ARLINGTON, Texas ? Manny Pacquiao had no concerns Friday despite weighing a stunningly low 144.6 pounds for his World Boxing Council super welterweight title fight at Cowboys Stadium with Antonio Margarito. The limit for the super welterweight division is 154 pounds, but by contract, the boxers agreed not to be more than 150, which is what Margarito weighed Friday. Pacquiao had guessed at Wednesday?s final news conference that he would be 148 pounds, but he was far beneath that on Friday.
Pacquiao is 9.4 pounds from the super welterweight limit and only 9.6 pounds over the lightweight limit of 135.
He may be as many as 20 pounds lighter than Margarito when the bell rings for the main event of the HBO Pay-Per-View bout somewhere around 11:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. After he rehydrates from his weight cut, Margarito may weigh around 165 by fight time. Pacquiao doesn?t figure to change.
