Originally posted by ADP02
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Show me where I said that Hatton or JMM were #1 WWs? Is this a case of you seeing what you wanted to? Or you thought you had an opportunity to flex your internet muscles? LOL ...
Ortiz fought and beat the #2 WW to become the #2 WW, but even they are riding the hype whore express.
Cotto beat Carlos Quintana in a vacant title match to get his belt.
Margarito beat Cotto to take his vacant tile from him. Cotto was no champion. he was a titlist because HE NEVER BEAT A CHAMPION TO BE A CHAMPION!
Pacquiao beat Cotto for a vacant title that Cotto got after suffering a bloody beating at the hands of Margarito. Cotto fought Michael Jennings for yet ANOTHER vacant belt only to lose it to Pacquiao.
All these guys are full of ****. Even Berto and Ortiz are full of ****. Berto won his WBC belt as a vacant title. He didn't actually beat a champion for that belt!
All these boxers are sidestepping the champions and top competition in favor of vacant belts in order to make big money fights. Its disgraceful but the fans stand for it. So why would they stop?
Why do you guys think I rate Floyd higher than Pacquiao, Cotto, Margarito and everyone else?
Its because he's one of the few guys who has consistently faced the best in his career that has spanned 14 years! He didn't take shortcuts. He didn't use vacant belts to make a case for big fights. He faced the best and beat the best to be recognized as the best.
Sure .. Floyd has accolades like Fighter of the Year, but those writer awards don't define what he has done. His record and the condition and rank of who he fought defines his legacy.
You hype whores don't mind vacant belts because it gives you more fights, but it ruins boxing. The alphabet titles don't allow for their to be ONE SINGLE king of the hill. Even if a fighter unifies his division, there's always sure to be some sanctioning mess among the vultures who have their hands out.
All you half asssed fans don't care that we have a phenom who doesn't need to use catchweights when fighting men that have a 20lb advantage on him. We have a phenom who was once as small as Pacquiao competing at 106lbs, but came up THE RIGHT WAY without having to use stipulations.
When you have someone who rises through the ranks the old fashion way ... by winning against the best and keep doing that ... you have to acknowledge that you are seeing something rare if you are honest.
Since 2008, Pacquiao has been okee-doking his way through boxers. You don't have to agree, but real fans know it. The ONLY thing that made people take notice in all of Pacquiao's wins since 2008 was the fact that he was supposed to be this small little Asian guy, when in reality he is only 2" shorter than Mosley and Mayweather. He's bigger than Hatton! And when you consider that he made the guys sweat down to within 2lbs of his own weight .. the size disparity really wasn't there ... but the feeling of a small guy beating a perceived bigger guy was still there. We thought we just saw a LW beat a WW!
When in reality, the two men were relatively the same size , but if that was put in the promotion they wouldn't have sold as many tickets and PPVs.
The greatness of what Mayweather has done is undeniable.
What Pacquiao has done requires clever wording and omitted details for his feats to remain being seen as great.
Catchweights, vacant belts, banned cheaters fighting despite being banned, targeting WWs only once they've lost ... when you paint the WHOLE picture with those details, it ain't so pretty. When you factor in that Pacquiao hasn't fought a top 3 fighter since Marquez, one begins to wonder how they can justify the rankings he's received in the past 3 years.
Tell the truth. That's all any of us has to do. Just tell the truth.
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