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    Default Re: A neutrals perspective on the Manny debate ..........

    Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
    Manny beating Oscar I can understand. Oscar was a shell of his former self fighting at a weight he hadn't been at for a decade. He was dead at the weight, couldn't rehydrate and was basically a mobile punchbag. Hatton wasn't quite that far gone but far enough gone and from the first post in the thread it looks like the rumours about him getting beaten up by his sparring partners were true. But it's the Cotto fight that got me. Cotto definitely was on the slide but it's the way he got beaten up for the duration of the fight. It's like Cotto was the ex-106 pounder and Manny was the guy whose normal weight is over 160. I can accept the weight gain over the past five years, I'm aware he weighed around 140 in the ring for fights five years ago. I can accept he's improved a lot as a boxer over the last five years. But I'm having trouble accepting that he's kept his power and can beat up big elite welters. You just don't go from losing to a completely shot Erik Morales at 129 five years ago to beating up top welterweights without something going on.
    You almost had a fair post until the bolded one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miron_lang View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
    Manny beating Oscar I can understand. Oscar was a shell of his former self fighting at a weight he hadn't been at for a decade. He was dead at the weight, couldn't rehydrate and was basically a mobile punchbag. Hatton wasn't quite that far gone but far enough gone and from the first post in the thread it looks like the rumours about him getting beaten up by his sparring partners were true. But it's the Cotto fight that got me. Cotto definitely was on the slide but it's the way he got beaten up for the duration of the fight. It's like Cotto was the ex-106 pounder and Manny was the guy whose normal weight is over 160. I can accept the weight gain over the past five years, I'm aware he weighed around 140 in the ring for fights five years ago. I can accept he's improved a lot as a boxer over the last five years. But I'm having trouble accepting that he's kept his power and can beat up big elite welters. You just don't go from losing to a completely shot Erik Morales at 129 five years ago to beating up top welterweights without something going on.
    You almost had a fair post until the bolded one.
    He never won another fight again after that and just before that he'd finished the Barrera trilogy which was a career-ender in itself. Hard to argue he was still at his peak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miron_lang View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
    Manny beating Oscar I can understand. Oscar was a shell of his former self fighting at a weight he hadn't been at for a decade. He was dead at the weight, couldn't rehydrate and was basically a mobile punchbag. Hatton wasn't quite that far gone but far enough gone and from the first post in the thread it looks like the rumours about him getting beaten up by his sparring partners were true. But it's the Cotto fight that got me. Cotto definitely was on the slide but it's the way he got beaten up for the duration of the fight. It's like Cotto was the ex-106 pounder and Manny was the guy whose normal weight is over 160. I can accept the weight gain over the past five years, I'm aware he weighed around 140 in the ring for fights five years ago. I can accept he's improved a lot as a boxer over the last five years. But I'm having trouble accepting that he's kept his power and can beat up big elite welters. You just don't go from losing to a completely shot Erik Morales at 129 five years ago to beating up top welterweights without something going on.
    You almost had a fair post until the bolded one.
    i guess he forgot how that pre fight negotiations went. how erik got all his demands. like using the winning gloves, blood drawn 2 days before the fight. i guess if you lose to a completely shot morales you dont deserve to win anymore after that huh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by miron_lang View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
    Manny beating Oscar I can understand. Oscar was a shell of his former self fighting at a weight he hadn't been at for a decade. He was dead at the weight, couldn't rehydrate and was basically a mobile punchbag. Hatton wasn't quite that far gone but far enough gone and from the first post in the thread it looks like the rumours about him getting beaten up by his sparring partners were true. But it's the Cotto fight that got me. Cotto definitely was on the slide but it's the way he got beaten up for the duration of the fight. It's like Cotto was the ex-106 pounder and Manny was the guy whose normal weight is over 160. I can accept the weight gain over the past five years, I'm aware he weighed around 140 in the ring for fights five years ago. I can accept he's improved a lot as a boxer over the last five years. But I'm having trouble accepting that he's kept his power and can beat up big elite welters. You just don't go from losing to a completely shot Erik Morales at 129 five years ago to beating up top welterweights without something going on.
    You almost had a fair post until the bolded one.
    i guess he forgot how that pre fight negotiations went. how erik got all his demands. like using the winning gloves, blood drawn 2 days before the fight. i guess if you lose to a completely shot morales you dont deserve to win anymore after that huh?
    So Manny can have blood drawn shortly before a fight then. So there's even less of an excuse for him to not agree to the random testing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilla View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post
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    You almost had a fair post until the bolded one.
    i guess he forgot how that pre fight negotiations went. how erik got all his demands. like using the winning gloves, blood drawn 2 days before the fight. i guess if you lose to a completely shot morales you dont deserve to win anymore after that huh?
    So Manny can have blood drawn shortly before a fight then. So there's even less of an excuse for him to not agree to the random testing.
    he agreed to that. his main point is not having his blood draw so close to the fight based on personal experience in the first morales fight. having blood draw after the fight wont affect his performance anymore right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post
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    i guess he forgot how that pre fight negotiations went. how erik got all his demands. like using the winning gloves, blood drawn 2 days before the fight. i guess if you lose to a completely shot morales you dont deserve to win anymore after that huh?
    So Manny can have blood drawn shortly before a fight then. So there's even less of an excuse for him to not agree to the random testing.
    he agreed to that. his main point is not having his blood draw so close to the fight based on personal experience in the first morales fight. having blood draw after the fight wont affect his performance anymore right?

    That sounded more like an excuse of why he lost to Morales to me. The blood was taken 48 hours before the fight, are you saying that 4 mL of blood taken two days ago would weaken you today?
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    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Zilla View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post

    i guess he forgot how that pre fight negotiations went. how erik got all his demands. like using the winning gloves, blood drawn 2 days before the fight. i guess if you lose to a completely shot morales you dont deserve to win anymore after that huh?
    So Manny can have blood drawn shortly before a fight then. So there's even less of an excuse for him to not agree to the random testing.
    he agreed to that. his main point is not having his blood draw so close to the fight based on personal experience in the first morales fight. having blood draw after the fight wont affect his performance anymore right?
    Um, I'm gonna need you to know something about PEDs before we continue this conversation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilla View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilla View Post

    So Manny can have blood drawn shortly before a fight then. So there's even less of an excuse for him to not agree to the random testing.
    he agreed to that. his main point is not having his blood draw so close to the fight based on personal experience in the first morales fight. having blood draw after the fight wont affect his performance anymore right?
    Um, I'm gonna need you to know something about PEDs before we continue this conversation.
    zilla, pac lost that fight with morales. i'm not saying he lost because of the blood test but he did say it weakened him in an interview done after the fight. would you like the same excuse for this fight? i wish both fighters could come to a compromise for an effective test and won't give anybody an excuse as far as drug usage or testing is concern in case they loses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilla View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Zilla View Post

    So Manny can have blood drawn shortly before a fight then. So there's even less of an excuse for him to not agree to the random testing.
    he agreed to that. his main point is not having his blood draw so close to the fight based on personal experience in the first morales fight. having blood draw after the fight wont affect his performance anymore right?
    Um, I'm gonna need you to know something about PEDs before we continue this conversation.
    so you're some kind of PEDS expert i suppose. he said the blood draw two days before the fight weakened him. do you want him to give the same excuse if he loses to mayweather?
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    how much blood do they take for a drug test? When I give blood I can be weak for a little while but that is way more blood being taken out then a little drug test.
    I don't see the problem with having the test in the locker room right after the fight just make it if manny tests positive he then loses his purse and floyd gets it. that easy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by josef4334 View Post

    he agreed to that. his main point is not having his blood draw so close to the fight based on personal experience in the first morales fight. having blood draw after the fight wont affect his performance anymore right?
    Um, I'm gonna need you to know something about PEDs before we continue this conversation.
    so you're some kind of PEDS expert i suppose. he said the blood draw two days before the fight weakened him. do you want him to give the same excuse if he loses to mayweather?
    If you think Manny losing to Erik Morales had anything to do with blood being drawn you are on crack. Worse yet, why didn't Pac say that after losing? Fighters love making excuses for why they lost. Why wasn't this said by anyone after that fight?

    I am no expert, but I'm pretty sure taking PEDs before a fight makes you stronger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
    Manny beating Oscar I can understand. Oscar was a shell of his former self fighting at a weight he hadn't been at for a decade. He was dead at the weight, couldn't rehydrate and was basically a mobile punchbag. Hatton wasn't quite that far gone but far enough gone and from the first post in the thread it looks like the rumours about him getting beaten up by his sparring partners were true. But it's the Cotto fight that got me. Cotto definitely was on the slide but it's the way he got beaten up for the duration of the fight. It's like Cotto was the ex-106 pounder and Manny was the guy whose normal weight is over 160. I can accept the weight gain over the past five years, I'm aware he weighed around 140 in the ring for fights five years ago. I can accept he's improved a lot as a boxer over the last five years. But I'm having trouble accepting that he's kept his power and can beat up big elite welters. You just don't go from losing to a completely shot Erik Morales at 129 five years ago to beating up top welterweights without something going on.
    You almost had a fair post until the bolded one.
    i guess he forgot how that pre fight negotiations went. how erik got all his demands. like using the winning gloves, blood drawn 2 days before the fight. i guess if you lose to a completely shot morales you dont deserve to win anymore after that huh?
    There was nothing in any negotiations to have blood drawn two days before the fight. The Vegas people lost his test and retested him but the test wasn't even for PEDs, it was for HIV and hepatitis, they didn't blood test him for drugs and never have for any fighter. Manny then used the blood test as an excuse for getting his arse handed to him by a shot featherweight, realised he had nothing at featherweight level and decided to go on the juice for the rest of his career.

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