It was an all time great ***** move that's for sure and something the old time fighters would never have done.
For example:
Look at Duran-Hearns. Hearns was a much bigger man and every additional pound was a huge advantage for him.
Duran had just finished fighting Hagler for the middleweight title so he had already gone to 160 and fought well.
Hearns decides to fight Duran and do it 154 even though the belt was pointless with him intending to fight Hagler at middleweight next. You see Hearns was confident in his ability and didn't feel the need to try and tilt the playing field in his favor by setting the fight at an unnatural weight for his opponent.
Now if Hearns was Mayweather he would have demanded Duran accept a non-title fight at 168 pounds and would have insisted on a 28 foot ring and 4 oz gloves.
For example:
Look at Duran-Hearns. Hearns was a much bigger man and every additional pound was a huge advantage for him.
Duran had just finished fighting Hagler for the middleweight title so he had already gone to 160 and fought well.
Hearns decides to fight Duran and do it 154 even though the belt was pointless with him intending to fight Hagler at middleweight next. You see Hearns was confident in his ability and didn't feel the need to try and tilt the playing field in his favor by setting the fight at an unnatural weight for his opponent.
Now if Hearns was Mayweather he would have demanded Duran accept a non-title fight at 168 pounds and would have insisted on a 28 foot ring and 4 oz gloves.
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