Thanks. That said, he does do alot of **** to get people's goat. It's easy to understand alot of fans getting rubbed the wrong way by it even though I see it as purely a business tactic.:good
Do what 90% of active boxers should do: plan their exit and life after boxing. Ayala retired from boxing with enough to live within his means and go to college. Thats very admirable in my opinion. Another boxer that was a contender, retired and went into housing construction and is living fairly comfortably.
Does anyone else here think he may be ill-suited to featherweight? Seriously, the guy is 5'10. He would be a tall lightweight or LWW...he's a stick at FW. That (and his horrible defence + showboating) is probably the reason his chin is so bad. He's built like Thomas Hearns was for WW/154, but he lacks the world-class power that Hearns had....AND he likes to showboat. My advice? Move up to 130 or 135, it might steady that chin and/or give him some power. There's no point being 6-7" taller than your opponents when you have an extremely weak jaw and no real power/strength to speak of.
I agree with this. It's reached a point of diminishing returns as far as the advantage of height and reach he has against the weakness of his chin at the weight. I think if he moves up and focuses on strengthening that neck, his chin will improve and he'll be able to take a better shot. I don't think he'll ever have a granite chin, but it would be better than it is now. He could move up to 135 or 140 and still be taller than nearly every other fighter, and he has the frame to add some muscle. It's a move I'd make if I were his management.