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Fighter of the decade, n1 p4p, top 25 atg (according to some) etc
I mean he was well know for his fights with Barrera/Morales/Marquez but he seems to have blown up since the Dela Hoya fight and become massive. Without really doing anything near what he achieved in the past at the lower weights... His career from Dela Hoya onwards has been clearly cherry picking by Roach and Arum its so clear, i just don't understand how in the last 2 years based of it he is now a top 25 atg.. when he wasn't near that before?
Oscar Dela Hoya: Not fought at 147 in all most 10 years, was reportedly on a drip prior to the fight and even Roach claimed that "Oscar can't pull the trigger no more".
Ricky Hatton: A good fighter in my view but one who really harmed himself bloating up to near 200 pounds between fights and having little in the way of defense. He was knocked out 3 fights previous to facing Pacquiao and saved by a english ref vs a journyman in Lazcano. Don't let the Paulie fight fool you, Hatton could walk through his weak ass shots and maul him to death. Also remeber the classic Roach quote? "Ricky Hatton is just not a very good champion"
Cotto: Now i honestly thought he would lose this fight here, he hadn't taken any punishment by bigger fighters up to this point and i wasn't sure he could handle it. Props to him he was more then able to take Cotto's power and this was a very good win. However lets not forget what Roach said: "Cotto is damaged goods mentally" and that the fight took place at Catchweight. Cotto is now fighting at 154 pounds and looking pretty good for the weight.. read into that what you will..... I also think Roach was spot on cause after the 2nd knockdown Cotto practically just ran and infuriated Pac by doing so
Clottey: Not considered a threat at all hence the reason no CW was involved, why is it needed for Cotto/Margaritto but not the never has been or never will be great fighter in Clottey? I mean Clottey is certainly bigger then Cotto after all and is about the same size as Margaritto. When people say Clottey is a top 5-10 ww it just shows that the WW scene isn't in a great state outside the top few.
So how does this exactly propel pacquaio too the status he is at now? i don't get it. Sure he started at a very low weight class and has won many titles, but people forget he had no ams career. If Shane Mosley/Floyd Mayweather/Oscar etc didn't have an ams career they would have started at far lower weights and won titles lower down even if they lost a couple more fights. It's not like people hold those loses against Pac anyway..
I mean he was well know for his fights with Barrera/Morales/Marquez but he seems to have blown up since the Dela Hoya fight and become massive. Without really doing anything near what he achieved in the past at the lower weights... His career from Dela Hoya onwards has been clearly cherry picking by Roach and Arum its so clear, i just don't understand how in the last 2 years based of it he is now a top 25 atg.. when he wasn't near that before?
Oscar Dela Hoya: Not fought at 147 in all most 10 years, was reportedly on a drip prior to the fight and even Roach claimed that "Oscar can't pull the trigger no more".
Ricky Hatton: A good fighter in my view but one who really harmed himself bloating up to near 200 pounds between fights and having little in the way of defense. He was knocked out 3 fights previous to facing Pacquiao and saved by a english ref vs a journyman in Lazcano. Don't let the Paulie fight fool you, Hatton could walk through his weak ass shots and maul him to death. Also remeber the classic Roach quote? "Ricky Hatton is just not a very good champion"
Cotto: Now i honestly thought he would lose this fight here, he hadn't taken any punishment by bigger fighters up to this point and i wasn't sure he could handle it. Props to him he was more then able to take Cotto's power and this was a very good win. However lets not forget what Roach said: "Cotto is damaged goods mentally" and that the fight took place at Catchweight. Cotto is now fighting at 154 pounds and looking pretty good for the weight.. read into that what you will..... I also think Roach was spot on cause after the 2nd knockdown Cotto practically just ran and infuriated Pac by doing so
Clottey: Not considered a threat at all hence the reason no CW was involved, why is it needed for Cotto/Margaritto but not the never has been or never will be great fighter in Clottey? I mean Clottey is certainly bigger then Cotto after all and is about the same size as Margaritto. When people say Clottey is a top 5-10 ww it just shows that the WW scene isn't in a great state outside the top few.
So how does this exactly propel pacquaio too the status he is at now? i don't get it. Sure he started at a very low weight class and has won many titles, but people forget he had no ams career. If Shane Mosley/Floyd Mayweather/Oscar etc didn't have an ams career they would have started at far lower weights and won titles lower down even if they lost a couple more fights. It's not like people hold those loses against Pac anyway..
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