I'm a sucker I usually buy into most excuses except for the stuff that happens in the ring basically. And all the poisoning I hate all that.

I hate when fighters talk about their hands I hate it. Especially when you can sit there and watch the fight and see that their were clearly other factors at work. Like Malignaggi against Ndou the second time. Breaking your hand has nothing to do with you getting hit at will or at least I wouldn't think it does. I think the Clottey thing is garbage too especially considering that Clottey fades after the 5th round of every fight broken hand or not. Also, socks and gloves have really fueled my wish for Pacquiao to lose one of these days. Pac fans too. That is just ridiculous.

But when a fighter says that they had some personal problems or problems with weight I'm inclined to believe that. Or even when they say that they just didn't show up. I believe that too especially the last one because you can see it in the ring. Other stuff, I'm no one to second guess that.

So I buy into them but at the same time I never blame an excuse as the sole reason someone lost the fight. Big MAB fan and I'm sure the fires had an effect on the fight but ultimately it's the fighters responsibility to work around whatever problems they have to win the fight. Unless it's a fucked up promoter. A fucked up promoter just can't be worked around.