Did Ryan Garcia Expose Marios Barrios and Manny Pacquiao?

[Spray_resistant]

This did not tell me anything I didn't already know but the question was what Ryan would show up. When he is in great shape physically and more important mentally he looks like a real world class fighter. As for Barrios, its obvious he isn't a special fighter and Pac is way way way past his peak.

[drablj]

what was there to expose? manny is ancient and barrios was never special or great. ryan did well and props to him but nobody was exposed.

[Southpawology]

nothing got exposed. barrios is a horrible barometer to gauge off of. hes really just not that good

[ELPacman]

Nobody should blow this Ryan win out or proportion. He beat Barrios...a guy that had a draw with a 46yr old Pac while Barrios was in his prime. That tells you everything you need to know.

The fact that Ryan got a title shot opportunity after taking a loss in his last fight is what upsets me most. He didn't deserve it and let's be real, Barrios was food for just about any fighter that faced him. Ryan just got lucky he got the opportunity since money talks and they bumped him ahead of the line.

Ryan is no more impressive or less impressive to me after this win. Rolly still has his number.

[Century Tuna]

I wouldn't say he "exposed" Mario Barrios. Exposure implies that we thought that Barrios was something that he wasn't. Mario has been around for a while, so we all knew generally what to expect. An above average fighter, a lot of heart, good stiff jab, and a very good counter puncher. Probably not championship material but he had a lot of heart so. Barrios fought someone who was much faster than him tonight. That's really what it comes down to.

Calling it “not exposed” is just a polite way of pretending the obvious didn’t happen You say we already knew what to expectm an above-average fighter with heart. Exactly. And that’s the point. Heart doesn’t win fights when your speed, timing, and ring IQ are a level below your opponent. What happened in that fight just confirmed that Barrios is exactly what critics said he was. Saying “he just fought someone faster” is a weak excuse. Speed is part of boxing. If a fighter can’t deal with it, can’t adjust, and spends the night getting beaten to the punch, that’s not just bad luck, that’s a limitation. And that limitation is precisely what got exposed.

[hugh grant]

Any other former flyweight at 46 would lose badly to barios. So pac wasn't exposed

[hugh grant]

Any other former flyweight at 46 would lose badly to barios. So pac wasn't exposed. Only person exposed was barios, and it was pac who exposed him

[RockyKO]

Calling it “not exposed” is just a polite way of pretending the obvious didn’t happen You say we already knew what to expectm an above-average fighter with heart. Exactly. And that’s the point. Heart doesn’t win fights when your speed, timing, and ring IQ are a level below your opponent. What happened in that fight just confirmed that Barrios is exactly what critics said he was. Saying “he just fought someone faster” is a weak excuse. Speed is part of boxing. If a fighter can’t deal with it, can’t adjust, and spends the night getting beaten to the punch, that’s not just bad luck, that’s a limitation. And that limitation is precisely what got exposed.

I was under the impression that his lack of speed was "exposed" a while back.

[fragilety]

Why are you talking about prime fighters or fighters near their prime beating up or exposing a former all-time great fighting in his late 40s?

[fragilety]

Why are you talking about prime fighters or fighters near their prime beating up or exposing a former all-time great fighting in his late 40s? It means nothing, you tal**** they are fighting a prime Manny