It's all about the L-word (legacy)

[TitoFan]

Im sick of all this Oscar was the bigger man bullsh@t. He was not the bigger man and to his credit he made sure his weight was down. He was LIGHTER and WEAKER than Manny. He could have trained/eaten like he did for for the Mayweather fight and cut weight for the weigh in, then refueled to 160 on fight night, but he didnt. He would have probably done slightly better but he made the fight an even one on the weight issue. He was light throughout training camp. Oscar has a GREAT legacy.

Oh yeah... he purposely went into the ring lighter than Manny to make it a more even fight.



He miscalculated, plain and simple. He thought he could add Manny's scalp to his (cough) legacy, with Manny being the smaller man and all. But he miscalculated. He WAS weaker when he entered the ring. But not by design. Bottom line: He ran from the big boys at welter, only to get his *ss handed to him by the tiny Pacquiao. Life is good.

Him coming in the weight he did tells me that he respects Mannys speed and saw it as a possible threat. Yes he thought he would win but every fighter should going into a fight. But he didnt see it as an easy win. He wasnt weaker by design but he knew the risks of being weight drained and took a chance. He knew Manny weighed 147 in the ring in his last fight. Oscar has proven that he is not afraid of a chellenge. I thought this fight was a mismatch too in favor of Oscar, but he could have fought anyone and got criticism.

You manage to be wrong three times in one sentence. "Oscar's not afraid of a challenge?" If that were the case, he would have gone after Margarito, or another real welterweight, instead of thinking he had an easy payday against the much smaller Pacquiao. Oh... so you thought the fight was a mismatch in Oscar's favor, but Oscar himself saw it as a dangerous challenge. Don't buy it. Finally, he could have fought anybody and gotten criticism? Negative. Believe me when I tell you... and I'm as anti-Oscar as they come... I would've respected Oscar a lot more had he taken the fight that everyone in boxing wanted to see. Him against Margarito.