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And Alvarez isn't the phenom people have built him up to be, I'd put Vargas at 20 years old up against him any day. Vargas won a REAL world title at 20, against a REAL Champ in Yori Boy.
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And Alvarez isn't the phenom people have built him up to be, I'd put Vargas at 20 years old up against him any day. Vargas won a REAL world title at 20, against a REAL Champ in Yori Boy.
Complete agree, Vargas became a real champ at 20, Alvarez just picked up title.
Lets be realistic here guys, Vargas went into a battle for that title and then had to deal w/huge fights after that and the guy couldnt take that next step. I honestly believe Vargas was about 2 - 5 fights away from being one of the greats, however he was rushed.

I'm all for Alvarez's team taking their time to develop this kid properly, just so that when he gets in the ring with the big names, he doesn't fall the same way Vargas did.

Mucho props to Hatton though, tons of heart. That being said, I'd take skill over heart any day of the week. Having heart just gets you a longer beating.