Thanks for watching. 1. I've always used them interchangeably, but technically I believe it is "lineal". 2. Several others have made me aware of that! :good I'll get it right next time I discuss GGG, promise! The funny thing is, I was mispronouncing his name an entirely different way the first episode I did.
I realize you're just doing your usual schtick here but as it has been pointed out many times Ward fought at LHW when he was a kid ffs. The fact he's fighting his next fight at 172 says something. If GGG starts fighting at 164 catchweight then he deserves this criticism, but he easily makes MW and always has. Should we list all the examples of great fighters that didn't move up? smh When you thought up this nickname you got just a little hard, didn't you?
Triple Duck's ability to make 160 didn't prevent him from signing the contract to fight Baby Chavez @ 168. Why is that? Sure, go right ahead... Lol...
I'm guessing because JCC Jr is a name people know and GGG thought he would win and get paid well? Hagler, Monzon, Froch, any HW? Didn't BHop stay at MW for well over 50 fights before moving up...at 41 years old? This was after back to back loses at MW (read: not much to lose). If GGG is still boxing at 41 you can bet he will have dabbled in SMW by then. No doubt someone with a deeper knowledge could ramble off more names. Granted, most guys seem to start low and naturally move up as they get older. Maybe sometimes to "be great" but probably more often because they no longer make their old weight as they get older.
I believe that is correct. Also Benny Leonard at lightweight. Jake LaMotta at middleweight too (yes, he moved up after a losing his title at MW, after a long, tough career at one weight class and past his prime). He is lauded for being one of the greatest middle weights of all time, not one of the greatest weight class jumpers of all time. Again, I'd like to point out that Crisco citing Bhop as an example is pretty laughable when trying to make this point.
I always thought too much credit was given to people who move up in weight, and some people specifically cite this to justify higher P4P rankings. But P4P wasn't really intended to encourage movement through weight classes. It was merely a hypothetical measurement of talent, predicated on the idea "if they were the same size". So a career middleweight shouldn't be penalized, and someone who held belts in 3 weight classes shouldn't automatically be escalated - especially in this day and age where there are too many weight classes, and too many alphabet titles. :smoke
Nice Rummy, but there are 2 angles you haven't considered it seems. 1) Golovkin is actively trying to get the fight with Froch at 168 2) Ward might not be there at 168 for him, because he decides after the Smith fight (at 172) if he's moving up to 175 or stays at 168. Because he doesn't know if he can actually still make 168.