From the first time I saw Martinez fight, I never thought he was "great". I always had this lingering thought of "he's just good enough to be recognized, but not good enough to be considered top 3 p4p". Then again, I don't follow much boxing, but I do agree he's been overrated a bit.
I disagree; Floyd is still undefeated and has fought nothing but top notch competition his entire career. Unfortunately, even though Pac fought some of the best in the world, he will always have that JMM knockout blemish on his record. I personally think Floyd's legacy will outlast Pacquiao's.
I was surprised that Lampley's reply was "but the crowd booed him". What does that have to do w/ anything? I really enjoy Lampley's commentary though so I was surprised to hear that kind of logic out of him, then again, I've only recently started following boxing more and more. Rigondeaux is definitely #3 P4P, in my opinion.
Pacquiao has the speed advantage to perhaps confuse Golovkin a bit, but ultimately, I think GGG's power will eventually catch Pac. Interesting fight though. I'd rather see Pac vs. Rios to see where he's at before setting him up w/ a rising beast in GGG.
while i agree that he cheated to make weight... You do know that a diuretic doesn't enhance performance... it's not a PED... it doesn't make you stronger... increase size... help you train harder... or even help you recover faster... and hydrochlorathiazide is actually a frickin blood pressure medication...
One thing you can take from this though, is that Love is willing to take drugs. Also, I've seen some photo of him w/ gyno, which is basically "***** tits". Either he got it as a kid, which is possible, or he took some PEDs. Either way, pro athletes taking PEDs is NOT surprising, never has been.
So...
The author believes that Joshua didn't quit because he got up against Klitschko, and because his trainer had him live in a hut for a night?
There is a difference between getting up from ONE knockdown and getting up from FOUR knockdowns. Joshua walked away from the ref, kept looking at his corner, kept spitting out his mouthpiece, and didn't even bother to walk forward when the ref pulled on his trunks. Joshua did the opposite of what you're supposed to do in that situation. Joshua quit but he didn't want to make it too obvious, so when the ref asked him if he wanted to continue, he said "Yes..."... but that's ALL he did. He stalled. When the ref ended the fight (like Joshua knew he eventually would) he said "What!?".
That's quitting.
Joshua is an amazing athlete inside and outside of the ring but we all saw the same thing that night.