A mistake boxing fans keep making...

Uhhh, I think the vast majority of people are currently predicting three G to beat Cotto. Now if Cotto were to crush Canelo you would see a respectable of amount of people thinking Cotto will beat three G but even then it still wouldn't be the majority, so not sure what you're saying there. And I believe Thurman could beat Bradley, agree there.

 

Keith Thurman is the next welterweight star. Ill say that now and bump it in 2 years time, when he holds all the belts.

 

Yeah, Kovalev v BHOP is another one.

I think ppl are just haters. PERIOD.

For instance.....Daniel Jacobs came back from cancer and has done well.....unfortunately, since he has come back, GGG has become the man at 160, and all those who were "Jacobs is an ATG" fans, now have to relent. So they jumped on Quillins c0ck, and we see how far that got em, ducking Korobov and 3X his career payday. Korobov FFS.

They might hold to the Cotto theory simply b/c they KNOW that Miguel will NEVER fight GGG. He's scared to death of Golovkin and will gladly vacate, move to 154 for Andrade as his escape from GGG.

That will leave Canelo fighting a random nobody like BJS for the WBC title, leaving GGG out in the cold cause he's already signed to fight a mandatory or already has a date and venue.:-(

 

:deal

 

Well you have to consider that there are two types of untested fighters:
a) guys who are avoiding tough competition
b) guys who are being avoided by tough competition

GGG and Thurman falll under "b", they're willing to fight anyone, but no one with a reputation to lose wants to fight them.

 

I can understand when they underrate a guy with limited amateur experience, but people need to understand that guys like Rigo, Lomachenko, Ward, and GGG, have seen every style in boxing.

Moreover, they've won against every style in boxing. Vast amateur experience, especially at the international and Olympic level, counts considerably towards a healthy career in boxing.

Of course there are outliers, but from what I can tell, if you look at a guy like Zou Shimming for instance, the skills are there, but the power to gain his opponent's respect is not.

If Ward, Rigo, GGG, or Lomachencko didn't have power, they could become champions, but they may never become elite.

 

Like the Cotto vs GGG argument.

They KNOW Cotto will duck that fight. So they use Cotto's high profile as an excuse for him to move down and rematch Jr or fight Andrade.:-(

 

In the case of GGG, he's managed to win over a fair number of his doubters by dispensing with two solid contenders who used dramatically different styles in the ring. It's pretty easy to extrapolate future success for Golvkin based on the manner in which defeated Geale and Rubio.

In Thurman's case, I think the manner in which he defeats a guy like Bundu- if he defeats a guy like Bundu- will be an indicator of just how good he really is.

 

I agree in hindsight it was really easy to see. I picked Donaire in that fight for various reasons mainly because Rigo was really unproven at the pro level and he was much smaller than Donaire. Usually I go with the more skilled and complete fighter but at that time Rigo was just too much of an unknown. I did the same thing in the Salido-Loma fight and that time I was right.

Lastly people always underrate skills like defense and footwork and overrate power it happens time and time again. Power IMO is overrated and can be neutralized while good footwork and defense can't.:deal