Size is the most overrated attribute

I kind of think margarito would of won even if he didnt cheat, Cotto could not once hurt margarito, and plaster or not, his corner or ref would of stopped due to the amount of punishment cotto was taking.

 

Of course size is important.

That's why you have weight classes FFS.

Put Wlad in with Floyd if it doesn't make a difference.

Floyd could beat a terrible heavyweight probably, the guy would never land a punch. The thing about size is that as somebody else said, you have to know how to use it.

It's a combination of skill and size that matter. Floyd might have been a little bit smaller than Mosley (not much though really), but was so much faster, fitter and more skilled that it was irrelevant.

 

What was Adamek? About 215, 220?
Arreola was what, 250?

If Arreola had the same amount of body fat as Adamek, what do you reckon he'd weigh in at? 230?

Not a huge difference really.

And Arreola negated all his advantages by being fat. Losing speed, endurance and mobility.

Put a 215 pound Adamek in against somebody with the same skills, the same speed and mobility, but weighing in at 240 pounds, and my money is on the big guy every single time.

 

Size is overrated but plays a factor. Take for example Arreola vs Minto. Minto was throwing more punches but these punches werent doing any damage, Arreola's punches were doing damage. Of course if Minto was throwing the punches with more precision than it would be another thing, still he would need to throw twice as many as Arreola.

 

You're 80 percent right, because the speed of the smaller opponent evens it out. In the Roy vs Trinidad situation Roy was still faster so it didn't matter.