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Manny put a huge beating on him in Australia and was utterly robbed. I dont remember which round, 8th or 9th, Horn was practically KO'd standing up miraculously, and at the end of that round, the referee went to his corner, told him he was gonna stop the fight for his safety if he saw him not throw anything. Then the next round Horn did all kinds of shenanigans like hugging, illegally punching, pushing, etc., to keep Manny at bay and he did that in the next rounds as well, IT WAS A HUGE BEATING FROM BEGINNING TO END. Horn never ever was a champion, he was a fabricated one. I didn't even care to watch the fight with Crawford, it was obvious Horn was gonna lose. But I still think Manny in his prime form and weight --below welterweight-- would beat Crawford soundly in his prime which I guess is NOW. If Lomachenko wasn't naturally a two weight-class smaller guy than Crawford, I am pretty sure he'd easily beat up and KO Crawford. Loma is way faster on both hands and feet than Crawford, he is a way better boxer in his head and body movement, he is way better at attack and defense, BUT HE IS WAY SMALLER NATURALLY.
Just watch that fight between Crawford and Gamboa. Crawford was WAY BIGGER AND STRONGER than Gamboa, that's the ONLY reason he pulled it off because Gamboa was beating him up badly, but his punches were pillow fisted because DUUUH, Gamboa was TINY compared to Crawford, but anyone who is not a ridiculously biased American that cheers for Crawford blindly, could see that Gamboa was WAY FASTER than Crawfrord and very accurate, he was giving him a boxing lesson and a weak-punching beating. Had they been the same size, it would have been a KO for Gamboa. It is a very similar story to JMM-Floyd, a JMM that looked like a fat guy who really was three divisions smaller than Floyd, but was in there FOR THE MONEY, totally out of shape, and a Floyd that looked three divisions bigger, stronger, full of muscle, and yet and and I emphasize this again, ignore the biased Americans that will cheer for their nationals super prejudiciously, JMM connected tons of punches to Floyd's face and body that those SOLD OUT ROTTEN judges, comp-stats "providers" and American commentators chose to ignore, but unfortunately all those beautiful 4-6 punch combinations were pillow-fisted, Malinaggi-style because duh, JMM was really 2-3 divisions smaller than Floyd in that fight. So the scumbag judges chose to ignore all those beautifully connected punches by JMM, but they were there.
Crawford is not such a big deal. Gamboa would have KO'd him at one or two divisions lower than the one they fought at. So, in that weight and size mismatch "fight," Crawford was catapulted to glory and Gamboa, undefeated and a real fan-friendly spectacular super-fast boxer, went completely into oblivion because he is Cuban.
When somebody with fast hands and good boxing IQ, HIS SAME SIZE OR BIGGER faces Crawford, that will be the end of his P4P status, mark my words. But he is American, so he will ALWAYS get some kind of an advantage when he fights anybody competitive, and he will never fight outside the US, where the judges, commentators, "punch stat providers" yeah right are located, just like his fellow mate Floyd did all his career. The likes of Manny, Loma and Gamboa get to fight away from their home country their entire careers, having to fight in mismatches or suffering robberies. It is the story of the money. Money talks. The Wards, Crawfords and Floyds of the world, as long as they fight at home where the money is, will always "win."
Just watch that fight between Crawford and Gamboa. Crawford was WAY BIGGER AND STRONGER than Gamboa, that's the ONLY reason he pulled it off because Gamboa was beating him up badly, but his punches were pillow fisted because DUUUH, Gamboa was TINY compared to Crawford, but anyone who is not a ridiculously biased American that cheers for Crawford blindly, could see that Gamboa was WAY FASTER than Crawfrord and very accurate, he was giving him a boxing lesson and a weak-punching beating. Had they been the same size, it would have been a KO for Gamboa. It is a very similar story to JMM-Floyd, a JMM that looked like a fat guy who really was three divisions smaller than Floyd, but was in there FOR THE MONEY, totally out of shape, and a Floyd that looked three divisions bigger, stronger, full of muscle, and yet and and I emphasize this again, ignore the biased Americans that will cheer for their nationals super prejudiciously, JMM connected tons of punches to Floyd's face and body that those SOLD OUT ROTTEN judges, comp-stats "providers" and American commentators chose to ignore, but unfortunately all those beautiful 4-6 punch combinations were pillow-fisted, Malinaggi-style because duh, JMM was really 2-3 divisions smaller than Floyd in that fight. So the scumbag judges chose to ignore all those beautifully connected punches by JMM, but they were there.
Crawford is not such a big deal. Gamboa would have KO'd him at one or two divisions lower than the one they fought at. So, in that weight and size mismatch "fight," Crawford was catapulted to glory and Gamboa, undefeated and a real fan-friendly spectacular super-fast boxer, went completely into oblivion because he is Cuban.
When somebody with fast hands and good boxing IQ, HIS SAME SIZE OR BIGGER faces Crawford, that will be the end of his P4P status, mark my words. But he is American, so he will ALWAYS get some kind of an advantage when he fights anybody competitive, and he will never fight outside the US, where the judges, commentators, "punch stat providers" yeah right are located, just like his fellow mate Floyd did all his career. The likes of Manny, Loma and Gamboa get to fight away from their home country their entire careers, having to fight in mismatches or suffering robberies. It is the story of the money. Money talks. The Wards, Crawfords and Floyds of the world, as long as they fight at home where the money is, will always "win."
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