Quote Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy View Post
I don't doubt their achievements but without seeing how they fought as they moved up through the weights. I don't think this is issue that concerns people. Plenty of great fighters have fought in different divisions it's the WAY he has looked to get more powerful and maintain speed.
Well I'm not sure what you need to see. McLarnin (as an example) began as a flyweight and brought enough power to get up from two knockdowns to knock down reigning 135 king and HOFer Louis Kaplan three times before stopping him in 8 and he stopped reigning 147 king and HOFer Young Corbett III in one round.

The thing people don't recognize about Manny is that it isn't that his power has increased. If THAT was it the last three guys wouldn't have gone the distance and Cotto wouldn't have lested into the twelfth. What is remarkable about Maanny is his technical improvement. His right hand has improved enough that the other guy can't just look for the left. His balance has improved enough that the last punch in the combination is as effective as the first. His footwork has improved enough that he can hit now from angles he couldn't previously move to. There is no PED I know of that correlates to those sorts of improvements.