Floyd's competition vs Manny's competition

[Beanflicker]

JMM didn't magically grow into ww, he matured and put muscle on to grow into the weight. Watch his fight vs Floyd n then last fight vs Manny. Night n day difference in size and density. Add to the fact that Floyd didn't meet the contractual weight by a couple of pounds, n it was a couple of guys from two different weight classes fighting. I always have said the Manny is a smaller man than Floyd. Much smaller. Floyd is a big 140 pounder and Manny is a 135 pounder. He started as a flyweight, and even though he was young he is only like 5'5" or 5'6".

JMM physically matured... at 37? Come on, man. And like I said, the JMM who fought Floyd weighed in the exact same as the JMM who fought Pac two years later: 142lbs (143lbs for the 4th Pac fight), so I have no idea what you're talking about in terms of a "night and day" size difference.

[mikeeod]

JMM didn't magically grow into ww, he matured and put muscle on to grow into the weight. Watch his fight vs Floyd n then last fight vs Manny. Night n day difference in size and density. Add to the fact that Floyd didn't meet the contractual weight by a couple of pounds, n it was a couple of guys from two different weight classes fighting. I always have said the Manny is a smaller man than Floyd. Much smaller. Floyd is a big 140 pounder and Manny is a 135 pounder. He started as a flyweight, and even though he was young he is only like 5'5" or 5'6".

JMM physically matured... at 37? Come on, man. And like I said, the JMM who fought Floyd weighed in the exact same as the JMM who fought Pac two years later: 142lbs (143lbs for the 4th Pac fight), so I have no idea what you're talking about in terms of a "night and day" size difference.

Look at the density of his build in both fights. He was much larger in the Manny fight. Not even debatable. And yes, once u stop running and making a conscious effort to keep ur weight down, u can actually fill out and mature into a larger, more muscular person. Weight training and different training habits benefitted JMM carrying the extra weight.

[Beanflicker]

Look at the density of his build in both fights. He was much larger in the Manny fight. Not even debatable. And yes, once u stop running and making a conscious effort to keep ur weight down, u can actually fill out and mature into a larger, more muscular person. Weight training and different training habits benefitted JMM carrying the extra weight.

There's no doubt that he was leaner and more cut in the Manny fights, but to say that it was night and day, or that it was somehow significant I think is really grasping at straws.





Here's the "night and day", "MUCH BIGGER" difference you're talking about.

Definitely more cut in the Manny pics, but you're going to tell me that that's a completely different guy? Come on dude.

[Rantcatrat]

Also, you can't have it both ways. Either Clottey is good and the Cotto win counts a lot or Clottey is bad and Cotto's win doesn't count for much. If he's good, it's impressive Manny shut him out. If he's bad, it shouldn't matter he was coming off a loss.

To me, I think styles make fights. Manny was so much faster than Clottey that Clottey couldn't afford to come out of his shell. Against Cotto, speed differential wasn't there and Clottey could fight more of his fight. It's a shame he wouldn't come out of his shell though to give it a shot.

Also, realize that when Manny faced Oscar, he was a -200 underdog. Most experts predicted Manny to lose that fight. Now when we look back Oscar seemed drained but at the time it was a risky fight to take. The risk factor at the time of the fight should probably be factored into how high it is ranked to an extent too.

[Beanflicker]

Also, you can't have it both ways. Either Clottey is good and the Cotto win counts a lot or Clottey is bad and Cotto's win doesn't count for much. If he's good, it's impressive Manny shut him out. If he's bad, it shouldn't matter he was coming off a loss.

To me, I think styles make fights. Manny was so much faster than Clottey that Clottey couldn't afford to come out of his shell. Against Cotto, speed differential wasn't there and Clottey could fight more of his fight. It's a shame he wouldn't come out of his shell though to give it a shot.

Also, realize that when Manny faced Oscar, he was a -200 underdog. Most experts predicted Manny to lose that fight. Now when we look back Oscar seemed drained but at the time it was a risky fight to take. The risk factor at the time of the fight should probably be factored into how high it is ranked to an extent too.

I think Clottey is a hell of a fighter and I was impressed with his win, but the fact remained he was coming off of a loss.

Cotto is great but when he looked mediocre vs Clottey, a lot of people started questioning whether or not he was washed up.

[Master]

You forget he came from lightweight and knocked out the champ.
DLH who volunteered to fight at welterweight so he was to blame and the fool. Pac Man wiped him out.
Ricky Hatton may have had a bad camp but Manny wiped him out at his weight.
Cotto was great win and performance.
Clottely beaten easily.
Marg was his most impressive performance against a much bigger man.
Then it started to go down in performance against Shane Mosley, JMM, Tim Bradley, Brandon Rios and probably Chris Algeri.
To be fair I do not argue who fought the better opposition as I do not care. What I do care is that they never fought one another 2009ish when Manny was awesome and Floyd used the excuse that he must be on drugs. Both of them are prats.