He was also the number #1 welterweight at the time, who also just did the impossible in his previous fight = KO iron-chinned Margarito
Agreed, Pacquiao got hit a few times. It's not like it's a boxing match or anything.
Thomas Hearns went from welterweight champ and ended his career as IBO cruiserweight champ, which is over 40lbs EDIT: Damn, COmmando beat me to it!
Time to open the vault, and go back to boxing 101. Part A.: Styles make fights Of the mentioned, only Cotto may have given him serious trouble....
Probably even. Shane landed some ridiculous bombs which were hard enough to force Margarito to backpeddle (which I have never seen him do...
A lazy error on my part for having them flow on. I mean these as two seperate statements. Mike Tyson really didn't "recover" after Douglas....
The mark of a real champion is to accept the loss, learn from it and redeem yourself. Mike Tyson made more money and his popularity grew after he...
I'm not attacking his choice to go after Hatton I'm trying to make a point that it's easier to pick holes in hindsight. Margarito was the number...
What a rubbish undercard. I'm interested in seeing Rigondeaux fight, but the others are a little meh. Marquez-Katsidis undercard looks...
I think you've been watching a bit too much WWE
I've always found Mayweather's entrance against Gatti to be rather funny to watch. Go to another man's hometown and bring this....
Bare in mind Mayweather is 34 years of age and most people suggest he isn't the same fighter he was a few years back. You could argue that...
Massive step for Alvarez, but assume he gets past N'dou, I reckon he'll fight another B classer, and if the opportunity arises they'd put him in...
It does make you wonder how it could change the scope. Bareknuckle boxing fights for 2 hours? How fast a pace do you think they'd be fighting at....
How does that old saying go? Two wrongs don't make a right? Your acting like Roach is the devil himself. Some things go beyond the sport of...
