Nah. Algayri is a marathon runner. He's not top 3 in the 140 division. Thurman, Garcia are the real deal.
We can all judge Algieri in his next fight, he got beat up by one of the ATGs in Pacquiao. If fights like Broner, Matthysse etc gets made and he wins, give credit to Algieri and it will make Pacquiao's victory over Algieri even better down the track. So far Algieri has good wins against Taylor & Provodnikov @ 140.
It's a good showcase of Pac's elite status against a relatively proven fighter. It's not "great" as in Hatton/Cotto wins great, it's ok. A good checkpoint fight to see if he can still go down successfully in weight.
How can it be a great win when you think that Algieri lost to provodnikov OP atsch:rofl View Poll Results: Was Ruslan Provodnikov jobbed of a rightful victory? Yes Aquamarine, AssaultJoker, Bollywooden, Boxingfan2, BrendonC, BUDW, cassiusbrit, chessregress, Daddy, dodong, don owens, Dos Huevos, DRUGS, DSG496, DukePelham, egs63, Exposed, Farmboxer, fatcity, Fighting Fungus, FloatingGhost, FloydDBest, fogito, ForemanJab, frankenfrank, freedom2013, glovesofcrimson, guy3050, HamburgBuam, houmzz, iceferg, ideafix12, Imperial1, J.Cee, JacK Rauber, jas, JeanGrey, Kid Cincinnati, klion22, KongoWilliams, Lady Girl, luciano222, makkipalwan, Manjanek, mARQUIS79, megabunch, Mixu, MoneyMike345, mpolar, Mr "T", MrPR, nellybc, non-stop, Nopporn, overhandright, pablinov, Peril, plank46, Platonist, puncherschance, PunchOut, punk, QuadrupleG, rakan, rodney, sabor, Saccowalace, Sardu, Savagekat, Scorpion, Sheikh, shoe, simeon, Skins, Smokin Bert, spm562, sportif10, Taffy, Terminator_X, thekid, ThePlugInBabies, thesnowman22, TheStanMan, travolt, Vagabund_vD, ValentinePrince, zato-one
I have never seen so many people praise a fighter for continuously doing something so blatantly obvious yet absolutely destroy another fighter for the same thing. The level of hipocrisy is beyond unbelievable.
^This Oscar kicking Schaefer to the curve is proving to be pointless. Still waiting on those GB/TR fights we were all expecting to see by now.