PBF & PAC haters (what could they have done to get your respect?)

[SlimTrae]

PBF-
1. Don't claim that fake retirement.
2. Fight Paul Williams instead.
3. Fight Margarito
4. Weighed in against JMM.

PW fight-IMO was totally about a contrast of styles. Floyd isn't strong enough like Martinez to have kept Paul off of him. Too many punches without having to come inside, I think if any fighter could have beaten Floyd it was PW. NO all time great refuses to fight another undefeated top ranked fighter in their weight class.

Margarito I now see was more of a hype job ala Arum, but nevertheless he was a hot commodity & Floyd refused to honor the fans. Not weighing in against JMM was just fuckin' tacky. Tacky as hell.
That's what manipulators do, not ATGs.

PAC:
1.Juan Diaz (instead of David Diaz)
2. Michael Katsidis
3. Joel Casamayor (lineal champ at the time)
4. Shane Mosley (before Floyd)
5. Margarito (Before Shane)
6. DLH (not @ catchweight)

Undefeated Baby Bull called him out. Called it his dream fight. This was during the period Pac was taking on opponents coming off losses. Baby Bull was loved by Mexico -HBO was pumping him, it would have sold great and a gr8 outcome with both styles.
Instead-
After David Diaz fight he walked away from a division that was hot. Allowing JMM to clean it up. Pac retires as a great who never cleaned out a single division? That's cheap. & Punkish.

While he fought Cotto @ catchweight, many fighters back to Henry Armstrong made the adjustment, so why couldn't Miguel do it? I have to say hat is off to Pac. He really beat Cotto up.

His fights with Hatton, Margarito, Mosley & DLH were all timed well & at his chosen weight. Real champs just don't do shit like that-so often.


If just 1/2 of these fights could have been made- it would've made it harder to hate on either. But they gave us plenty of ammunition to question (both) of their legacies as far as I'm concerned.

2 of the most manipulative conniving fighters who had way too much skill to have conned us.