Is it cherry picking when you are the smaller man?

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  1. Stovepipe

    Stovepipe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Example: Pac fights DLH for a massive payday because Roach saw deficiencies in DLH and because an older DLH would be forced to make 147 a weight he hadn't been at in a very long time. However Mosley easily makes the weight and will be close to 160 on fightnight plus he is still very fresh for his age and Roach doesn't see the same holes he saw in DLH making it a fight in which Pac could simply lose because of the disparity in size along with Mosley's skills and other attributes.

    Example: Roy Jones Jr goes up to heavy for Ruiz. Nobody expected him to stay there and defend.

    Example: Floyd goes to 154 for DLH but nobody expected him to hang around and start trying to take on the guys at 154.

    I wouldn't really call it cherry picking when you don't want to fight guys at higher weight classes than you are campaigning in on a consistent basis.

    I would rather see Pac at 140, Floyd at 147 or cut down to 140 and campaign there, and Roy, well, I hope he retires with all his faculties.
     
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  2. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    I dont know anybody whos a cherry picker, how do you even define that? in boxing your not forced to fight anybody but your mandatories, if you pick somebody to fight then you pick them.
     
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    Stezzie Well-Known Member Full Member

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    People say Floyd "Cherry picked' DLH... DLH was bigger...
     
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  4. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The thing is when you go into a fight as a big underdog and win then in hindsight people call you a cherrypicker that is insane.
     
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    Depends on the skills, ring-wear, age and other factors. But you CAN be the smaller man and still be cherry-picking.
     
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  6. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He did.

    If the bigger guy is over the hill or not very good... it is still cherry picking.
     
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  7. Silvermags

    Silvermags Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No he did not cherry picked odlh but he cherry picked jmm.
     
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  8. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, if a great fighter goes up when there is a chance to get a belt from a weak champion in the weight class above - then he is cherry picking.

    If a great champion goes up to fight another great champion, then of course not.
     
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  9. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    comeback fight after 18+ months :patsch
     
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  10. thanosone

    thanosone Love Your Brother Man Full Member

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    Pac is a cherry picker but not as much as Floyd.
     
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  11. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Noone got fooled by the 'retirement'. We all know he has been training and doing everything exactly as he otherwise would have.
     
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  12. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why didn't you also say Oscar's 1st fight in over a year and before that it was two years of inactivity for Oscar.
     
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  13. dhenzrae

    dhenzrae A Proud Noypi Full Member

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    its the other way around.
     
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  14. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Because it wasn't a year inactivity and it wasn't 2 years before that.

    :deal
     
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  15. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Training is not the same as fighting.

    Let alone sparring.
     
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