Casamayor has been far deserving of glory - far more than he has ever really received.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
He can hang & bang with the best of them.
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Casamayor has been far deserving of glory - far more than he has ever really received.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
He can hang & bang with the best of them.
Im a born again Cassa fan... so i have to agree wit u there ;)
Disagree on both. Even if he does manage to stay on his feet though, EM will be humiliatingly outboxed. Casamayor is a MUCH better technical boxer than EM ever was. And we all saw what happened against Raheem.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_answer
Because he's only like 30 years old and he'll be adding that much more brain damage for the rest of his life, for a fight he has about a 1% chance of winning.Quote:
its just me.. it never crossed my mind i'll admitt it.
but EM is a great warrior and he deserves a great goodbye fight...
if he wins the title he'll be tied with chavez i believe
so why not take th reisk?
CC for the news Pacfan. Im a HUGE EM fan but I think it would be best for him to retire. I will miss him but he went out like a warrior/ I only see one outcome for the Cas fight,a beating for Erik. I know he hadn't trained properly etc for Raheem but Joel is far slicker and can bang too,it would be a 1 sided beating unless Erik pulled out ALLLLLLL the stops.
at what weight? I just hope is at 135 since Raheem frustated Morales he went back down but for me that is his best weight. If tha fight takes place at 135 I will go with Morales all the way.
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Posted by: El Gamo
CC for the news Pacfan. Im a HUGE EM fan but I think it would be best for him to retire. I will miss him but he went out like a warrior/ I only see one outcome for the Cas fight,a beating for Erik. I know he hadn't trained properly etc for Raheem but Joel is far slicker and can bang too,it would be a 1 sided beating unless Erik pulled out ALLLLLLL the stops.
We seem to forget Casamayor will be 36 next year
With Morales adding more weight and not drain himself, then this will be a good fight.
Casamayor will also fight toe to e in which Morales reach will be a bigger advantage.
I have a gut feeling Morales will be reinvented and become champion again
Mark my word
Casamayor would replenish EM's career. It's not over... I hope...Quote:
Originally Posted by spade
I am still in shock.
I am still waiting for Morales to get up off the canvas and finish the round. He was down but he was not out.
:'(
I am angry, sad, upset ::**
If he wants to move up in weight and fight Casita then more power to him. I guess he knew he was done with PacMan and why get killed when you can live to fight another day.
How does back to back K.O defeats and 4 out of 5 losses qualify you for a shot at a world title in a higher weight ? This fight shouldnt happen if Erik values his health.Whoever he fights next , he'll pull a " no mas " again cuz his body and warrior spirit have gone
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Morales is one of my favorite fighters ever, but this is a bad move and just the type of decision that I was worried he'd make.
Morales is an ancient 30 years old, has been in so many wars I've lost track, and has drained his body over the years by killing himself to make the weight. Now he's moving up in weight to fight a slick boxer who is also the naturally bigger man.
It doesn't matter that Casamayor is 35, in boxing years he's younger than Morales.
I admire his neverending desire to be a world champion, but this is not a Bernard Hopkins-type situation. Hopkins was over 40 years old when he moved up to 175, but he had suffered very little punishment over the years and was in strong physical condition. And the Taylor losses he was coming off were plodding, technical fights.
People keep talking about Morales' "heart," and yes, it's a great quality, but while heart can help take a young fighter to a top, heart can also cause an old fighter to hang around far too long and suffer beatings that can affect the rest of his life.