Why do we say "he fought no one" to boxers that are HIGHLY skillful?

same **** with Wlad/Vitali.

 

:huh in the press conferences maybe.

 

I don't think anybody can say Roy Jones didn't fight 'no one'. He was widely regarded the pound for pound best. His heavyweight title may not be so recognizable as that was John Ruiz, and I believe I heard he wanted nothing to do with the other heavyweights at that time. He was #1 at 175 up until his Tarver defeat, but that was after giving him a rematch. So I don't think you can say Jones ducked anyone.

 

agree 100%
we as fans are often too critical, and cant even enjoy a fight, or a fighter.
these men are functioning on a high, almost super human level
dont hate, give credit where credit is due!

 

Jones fought a lot of good fighters but he had a habit of dodging the best. Jones ignored a lot of bxoers that presented high risk threats - Benn, Eubank, Collins, Michaelcewski, Liles were all in their primes and would have given JOnes problems but they were avoided.

Jones also avoided Byrd at HWT which would have been interesting.

Very few fighters are so good that they always step up and face the toughest tests, with no excuses. Lewis, Klitschko, Hopkins, Hagler come to mind.

 

People tend to judge said opposition after the fight, and forget altogether that said opponent was a threat/favourite before hand.

Ofcourse it's a lot easier if said opponent comes back from a loss and goes on to achieve a great deal in the sport...but it doesn't always workout that way, especially after being outclassed and demoralized by boxers as good as Jones Jr and Mayweather.

 

im interested in this, and hopefully someone can answer.
In which fights have they not been the favourite?
Lets say floyd his whole career and jones until tarver 2.

 

Mayweather hasn't always been the favourite if I'm correct, especially with the amount of divisions he has moved up.

One clear one for me is the N'dou bout...not sure how the odds were in that bout, but people genuinely believed Mayweather could be knocked out in that bout.

 

Corrales was a slight favorite against Floyd....and then Floyd destroyed him.

 

I dont say it to hate on them. I just want to know if they were betting underdogs and in which fights.
Its a valid point to give fighters credit for fights where they were a underdog but came out on top.

 

If a highly skilled boxer like say Berto, fought an opponent who legally changed his name to "No One", that statement would be accurate.

 

Oh I wasn't claiming you were, I just pointed out that the destruction of Corrales was so shocking because Corrales was the slight betting favorite in the fight.

 

How much of that was in relation to Corrales' popularity though?

 

oki cool, for me thats floyds best performance:thumbsup