Pre-fight hype: When it's warranted and when it's not

[Alpha]

I thought the Oscar/Pac fight was also going to be a mid-match, but I wasn't sure how Oscar would look after roughly 6 years away from welter.

I thought Floyd/Oscar would be an easy win for Floyd, but he struggled early until Oscar abandoned his jab.

Floyd/Pac when it happened was a mid-match for me, 5 years earlier aping 2010 would have been even going in for me.

Fights like
Ali/Frazier (the fight of the century)
Louis/Schmeling 2

Carried great well deserved hype.

Tyson/Holyfield (both fights)
Lewis/Tyson

Had great hype, but were arguably foregone conclusions heading in if we be honest with ourselves.

I admit I picked Tyson in all 3,mainly on heart than head.

You honestly telling me you thought Floyd would beat Oscar? I thought it was a gimmick. Credit to Floyd for winning when he had most of the cards stacked against him.

Yea I honestly did, his last great performance for me was the 2nd Mosley fight, almost 4 years prior to the Floyd fight. I thought he lost to Sturm, then Hopkins stopped him, Mayorga was a tune up, even tho they had the bogus WBC title in the line. I'm pretty sure Oscar wasn't on any P4P lists at the time and he wasn't the top guy at 154. He was also getting on at 34.

Fair enough but Floyd was going up a weight and I thought he was taking the cash.

No doubt it was a huge money earner, they just seemed on different trajectories at that point for me. I was more surprise with how much he struggled.

[Master]

Oscar was old and that is why he could not sustain the jab for 12 rounds. Roach used that inside knowledge for his own fighter later on.