The "Myth" that Corrales was some monster before he fought Floyd

[Khalid X]

Why should i talk about Pac? The man is the number 1 boxer so yes i would use him as an example, Barrera went on to do things, JMM went on to do great thing but my point still stands in relation to the TS..

Calzaghe beat up Lacy and what happen after that nothing, the same calzaghe beats Hopkins and Hop went on to beat Pavlik...My point? Is it never just judge a fighter by hype or by what they did before they lost..You judge them pre and post a defeat.



Of course HBO are going to Hype him, HBO like guys who KO fighters, Fighters with power and corrales was a fighter who they thought resemble or reminds them of Tommy hearns, Whether the hype is justified would be find out later on in his career and we did find out or didnt we?

Am sure the Lacy Hype was worst than Corrales though but for some reason Corrales name came up and he achieved more whereas Lacy done(?).

Fair enough. I agree with a lot of what you said BTW.

FWIW....This is just a topic I thought of because I'm bored right now.

[Ray*]

isn't boxing all about hype? check this out.

in 1998 floyd beat genaro hernandez and angel manfredy 2 very good opponents and ended the year ranked #8 p4p.

then in 1999 he fought Carlos Alberto Ramon Rios, justin juuko, and carlos gerena 3 guys not even ranked in the top 10 but he moves up to #2 p4p. why would he move up so high if he's fighting bums? cause the hype machine says so!

I agree, I dont know why he was ranked so high on the back of fighting those guys, And that was only Mayweather 3 years in pro boxing.. But i doubt boxing was on the internet enough for us to question that....But that was a good question though.

[Ray*]

Fair enough. I agree with a lot of what you said BTW.

FWIW....This is just a topic I thought of because I'm bored right now.

I understand, Its a good topic but i think we have worst boxers who were pre-hyped and didnt even go on to do as much as what Corrales did...Jason Litzau was one fighter who was hyped a bit and i fall for the hype because i like sweet science-pure boxing etc but has he lived up to the hype? No, am sure i can go through 5 fighters in the last 5 years with a lot of hype.

[Khalid X]

I understand, Its a good topic but i think we have worst boxers who were pre-hyped and didnt even go on to do as much as what Corrales did...Jason Litzau was one fighter who was hyped a bit and i fall for the hype because i like sweet science-pure boxing etc but has he lived up to the hype? No, am sure i can go through 5 fighters in the last 5 years with a lot of hype.

True...

Being that I'm a huge Zab Judah fan...I can agree with you 100% (sorry Zab if you somehow see this reply...lol)

[Swag Hustla]

Corrales was tall and had a 10-15 lbs weight advantage, but got beat like a rag doll against lil' Floyd. Mayweather was actually the betting underdog for that fight. He answered the critics and that's probably Floyd most exciting performance.

Because of that fight, guys like me criticize Floyd because we know what he can do. Can't take this win away from Floyd. People have already taken too much credit away from him.

[Pacquiao'd]

Years from now people will create similar threads to this, only difference being they'll substitute Manny's name for Diego's.

true story, they are going to rip mannys resume

[cixthree]

Homie I acknowledge he did great things afterwards, I'm just asking what warranted HBO hyping him up as such a force. Nothing on his resume justified it at the time, that's all I'm saying.

I'm sitting here stuck..... if u don't understand it why not research it?
Corrales was a beast period, no matter the opponent. The hype came from what he had done and what he could possably do to Floyd.
Floyd waxed him, he went on to do great things which tells u rite there that he was no joke.

I'm not saying ur hating but if u know the def it sounds like it. Floyd woulda waxed him even after the hype "was" warranted. Just leave it at that

[jrosales13]

Corrales was the betting favorite, 10lb weight advantage, reach and height advantage, was undefeated, a KO artist, and had Alex Ariza as his conditioning coach...

That is not true stop making stuff up.

[jrosales13]

It was a great win. Leave it at that.

It really was a great win... Full credit to Floyd he beat an elite SFW and he beat him in dominating fashion. Props to Floyd.

[Equinox]

If you were not activelly following boxing back then, you cant honestly say you know what you are talking about. I my self thought Corrales was going to beat Floyd. I saw him upset Roberto Garcia on Tysons undercard. I saw his fights against Brown, Gainer, and Manfredy live on HBO and no matter what you say every one thought Corrales was dangerous. Corrales was the Marcos Maidana back then, you cant just boxrec fighters and assume ****. Just because you didnt see any belts on Manfredys boxrec does not mean he was not a formidable opponent. Go look at Miachael Katsidis's boxrec.