Will it be looked upon as being more impressive? He moved up from 112 and slaughters probably the #1 guy in the division, Mijares, who hadn't been beaten in 6 something years when he was a kid. Vic becomes the only man in history to unify the super flyweight division. Following that fight he takes on maybe the biggest super flyweight ever, Arce, who's come into fights as a lightweight before. Unbelievable weight drainer, Vic beats the **** out of him. After doing so he again moves up to bantam and is gunning for another belt there. That's belts in two weight divisions already, potentially 3, and he's planning on going even higher in the future from what I've heard. Pretty incredible stuff, it's seemingly overlooked a little.
It will..but I think the fact he didnt fight the very best at 112 or 118 should be taken into account. Thats if he beats Jospeh. Like that thread you made the other day Russ..Vic didnt beat the "man" at these two weights. Not trying to diminish his achievements but I think people will have to remember this when they consider how great he is.
Division jumping these days needs to be put into a completely different context to that of old times. While I have a huge amount of respect for Vic, compare his 112 - 115 - 118 jump (that is only a 2.7kg spread for pete's sake!) to what was achieved by guys like Duran (also a three division champ) who climbed from lightweight through to middle which is an 11.5kg variance. The saddest thing about all of this is that to the average fan they will assume the achievements are the same...
good post. look at Armstrong for instance, who fought from 126 to 147 probably only weighing about 126!
I have plenty of respect for him, and he is very likely going to be remembered as great if more good things are achieved no doubt, remember he was written off not long ago. We've had better in the era though.
And Vic wants to go even higher and fight massive super bantams like Irsael Vasquez. Don't downplay what he's trying to do.
