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KOTF
06-05-2009, 02:46 PM
Gatti-Ward 3x comes to mind 142 lbs (I think)
Terry Norris-Meldrick Taylor 151?

What else is there
KOTF
06-05-2009, 02:51 PM
Also Hopkins-DLH was set for 158 lbs
DINAMITA
06-05-2009, 02:56 PM
Pavlik-Taylor II. Think it was 166.

Hopkins-Winky. 170?
KOTF
06-05-2009, 02:57 PM
Yeah Hop-Wink was set for 170 also Roy Jones vs. Tito Trinidad as well
WhataRock
06-06-2009, 01:20 AM
There were some epic bouts in the between the welter and middleweight limits in the 50's and 60s before there was jnr middle divi..Some guys made theirs careers in them.
My2Sense
06-06-2009, 04:42 AM
There were some epic bouts in the between the welter and middleweight limits in the 50's and 60s before there was jnr middle divi..Some guys made theirs careers in them.

Yep.

Jake LaMotta fought Tony Janiro at a catchweight of 154 or 155, for example.

Believe Joey Giardello fought in a few as well, perhaps against Billy Graham.
Thread Stealer
06-06-2009, 05:36 AM
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GazOC
06-06-2009, 07:16 AM
Does Leonard-LaLonde count?
Thread Stealer
06-06-2009, 07:17 AM
Does Leonard-LaLonde count?

I think that's more "infamous".

Whitaker-Chavez was infamous, but not because of the 145 catchweight.
GazOC
06-06-2009, 07:44 AM
I think that's more "infamous".

Whitaker-Chavez was infamous, but not because of the 145 catchweight.


Funny you should say that, "infamous" was the word I was going to use but I didn't want to risk the thread getting sidetracked!!
My2Sense
06-06-2009, 02:57 PM
Does Leonard-LaLonde count?

Wasn't that at 168 though? It technically took place at a real weight class, not a catchweight.
MrSmall
06-06-2009, 03:43 PM
Leonard lalonde was for two titles.
Thread Stealer
06-08-2009, 02:28 PM
Leonard-Hearns 2.

It was for two 168 lb. titles, but the contracted weight was 163.
KOTF
06-08-2009, 09:04 PM
Wasn't Duran-SRL III a catchweight
Thread Stealer
06-09-2009, 01:52 AM
Wasn't Duran-SRL III a catchweight

I don't think so.

I read an article in the NYTimes discussing the weight issue. It was for the super middleweight title, yet both guys weighed 160 and below. After they weighed so low, there was some talk whether or not there would be titles at 160 and 168 at stake. They decided on only having the 168 lb. titles at stake.
EireFightFan
06-09-2009, 08:26 AM
Jimmy McClarnin fought Pancho Villa at a catchweight leading to Villa's death a week later.

I think the Castillo - Corrales rematch was re-arranged as a catchweight fight after Castillo failed to make weight?