Why is this? RJJ and Toney aren't taking **** for their losses when they are done. People aren't calling Leonard overrated for losing to Norris. Ray Robinson has like a bajillion losses as he aged. Ali isn't trashed on for losing to Holmes and Berbick. Hagler isn't trashed on for those losses he had as a green fighter. Could go on and on.
I'm a Manny fan, but I thought to myself, you don't even have to be a Manny fan to see something weird about this. Everybody else in boxing seems to have it understood. Fighters have a stretch where it's money time. Those are the fights that if you lose, really matter. The others not so much. Except for Manny Pacquiao. Who could take a loss at 97 years old and still have people throwing him under the bus.
