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Originally Posted by ShaunHillFTW49
Margarito to KO manny Nov 13th
Na.
Mexicutioner bout to do work in Mexico
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Originally Posted by ShaunHillFTW49
Margarito to KO manny Nov 13th
Originally Posted by Bigmike23
-PBF should be in jail for what he did to Gatti and Diego
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
- Just finished watching what Floyd did to Bruseles. One of the best displays of boxing you will ever see. His talent level mixed with his overly strategic matchmaking is wild frustrating. He could really go down as top 5 ever if he took care of everything thats in front of him right now. People say that hes going downhill but I see him looking stronger and better at infighting than he was in the past. You can get old overnight ins boxing but I think he is in his peak form right now, look what he did to Shane and JMM. If he was willing to take the hard hits and his extreme training that would come with Cotto, Pac, Paul fights..there would be no denying him.
Thought you were going to mention 50's/60's/70's fights.Originally Posted by Bigmike23
been watching old fights all day
abeautifulhaze wrote:
If he were to beat Manny, Miguel and Paul as convincingly as he has beat everyone else and retire 44 and 0...how can you not put him in that rarefied top 10 discussion?
People watch boxing for the drama and the surprises but Floyd is so good that he can drain that element right out of a fight. A lot of boxing fans actually want him to turn it down a level and be more vulnerable in order to satisfy their lust for blood. While he is still active, his talent and skill level is held against him to a certain degree. i don't see what his weakness are as a boxer and with those 3 fighters under his belt, I don't see what more he could do to stake his claim amongst the all time greats.
The top 10 have a dozen Cotto's and William's type fighters on their resumes, and at least a few of Pacquiao's quality.
His problem is the era he's in (not blaming him, what can ya do?)
If this was the 80's, we never would have saw him move up to WW, hell even the late 90's to early 00's either (Prime DLH, Trinidad, Quartley,Mosley Forest, Mayorga, etc...)
He is feasting upon a lackluster division (in the context of WW history, right now is pretty low).
I think an intelligent pressure fighter, with a good chin, is the key to beating Mayweather.
Chavez and Duran stick out to me, and to a lesser extent Pryor's wild style at 140.
When Floyd took on Castillo the first time it was probably the closest match in his entire career and JLC is not even half the fighter Chavez was.
I think the highest he could be put at is #20, MAYBE 17-19.
No slight to Mayweather, he has the ability, but the resume is just not there.....
Oh, I wanted to ask you:What do you think of Benetiz?
Sidenote: you not spitting that knowledge anymore on General?
Haven't seen you make a thread in a couple of months now...
The top 10 have a dozen Cotto's and William's type fighters on their resumes, and at least a few of Pacquiao's quality.Originally Posted by CaponeCartels
abeautifulhaze wrote:
If he were to beat Manny, Miguel and Paul as convincingly as he has beat everyone else and retire 44 and 0...how can you not put him in that rarefied top 10 discussion?
People watch boxing for the drama and the surprises but Floyd is so good that he can drain that element right out of a fight. A lot of boxing fans actually want him to turn it down a level and be more vulnerable in order to satisfy their lust for blood. While he is still active, his talent and skill level is held against him to a certain degree. i don't see what his weakness are as a boxer and with those 3 fighters under his belt, I don't see what more he could do to stake his claim amongst the all time greats.
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
You know what, I definitely take a step back from top 5 and perhaps top 10 but I would have him in my top 15 definitely.
Floyd would beat a prime DLH, Mosley or Quartey...and Paul Williams is better than Vernon (R.I.P.) and Mayorga. DLH and Quartey's jabs would give him problems for sure but he would adjust and just like Oscar faded in the stretch against Shane, Tito and Floyd in their recent fight, he would do the same in his prime. I would have loved to see him and Shane battle it out in their primes but Shane's lack of a jab would cause him to lose a close decision imo. Shane would flurry, Floyd would shoulder roll and counter with the right cross/uppercut from the pocket. He's potshot, move and work the body, only sporadically exchanging calculated blows with Shane. I think Floyd is a better fighter than all of those fighters in their primes.
A resume of one sided victories over Paul Williams, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Zab Judah, Arturo Gatti, Jose Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales & Genaro Hernandez would be pretty impressive IMO.
Benitez is one of my sports heroes. Being a Virgo and growing up in the Bx, like myself, he was always a fighter that I revered. Great defensive fighter with the heart of a lion. The old heads in my gym around my way talk about him like I do Floyd
What does your top 20 look like?
Originally Posted by CAFinest23
Did dude just consider Mayorga a top welterweight in the early 2000's? I am done!
Originally Posted by CaponeCartels
Originally Posted by CAFinest23
Did dude just consider Mayorga a top welterweight in the early 2000's? I am done!
Have you seen prime Mayorga?
He wasn't the best but I'd bet on him to beat Berto, Cotto, Cintron and Margarito.
Cotto ain't hurting Mayorga, although Mayorga can definitely hurt Cotto.Originally Posted by Bigmike23
LOL
cotto? he would kill dude
Mayorga was always wild and if you could always out box him.
That sounds oddly like Cotto to me...Originally Posted by Bigmike23
there must be a different mayorga
because the one i know would throw bombs for the 1st half of the fight then get tired and start to get his !#@ beat.
cotto would beat the dog **$$ out of him
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will request a catch-weight of 150-pounds when he moves up to the junior middleweight division to challenge Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC title on November 13.
Pacquiao's attorney Franklin Gacal told the Manila Bulletin a catch-weight of "150-pounds" will be requested by the Filipino champion. The weight is four pounds below Margarito's current fighting weight and three pounds above Pacquiao' current fighting weight of 147. Pacquiao will be going for his eight divisional title.
Gacal says the catch-weight request is fair for the 5'11 Margarito, telling the paper - “Margarito is big and tall even at super welter.
Originally Posted by MayhemMonkey000
If you're talking about Pac being a joke I don't get why. He's going up in weight again what more do you want from him?