Originally posted by MexicanStyle#1
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But your right the hall of famers operating around his years were
Hamed, Morales, Barrera, Pacquaio and borderline Casamayor
Gotta remember he only got a shot at Barrera at 130 in 2007. He was struggling to get significant matches at 126 until then. At 130 he fought the two HOF active at the time and at 135 there were no active HOF (apart from Casa as the champ) and then he pursued a match with the HOF bound Pacquaio above 135.
fought Pac 4x, Barrera (despite being avoided for years), Casa and was largely avoided by Hamed and Morales. Not sure who else he could have fought that's Canastota bound.
He always fought the best, often took the short end of the purse and had concessions like weight against him but just did his thing and got some great wins.
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