Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
Let's start with "ruined".

With all due respect to my friend Brock, but....... Maidana didn't ruin anybody.
He gave Floyd a hell of a fight, probably more than Floyd expected. But ruined??
No.

To me, ruined is where the other fighter is never the same after that.
Usually a grueling, punishing fight, where the fighter suffers irreversible wear and tear.

Another is "cherry-picking".

It's overused for sure. Cherry picking occurs... but not every soft touch a fighter intermixes in between tough fights should be considered cherry-picking. Once a cherry-picker, always a cherry-picker. Meaning that fighters that become known for that tend to do so more often than everybody else. But not everybody is a cherry-picker.

How about "exposed"?

That's a really overused term. What is exposed, anyway? To me is where the fighter's record was built with smoke and mirrors (parade of tomato cans, for example). A bogus record just waiting to be exposed by the first good opponent a fighter faces. That is exposed. But it's overused. Every time a fighter loses, he's been exposed. B.S.



I'm as guilty of using these terms as anybody else, but usually try to reserve them for cases that truly merit their use.
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'Ruined'

Would lead everyone to assume that a fighter was never the same again, usually after absorbing
a frightful beating, and incapable of performing on a good level again.

See; Dwight Muhammad Qawi over Matthew Saad Muhammad
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'Cherry-Picking'

Yes, selecting an opponent who has absolutely 'no chance' of defeating you. Typically a
Champion selecting a 'safe opponent' to defend his Title against.

See; Ray Leonard ........Opponent List > Davey 'Boy Green, Larry Bonds, Bruce Finch
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'Exposed'

A fighter who had previously dominated, suddenly gets 'exposed' when he takes on a
somewhat unknown opponent who has his 'so-called' number.

See........... Carlos Monzon over Nino Benvenuti
See........... Pedro Flores over Yoko Gushiken
See........... Vernon Forest over Shane Mosely