Active: Mayweather's domination of N'dou. Past: Prince Naseem Hamed thriller entrance. Good thread, John.
Quite clearly Armstrong... ...I mean, look at the length of his arms, he would jab Pacquiao all day long... [IMG]
You know you can be a fan of a boxer, yet not defend everything said boxer does, right? We are all human, we don't always do the right thing, and...
Mayweather not fighting Margarito is more suspect IMO.
Good stuff, Luf.
:good Yeah. If the bout wasn't a catchweight for the vacant title. Lets say Margarito had won the title two years previous, had been defending...
Just responding to you talking about giving props. Just because the World title bout is at a catchweight, I am still willing to give props....
:good I have no problem with someone weighing in at 144lbs in a WW championship bout, so long as the opponent is not forced to do the same.
I believe boxers should be allowed the full range of a weight class when fighting/defending a World title. But implementing a catchweight, is that...
That's completely unrealistic, and isn't really on topic. It's not about giving props.
Catchweights are there for boxers to meet in the middle, have an even playing field. I'm all for that. But when you have boxers winning World...
Catchweight bouts with the title on the line makes it somewhat easier for someone to pick up a title in a higher weight class, and then brag that...
No problem with catchweights. It's when a World title is sanctioned in said catchweight that it annoys me. Should not be allowed. Weight classes...
Or maybe he doesn't want to be negotiated in to a catchweight against a guy he has already beaten. The problem, he doesn't the negotiating power...
I have no problem with catchweights, it's when a title is in the line...that is when I don't favour them. A weakened Margarito? I have not once...
