Pacman, Tyson, Trinidad: Give a fighter a punch and fans think they beat everyone!
It is becoming a theme on this site to constantly big up the likes of Mike Tyson, Manny Pac and Felix Trinidad. Over the last few weeks i have heard stuff like Trinidad is gonna KO Hopkins if they rematch, Mike Tyson is on his way back to the heavyweight title and Manny Pacman is gonna kill/KO whatever Morales!
Only Pacman success is a reasonable judgement ( although i feel Morales will be too seasoned for the chinny Asian ). But i would like to expose a few myths:
Felix Trinidad was beaten up very badly by Bernard Hopkins and then retired because he felt he wasn`t able to win the title in the middleweight division. Hopkins has shown NO signs of age or being shot, as some have stated and Trinidad has shown no signs in his ONE comeback fight that he will be able to haddle Nard. He showed he can be floored by a blown up welterweight and he showed that early blow outs of blown up welters isn`t in his aresenal. Sooner people stop thinking with their personal favorites clouding their judgement, the better.
Mike Tyson lost by 4th rd KO to an average Danny Williams. Yes, he hurt his knee but this is just another sign of age and ring wear. I wouldn`t pick Tyson over Ruiz at this stage and Klitscko would seriously hurt him if they fought. Tyson is finished, he is never going to regain a title and as long as he fights it is just gonna get worse for him.
Pac man, very exciting but check out the KO losses if you get a chance, the straight right hand really makes him look like a limbo dancer!
The point is, these above mentioned fighters are exciting and they usually win by KO but it does not make them invincible. Gone i guess are the days of boxing appreciation, now we are of a mentality of the puncher will win this fight because....he is a puncher. I hope the above fighters lose this year. They`ll be excuses, like the ones for Trinidad. The old and shot Bernard Hopkins beat him because....Tito wasn`t concentrating, he fought the wrong fight, he was sick, Hopkins cheated etc...Try this one, Hopkins beat him because he was the better fighter, he wanted it more and he could deal with Tito`s left hook, the only punch Tito seems to throw. I wish people would start posting opinions not focused on popularity, rather critical analysis and past knowledge of these fighters. Trinidad has never beaten a top middleweight in his career, why is he gonna all of a sudden do what he couldn`t do in the first Nard encounter? Oh, i see..he had the flu, his finger was hurt, it was a bad day, he got confused, his knee was injured, he didn`t eat his luckly charms, etc etc...