Quote Originally Posted by Nonito Donaire View Post
You could also argue MAB was coming off some of his best wins before he fought Manny Pacquiao. He looked great beating Johnny Tapia, Kevin Kelley, Erik Morales 2. And i have to say the 2nd meeting between Erik Morales and MAB wasn't a brutal fight at all.

Infact that was a fight that never caught fire to me, the first 6 rounds were mostly alot of boxing and little action. Then the fight sort of picked up in the last 6 rounds, but it certainly wasn't a brutal fight by any means, infact it was a walk in the park compared to there other 2 fights.
You could, but then you could just counter saying MAB was about as focused for that fight as Judah.
How could a fighter perform when the media had just caught wind of his injury and spilled it everywhere?

The Morales v MAB 2 fight was more of a boxing affair than the 2 other rows. I actually felt that fight was the one Erik should have been awarded (I scored the other 2 for Marco) and MAB took a lot of straight rights in that fight.

Quote Originally Posted by Julius Rain View Post

well koysta wasn't just about power. he was awesome to watch because of his accuracy.

I was actually suprise floyd ko'ed ricky, floyd is not well known for his power. Nor is Lazcano but Juan Lazcano was able to hit and nearly put hatton away. Knowing how good a trainer roach is, im sure his going to send pacman out on hatton with a solid game plan. Ok sure pac has not fought at 140, but his speed,stamina and power seem to be there even at 147. Plus he doesn't have to drain himself to make weight anymore. You guys may believe hatton is a devestating body puncher, but is he really? he looked great against pauli but pauli is a soft puncher, hatton could of cared less if pauli caught him with whatever. His going to care and really feel pacs punches though, he probubly wont see them coming nor know where or when they get to him
Kostya was very accurate from range. Under pressure in close he had problems, Hatton availed of this minute flaw.

I've always thought Mayweather is underrated in terms of strength. His style doesn't see him put guys away often as he is primarily a defensive fighter, but with guys like Corrales and Corrales we saw him breakdown good fighters and finish them. To some extent we saw this vs. Judah, but Judah famously interrupted this flow with fouls.

Although Pacquiao stopped De la Hoya (durable at Light Middle) I don't think his punch equates to the power we saw at Superfeather.
He beat Oscar on pressure, persistance and surprisingly acuracy.