my mistake on hopkins. my point being is that pavlik has earned his place at the top because he's taken chances on the biggest stage of all....
fair enough.
tarver is a legend in his own lunchtime. it's not worth answering.
he's looking for big 'old' names abd big money fights. there's a difference. its true guys like dawson can't command the same interest...
sory i thought we were taking about a marquez - casa fight, which i thoroughly enjoyed. which fight were you talking about to react so cynically?
joe has hyped himself up through an over-embellished ego while jones' ego was borne on his natural ability which he showed as the world's best p4p...
this is what gets me time and again...even if you're right and you could be. look at who pavlik has fought recently (taylor twice, miranda,...
joe and kessler definitely hurt each other in that fight. joe admitted it and kessler (around 5-6) was definitely hurt to the body. hopkins is...
as soon as margarito beat cotto he earned a right to fight anybody.
tell me why you think calzaghe beats pavlik?
it's easy to have more pop sometimes against guys who aren't good fighters to begin with. sometimes moving up in class (in terms of opposition)...
the whole eseence of the calzaghe argument is that we don't have a benchmark for his prime because he never fought a top world class fighter in...
he beats tarver imo. but i'll be pleasantly surprised if he accepts the challenge from a guy like pavlik. calzaghe's an excellent fighter but...
i think kessler is calzaghe's best scalp because kessler fought a host of top ranked fighters in the division prior to fighting joe. lacy, tbh,...
that means nothing in the world of boxing. but this is the very reason why people get 'fooled' by fighters. 'they have a belt so they must be...