Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
I hope Lacy beats him decisively. Im sick of hearing about Manfredo and hearing his name mentioned among elite fighters. Im not sure who wins this one though. But even if Manfredo wins I still got to see David Banks make him look like absolute sh@t and that was good enough for me.
Hmm...with the power of hindsight, I disagree that Banks made look Manfredo look bad. Manfredo won by a clear UD, though he lost a few rounds because he had trouble dealing with Banks handspeed. It looked bad at first, because nobody knew much about Banks, even though he had beaten a fairly well regarded prospect, Elvin Ayala twice. By the way, that same Elvin Ayala just pulled a draw against Sergio Mora. Having just watching Banks dismantle Donny McCrary live from 40 ft away, and having watched Banks bust up and push a very good young fighter named Paul Smith to a SD on TV, that victory over Banks looks a bit better. More than a bit better. Scoring a UD over Banks looks pretty damn good, actually. Banks might be feather-fisted, but that guy is fast. I don't hear anybody ripping Paul Smith for essentially letting Banks take him out of the tournament, and Smith was probably the 4th best of the group.

So I guess if Banks made Manfredo look like shite, he made Paul Smith look like double shite, and indirectly, he made Mora look bad by twice beating a guy with whom he drew.

So, looking back, it looks pretty good for Manfredo that he pulled a unanimous 97-93 victory over the guy (though I had the fight 96-94).