**Antonio Margarito is overrated thread**

You are smarter than I initially gave you credit for. Working that out all by yourself. :good I sense that even now you are the missing the point.

 

This is the case when they started it and I finished it. :deal

 

Yes.

Margarito is overrated by those who say he is like a new Hagler. Margarito is good but has A LOT of flaws.

The ones who say that Williams-Margo-Cotto-Clottey are a new fab four like Hearns-Hagler-Duran-Leonard are also overrating all of them.

 

Yes, that is true and I respect Margarito also for overcoming those hurdles. I mean that some people overrate like he is untouchable and can never be beaten. Then they try and discredit Paul Williams and make excuses, that is what annoys me.

 

LOL, what do you expect.

 

You'll have to give him credit now based on that logic, because Margarito has already "earned" his placing. He beat the best fighter campaigning at 147lb, something Floyd Mayweather Jr failed to do during his brief and "overrated" stint at Welterweight.

This is your opportunity to apoligise and give Antonio Margarito the credit he deserves.

 

That is only based on a very small minority, and I'll say it again, doesn't warrant a thread like this.

 

Cotto's victory over Shane is overrated. Shane hasn't done anything great since losing to Forrest.

 

I have to disagree with you. Besides Mosleys 2nd win over DLH (Which shouldn't be a win for reasons other than I feel he lost). What has Mosley done? His biggest win is over Collazo, who had lost to Hatton. His next biggest win is either over a very very shot Vargas or David Estrada.

 

Of course there are always risks.....you risk getting in to an accident driving in your car or breaking a leg walking down the block....but in boxing just like in life there are levels of Risk that people weigh. It's highly unlikely that you are going to break a knee cap walking down to the corner store, or wrecking your vehical driving to work.

My point is Floyd "chooses" to take less "risky" fights......fights that match up well in his mind and that is very true. He is calculated in his career path. Again....I'm not knocking him, just stating truth.

Of course it's not FLoyds fault that whom ever he faces he is given the benefit of the doubt that he is the better boxer....he's been blessed with many gifts physically and talent wise. Which is not uncommon in this sport...there are always favorites and underdogs.

There are always "Chances" that the outcome in a boxing match won't be what is expected by the masses...UPSETS happen...but they are called upsets for a reason. Anything can happen in boxing...it's what makes our sport so exciting, but the likelihood of floyd loosing to a counter puncher/boxer style like Chico was slim to none....The odds were stacked against Chico, but not a crazy odd in favor of May...Chico has that one punch KO power that helps him in any fight, whether he's the underdog or not.

Those preformances were very good, but not one that will be etched in the history of boxing forever. The wins against chico and gatti have to be put in perspective....Gatti wasn't a prime fighter, he was on the downward end of his career...plus DLH put on a similar preformance and just as dominant against a fresher Gatti a few yrs earlier. The preformance against Chico was a very good one, but agian...perspective...Chico wasn't at his best, he was in the risk of going to prison for marital abuse and he was going against a guy whos stylistically was a terrible match up.:good

But non the less...Floyds a great Boxer......Antonio Marg on the other hand is a great "fighter".