Yea but Aoh was a top 5 guy no matter what. Diaz has some juicy fights lurking. Burgos, Uchiyama, Boschiero-De Vitis winner, Fegatilli, Tajbert ect.
I like Ao. I rated him high during his whole stay, and still think he is a good fighter (unless the Diaz fight shows something dramatic). Uchiyama or Boschiero would be awesome.
Uchiyama beats both wide. Guy has outstanding talent above what they can bring to the table. Have Aoh and Diaz rematch. In the mean time have Boschiero face mandatory Tajbert and rematch Fegatilli, The fight was a war. After all that maybe in mid-late 2013 we will have seen many great fights in a division packed with warriors.
I felt Marquez won the third Pacquiao fight, but Bradley was definitely beaten by Pacquiao. Pacquiao is 1-1 in his last fights (8-4 Marquez, 7-5 Pacquiao/Bradley). I can't see any rational explanation to say that Pacquiao lost his last two fights. But then again, maybe you and I favor different styles which influence our scoring.. I believe Cotto was elite at the time and not weight drained as some posters claim to be the case. Also, Pacquiao knocked out Hatton early, not late. If Pacquiao struggled against Hatton, I can see an argument to discredit the win. But Hatton was coming off a huge win off a fresh Paulie Malignaggi (Malignaggi says he wasn't prepared that fight but I believe its BS). Dipset, I know there are a lot of biased posters and trolls here on ESB. But I'm in the minoroity of people you can have a friendly debate about what and what and not have to call names and troll.