beat Mosley, Margarito beat Cotto and Shane KO Margarito! whats wrong wit dat logic? Shane could for sure take Pacquiao's power and he is going to punch back! not like Clottey just block punches all night! and Pacquiao weakness is he lunges in with hooks too much, anybody with a straight right hand could keep him off balance! especially if they are taller!