Sunday, November 13, 2011
Dan Rafael:"Until Mayweather fights a real Welter there will always be questions about his greatness.Thoughts?
THAT'S FALLACIOUS. MAYWEATHER BUILT HIS REPUTATION AS A FIGHTER FROM THE LOWER DIVISIONS UP TO THE WELTERWEIGHTS. HE STAYED LONGER AND FOUGHT MORE ACTIVELY IN TITLE CONQUESTS AND DEFENSES IN THE JR. LIGHTWEIGHTS, LIGHTWEIGHTS, THE JR. WELTERWEIGHTS AND THE WELTERWEIGHTS (EVEN GOING UP IN THE JR. MIDDLE) LONGER THAN PACQUIAO HAS. ALONG THE WAY HE BEATS LEGENDS AND HOUSEHOLD NAMES AS DIEGO CORRALES, JOSE LUIS CASTILLO,CARLOS AND GENARO HERNANDEZ, THUNDER GATTI, OSCAR DE LA HOYA, ZAB JUDAH, CARLOS BALDOMIR, RICKY HATTON AND JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ. I DON'T SEE HOW DAN RAFAEL COULD MAKE THAT UMPTION? HE ISN'T A NOVICE WRITER I KNOW. AND HE COVERED FLOYD'S FIGHTS MORE THAN OTHERS I COULD PRESUME. PACMAN ONLY HAD A FIGHT IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT AND IN THE JR. WELTERWEIGHT AND JUST TWO IN THE WELTERWEIGHTS,MOSTLY AGAINST CHOICE OPPONENTS (DIAZ, OSCAR) WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST OR "TRUE" FIGHTERS IN THE DIVISION, AND YET WE ARE READY TO MAKE HIM EVEN GREATER? PLEASE BRUSH UP ON YOUR BOXING HISTORY AND MATH! IT'S PLAIN TO SEE THAT IT IS PACMAN WHO HAS MORE TO PROVE IN HIS NEW WEIGHT THAN FLOYD.
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