Remember taylor not being competitive at the weight he was meant for because he could no longer make the weight and moving up and getting destroyed by terry norris i am afraid the same faith awaits little Ricky. If only his people would have not try to protect their investment by wasting what he had fighting tomato cans he would have looked awesome against any of the major players if he had fought anyone of them a year ago, but its too late now his conditioning at 140 has betrayed him and at 147 hes like a fish out of water. Meldrick was like a shooting star and so was Ricky its just too bad when he was at his best he was'nt allowed to face the tough comp and i dont mean the 1 fight he had with a past his prime Kostya. U know how Vargas was pushed too quick and it did not pay off, well the opposite would have happend to Ricky if he was pushed too quick, he would have conquered a few of the elite comp. Everyone has to realize when your strength is your work rate and conditioning, you dont last very long in this sport and they should definitely move u along a little faster than others with different strenghts.