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What boxers that you have watched from when you started watching boxing til now, you talked a lot of sh.t about but then they changed your mind with one fight and you respected them after that fight?
Three come to mind off the top of my head:
Sergio Martinez: I talked a ton of crap about this man and thought he was being way overhyped and pushed too much. He then knocked out Paul Williams in 2 rounds and I became a fan and stopped talk crap about him.
Manny Pacquiao: Manny Pacquiao did it twice actually, not just once. First he did it with Ricky Hatton at 140 when Hatton was the Lineal champ there. Then he did it recently as an old man vs Keith Thurman, a younger, undefeated top 10 WW. Although my crap talking had calmed down considerably going into the Thurman fight, that fight still left me thinking about how good Pacquiao really is as a fighter. Thurman's bad shoulder and time-off or not, Pacquiao is old and past prime. No excuse.
Teofimo Lopez: A trash talker with very little experience at the top level. Looked mediocre against Nakatani and became emo after the fight, tweeting about quitting boxing or something. Looked mentally weak. He then KO's Commey, big deal; who has Commey beaten? Calls out Lomachenko..a 2-time Olympic Gold medalist with a 396-1 amateur record and a 14-1 record which even the worst opponents were at least good gatekeepers/journeymen. In a fight where I predicted Lomachenko will win 12-0, or frustrate Lopez and his corner so badly that they will quit in the corner or throw in the towel. Instead Lopez won a fairly easy 8 rounds to 4 and now has Lomachenko scrambling for excuses and pointing fingers at everyone but himself.
Three come to mind off the top of my head:
Sergio Martinez: I talked a ton of crap about this man and thought he was being way overhyped and pushed too much. He then knocked out Paul Williams in 2 rounds and I became a fan and stopped talk crap about him.
Manny Pacquiao: Manny Pacquiao did it twice actually, not just once. First he did it with Ricky Hatton at 140 when Hatton was the Lineal champ there. Then he did it recently as an old man vs Keith Thurman, a younger, undefeated top 10 WW. Although my crap talking had calmed down considerably going into the Thurman fight, that fight still left me thinking about how good Pacquiao really is as a fighter. Thurman's bad shoulder and time-off or not, Pacquiao is old and past prime. No excuse.
Teofimo Lopez: A trash talker with very little experience at the top level. Looked mediocre against Nakatani and became emo after the fight, tweeting about quitting boxing or something. Looked mentally weak. He then KO's Commey, big deal; who has Commey beaten? Calls out Lomachenko..a 2-time Olympic Gold medalist with a 396-1 amateur record and a 14-1 record which even the worst opponents were at least good gatekeepers/journeymen. In a fight where I predicted Lomachenko will win 12-0, or frustrate Lopez and his corner so badly that they will quit in the corner or throw in the towel. Instead Lopez won a fairly easy 8 rounds to 4 and now has Lomachenko scrambling for excuses and pointing fingers at everyone but himself.
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