Quote Originally Posted by tysonbruno
Its a good topic this Mayweather is a great boxer with great ability yet most of you wanted Oscar to switch him off and wanted him to get beat lose his unbeaten record.Everybody was always wanting Naz to get beat because he was cocky and arrogent but he would back it up with his skills and ko power similar to Eubank he was arrogent and people could'nt wait for him to lose once Eubank lost even more people liked him its like they think he's back on our level now.These 3 were good technical boxers winning world titles but people could'nt wait for them to get beat also theirs Toney,Jones,Mayorga these guys get the job done will fight anybody but you all love fighters like Ricky Hatton because he goes to his local pub and drinks Guinness he's real but he in my opinion does'nt perform like any of these guys 42-0 with only 4 genuine world title fights under his belt Joe Calzaghes is another but has only fought 1 big fight in 43-0 Without fighters like Mayweather,Hamed,Eubank,Toney,Ali,Jones,Mayorga boxing would be dull its these guys that get us up for fights without Mayweathers mouth the Mayweather vs De La Hoya fight would'nt have been as big and pulled as much interest in same as De La Hoya vs Mayorga everbody loves De La Hoya he's so nice but lets not forget these are still fighting men and perhaps De La Hoya has taken on this role as nice guy because you guys like it and people think we'll watch him or i want him to win because he's nice we should want fighters to win because they are good fighters regardless of there personalities were fight fans not personallity fans
To be fair, Hatton's is not for want of trying. But that's what happens when you're a Frank Warren fighter. When you sign a contract with Warren, it comes free with a protective bubble that you can step into. Now Ricky has left him, he is looking for the big fights. He wanted Gatti but Gatti went for Baldo, so he went for Lazcano who got injured and Collazo was the best available. I think people love Ricky for his style of fighting, more so than his "local man" persona.