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Was Leonard or Hagler a 4 to 1 favorite over the other... I guess it was an even fight 50-50...

Bwa ha ha ha Manny has the age/youth advantage over PBF...

What tangible advantage JMM has over PBF?? There's none I think...
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Mayeather is 31 and Pacquiao is 30, a year doesn't mean shit, unless you're a fighter who's for more than half of his career relied on his CHIN and power to win fights, seeing how at least in the ring it'll age you quickly, Floyd is a year older and has never been hurt, much less really tagged, don't see any advantage there for Manny sorry buddy

IF Castillo gave him a hard time, you can be sure Marquez can as well. Also, if I would follow your logic, every fights (or 90%) would be a tune up fight for Floyd. To me, Marquez isn't a Tune up fight at all, Floyd picked him because he's by far the best small guy available and he knows which reproaches are made to him and he wants to try to patch it up with great caliber fighter but at a weight where his risks are smaller. IF JMM is a tune up fight, It's the toughest one you can pick from.
I considered it a tune up fight as a result when this various conditions exists:
1. 1st fight of a boxer after a long lay-off
2. One fighter is a heavy favorite to win the fight (PBF is 4 to 1 favorite)
3. One fighter enjoying all the tangible advantages over the other
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This is a terrible thread. Since when are we citing blogs?
Well the author made the extra effort to check Ticketmaster...
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therefore the Leonar/Hagler fight fits your "criteria",

Leonard's first fight back after a 3 year layoff was Hagler, and his advantages were that he was bigger than Leonard (although Ray was taller Hagler was the more muscular and heavy built fighter), Hagler had fought all of his career at the weight, and was undefeated since winning the title making all his defenses, besides the Duran UD, by knockout, and Hagler had TWO good eyes