Why do people like to throw the "past prime" or "weight drained" excuse???

The excuses are stupid.

Cotto certainly wasn't drained, that's for sure. Quote: "Its no concern of mine whether it is 145 pounds or not," Cotto said. "That is the usual weight that we cut down to for the weigh in, and in the ring—on fight night—I will go up eight to 10 pounds, so actually during the fight I will weigh around 155," stated Cotto. 100% free webcam site! | Awesome chicks and it is absolutely free! | Watch free live sex cam - easy as 1-2-3

Sometimes it is a legit issue in a fight, but those excuses are used for every time a fighter someone doesn't like beats someone.

are these the only two excuse's people can use to a fighter losing a fight? i find it stupid that soon as one fighter lose one fight people jump on the "past prime weight drained" bangwangon. maybe the fight just loss the fight? how bout we use that as an excuse, seems like a preety good excuse to me. They are real issues. For example, when a fighter goes on too long and continues fighting in order to put food on his table and keep a roof over his head, is it not unreasonable to suggest he's past prime, especially if he was once considered a good or great fighter in his younger days but now loses unexpectedly and appears to be regressing in terms of skill, reaction time, stamina, etc? This is a brutal sport. Even the training is punishing, never mind getting bombed in the face repeatedly by world-class punchers. One fighter can go through many fights and stay relatively fresh, but then one particular fight can prove one fight too many. Inactivity doesn't help, but resting the body is good, so there's a balance to consider. There's a lot of things to consider, period, so you really have to look at it on an individual basis. If all explanations for a lackluster performance ending in a loss have been exhausted, as an "excuse", being "past prime" is not an unreasonable explanation or reason. If a fight is signed months in advance (as they usually are) and at the last minute a fighter finds he cannot make weight comfortably without hurting himself and risking his health, being weight drained is a real issue. However, these terms, and others such as "shot", are used too loosely, in my opinion. Again, it needs to be analyzed on an individual basis. 100% free webcam site! | Awesome chicks and it is absolutely free! | Watch free live sex cam - easy as 1-2-3

Well.... to be honest the barrier between excuse and observation is only defined when your allegiances are revealed! true that lol

Becuase often it is the case. It's usually not an excuse but a reasonable observation about why A beat B on the night. I mean look at Pac/DLH. Hoya was clearly weight drained and past prime in that fight. Clearly, in his prime at 147 it would have been a far more competitive fight. It's not an excuse - just an observation. Yeah but they are legitimate reasons... But ones like... Cotto is past prime? Yes he took a beating from Marg, Yes with the HUGE GASH over his eye against clottey in the later rounds he didnt look great (who would?) And he put up a hell of a fight for the first 4-5 rounds against pac.... Now hes past it? Them kind of excuses are just stupid

Well.... to be honest the barrier between excuse and observation is only defined when your allegiances are revealed!

some say tito was past prime when he fought b-hop, but before that he was doing well at 160 and won a title after that. plus he went on to win a few fights in that weight.

Becuase often it is the case. It's usually not an excuse but a reasonable observation about why A beat B on the night. I mean look at Pac/DLH. Hoya was clearly weight drained and past prime in that fight. Clearly, in his prime at 147 it would have been a far more competitive fight. It's not an excuse - just an observation. people get that twisted tho pac/hoya is one of the few fight that you can say one of the men was weight drained or past prime and it be a resonable excuse, cause it was time for dela hoya to retire anyway. cotto-pac isn't, cotto lost to the better fight that night. saying cotto weight drained for that fight is an excuse conisdering that he came in 146 a pound over for the clottely fight

He wasn't trying to prove anything. The guy should have been down Maccy-D's - not in a boxing ring.

Becuase often it is the case. It's usually not an excuse but a reasonable observation about why A beat B on the night. I mean look at Pac/DLH. Hoya was clearly weight drained and past prime in that fight. Clearly, in his prime at 147 it would have been a far more competitive fight. It's not an excuse - just an observation.