One thing in Boxing that makes me laugh...

[leftylee]

The way after a fighter beats his opponent the oppenent suddenly becomes shot. Like before a fight, nobody was saying he was shot and some were picking him to even beat the fighter. Yet when the fighter destroys the opponent, they're all of a sudden shot. LOL. Seriousley, it baffles me.

Mayweather-Gatti and Hatton-Castillo are a couple of examples.

Gatti was "shot" long before Floyd got to him. He had very little left in the Ward trilogy and that pretty much emptied his tank as far as true championship caliber goes. His name kept landing him fights, but his best days were far behind him.

But Gatti was coming off a great win streak prior to Floyd. And many were picking him to win.

[Deanrw]

The way after a fighter beats his opponent the oppenent suddenly becomes shot. Like before a fight, nobody was saying he was shot and some were picking him to even beat the fighter. Yet when the fighter destroys the opponent, they're all of a sudden shot. LOL. Seriousley, it baffles me.

Mayweather-Gatti and Hatton-Castillo are a couple of examples.

Gatti was "shot" long before Floyd got to him. He had very little left in the Ward trilogy and that pretty much emptied his tank as far as true championship caliber goes. His name kept landing him fights, but his best days were far behind him.

But Gatti was coming off a great win streak prior to Floyd. And many were picking him to win.

Well the ones that picked him I bet did not put money on him. I mean he was still game and was still an offensive power house, but he was certainly on the decline. Even if he was in his prime, he was tailor made for Floyd. I know I wanted him to beat Floyd and everyone else he fought, but he was still very vulnerable. I knew Floyd was going to eat him alive, even though my heart did not want to believe it.


He does deserve an entry into the Fall of Fame in my book though. Most exciting fighter of his generation by far.

[Kel]

Gatti WAS shot when Floyd got to him, a punishing De la Hoya fight followed by the Ward fights made sure of that. A prime Gatti facing Floyd would still lose anyway so I'm not taking nothing from Mayweather.

Castillo was fighting a good fight untill that left hook landed but I can't see how him being in his prime would dismiss the effects of a shot like that. I took a shot like that and I thought I had serious internal damage, never known pain like it.

I actually think the Tszyu fight had a huge effect on Ricky Hatton, he has never been the same since, his punch resistance is much worse. Maussa hurt him, Collazo hurt him, Urango hurt him, Mayweather certainly hurt him and so did Lazcano but he is still very capable i.e. not shot, just on the slide, after the Malignaggi fight he will be shot however.

I think sometimes you never know if a fighter is shot until they fight a top level guy, which might explain why no one claims they are shot before hand.

[Myk_Myk]

Ricky Hatton...after the Malignaggi fight he will be shot however.

What? How's Malignaggi gonna ruin anybody decent?