And he was also fairly young and inexperienced, at least more so than the 28 year old Zbik at the time Heiland was 22 or 23.
Honestly from what I have seen, Heiland might be yet another case of Argentinians coming into their own late. Maybe its because of their style/mindset, maybe its because of the way they are matched early.... maybe its a statistical fluke. But Argentinians seem to find their updraft relatively late. The Heiland who beat up Macklin is no more the same fighter that lost to Zbik than the Martinez who beat Pavlik was the same one who lost to Margarito, or Maidana who lost to Kotelnik was the same as the one who arguably drew with Floyd.
No, no. That's not how this place works. It would've been a cherry pick if GGG vs Heiland had been made. Heiland would be some Argentine bum who KO'd a shot to sh*t Macklin. Lineal MW champ Cotto gets credit for actually defending his MW belt against a MW instead of Tim Bradley, Brandon Rios or K9.:rofl It's a good fight in contrast of the other potential names that Cotto was considering. Here's hoping the fight gets made and Heiland beats Cotto into submission.:good