Originally posted by GameBullDawg
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Mayweather cemented his legacy from 130-135. Manny Pacquiao cemented his legacy from 126-130. You have to understand that when fighters move up in weight (nowadays, not on that Henry Armstrong deal) they do it for fiscal reasons. You find the fight that will get you the most money and the one that will highlight your attributes. Neither of them have fought THE best opposition. Pacquiao skipped over Joel Casamayor, Joan Guzman, Juan Diaz, Nate Campbell, Acelino Freitas, and Michael Katsidis at lightweight. He fought Oscar at a weight (that fooled all of us, kudos to Roach for draining him) he wasn't effective at, he didn't fight Cotto then, he didn't fight Mosley then (or when Mosley was waiting to fight him while Cotto was training for Clottey, Roach knew what would happen), Pac didn't fight Margarito then, he didn't fight PWill then. At 140, Ricky was given the crown because he outwrestled Kosta at home in a division where everybody was leaving. If you really want to look at resumes (which is ridiculous imo) who has Ricky Beat? If you didn't see Cotto losing at '45 (or even '47) then clearly you didn't watch Cotto training in 24/7 looking like he was just in it for the check. Like I said, why not Shane Mosley?
It's too easy to sling mud one way and then cry and point fingers when it comes back.
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