Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
I think the exposed thing gets blown out of proportion because, to me, it's supposed to mean that a guy was SUPPOSEDLY A-level, fought another A-level guy and was beaten to the point where he was "exposed" as not truly elite.

But the fact is, A-level fighters lose to A-level fighters all the time, it doesn't in itself mean that the guy who lost was not A-level and was "exposed". I think a guy who unfairly gets that criticism is Prince Naseem, who was a world champ at featherweight for 7 or 8 years before losing to MAB. I never understood why losing to one of the greatest fighters in boxing history meant you were "exposed".

Shane Mosley is an all time great, I don't see why he was "exposed" because Forrest and Winky Wright had his number.
I think you are misinterpreting exposed. It just means shown for what it is. It doesn't mean the person "exposed" is a bum or any insult at all. At the time casual boxing people thought Naz was the best fighter in the world even though they were hiding him from Marquez and Mayweather. In this case exposed simply means shown to the masses that he wasn't the Superman they thought. He was exposed as a beatable great champion who was highly entertaining.