As much as I don't like him I think Pauli showed great defense in both of his fights with Diaz and has over his career in general.
He's a guy with very little power and prefers to box and move but never in a way that you can call him a runner.
I'd argue that he didn't need the WBO because no one cared about the WBO.
Yes but who recognizes the likes of Michael Bentt, Henry Akinwande or Herbie Hide as heavyweight title holders? No one. They weren't paper champions, they weren't really champions at all.
Is IBO title holder Sakio Bika a world champion? Will his IBO title reign suddenly become recognized as legit if in the future IBO becomes a recognized world title? Not for me.
I believe the champion makes the belt, nevermind the history of beltholders and their overall average quality. True the WBO Belt had a questionable lineage but at the point where the lineage went Vitali-Byrd-Wlad I think it has established a caliber of champion that it hasn't returned to since. Taking this into consideration Wlad began both reigns with wins over a deserving champion whereas Lewis both began under dubious circumstances over mediocre fighters.
another thread full of ass from the hitman!
Another thread full of truth from the Hitman.
I was here at boxingscene enlightening the masses about boxing way before you joined and I will still be here doling out golden nuggets of knowledge when you and Haye are both long gone.
Not necessarily, Sturm was being given the benefit of the doubt time and time again. The referee would separate the fighters from the ropes and almost push Gevor to the other side of the ring so they could start the fight over in the center.
And even the combinations he'd throw in the middle of the ring would only land one punch occasionally. But obviously, the crowd was going wild as if he was landing every single punch.
Which ever way you call it Sturm-Gevor was a close fight. Ward-Green wasn't.
Pacquiao doesn't want to fight in March or May, he wants to fight in September. Floyd will have to fight someone else.
Could be.
It's Floyd the needs Manny and not the other way around. If the fight first comes off in September, Floyd will have to fight a welterweight surely.
Who will be better to beat legacywise: Erdei or Dawson?
In other words you cannot put up a rule saying that linearity is always better than alphabet.
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Remember, the US has about five times the population of Germany.
There is no way nowadays, even if it were on ABC or NBC, would 55% of American TVs tune in to a boxing event.
More like 3 times. US has roughly 300M while Germany has about 80M. If you include the other german speaking nations Austria and Switzerland you appoach 100M.
Still the Klits enjoy an unparalelled mainstream popularity in Germany unlike ANY active fighter in the US.
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Pacquiao was younger, bigger, faster, stronger, had the reach advantage, was being touted by Roach as "a two handed much improved beast", and still got his ass out-boxed and rocked by the older, slower, weaker, JM Marquez.
Pac was 4lbs bigger than Marquez, and Mayweather was 4lbs bigger than Marquez.
Pac vs Marquez = Highly controversial decision where most experts thought Marquez won.
Mayweather vs Marquez = Lop-Sided ass whooping!
Is it p4p to get your ass whooped and outboxed by the smaller man? LOL, that's a question for the Pactards.
Mayweather did what he was supposed to do. Pacquiao didn't!
Ever heard of the notion that styles make fights?
Only thing that won't happen is Ward growing 1-2 inches in height...good god, he's 25 already...Mr. Hunter, didn't you attend Biology?
Probably not. Rather his knowledge is in medicine and drugs. Given Wards heavy reliance in BALCO CEO Victor Conte I'd say anything is possible. Conte was always a step ahead.
Why does Floyd won't agree on this? You guys kept on pushing the random test and wont even agree to this?
Because the real advantage in doping is in training for the fight. You can train much harder and longer and recuperate faster. So a test-procedure will only be effective if it's random and out-of-competition.
A test after the fight isn't useless, but only stupid people will get caught in such a test.
Teofilo never graduated to the pros and we will never know how good or great he could be as a pro...
I say Ali, George and Joe knockouts Teofilo within 6 rounds ...
Yep. It's impossible to tell since Stevenson never turned pro. Although the difference between the am's and pro's wasn't as significant back then the number of rounds and the liberal interpretation of the rules in the professional prize ring.
So who knows how Stevenson would have developed as a pro? We do know that he was the best AM heavyweight though. We also know that Ali was the best pro.
If anything Calzaghe's win over Kessler is overrated. After the fight it has become clear that Kessler fought with a handinjury and because of it he didn't even spar.
Any fighter would tell you that that's a major handicap.