Mosley Annihilates Margarito
January 24, 2009
In one of the most impressive performances of his life, Shane Mosley put aside all of his distractions and absolutely destroyed Antonio Margarito, taking his WBA welterweight title in the process.
Mosley was all over Margarito from the opening bell, and likely swept every round on the scorecards before dropping Margarito late in the eighth round. Margarito was barely able to make it up before the bell rescued him.
Despite Margarito’s insistence that the fight be stopped after the eighth round, Margarito managed to convince them to let him go back out for the ninth, which proved to be pointless. Mosley battered Margarito all over the ring until Raul Caiz, Sr. waived it off as Margarito fell to the canvas once again.
The official time was :43 of round nine.
According to CompuBox stats, Mosley threw 22 punches more than Margarito, but landed 70 more. Even more telling is that Mosley connected on 118 of 240 power punches, including a devastating 18 of 21 power shots in the 43 seconds that round nine lasted. Margarito didn’t land a punch that round.
Not only did Mosley have to overcome Margarito’s history of being a non-stop, pressure fighter, as well as his history of having a chin of granite, but Mosley also had to deal with the current BALCO situation that he is linked to and a pending divorce. Throw in a new trainer and what Mosley pulled off in this fight is nothing short of miraculous.
Mosley improves to 46-5 with 39 knockouts with the win, while Margarito falls to 37-6 with 27 knockouts.
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Prior to the fight, HBO announced that Margarito was found to have illegal pads in his gloves and was forced to re-wrap them three times. More on that as it comes out.
HBO: Margarito Caught Padding Gloves
January 24, 2009
According to the HBO crew, Antonio Margarito was caught with illegal pads in his gloves prior to his bout with Shane Mosley, and was forced to re-wrap his hands three times.
The illegal pad was said to be of the variety that would harden when wet, meaning that as he would sweat, his gloves would become harder.
All we have to go on right now is what Jim Lampley reported, but more details will follow as more information becomes available.
UPDATE: From Yahoo! Boxing’s Kevin Iole:
When the tape on the left hand was cut off at Richardson’s insistence before the bout, something that Golden Boy attorney Stephen Espinoza said was a “plaster-like substance” fell out. Richardson retrieved it and then insisted the protection on the right hand be cut. At that point, another one fell out.
Dean Lohuis, the co-interim executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, said the piece was apparently slipped in underneath the legal tape that was already placed on Margarito’s hands by trainer Javier Capetillo.
Richardson would not surrender the pieces until Mosley’s attorney Judd Burstein arrived in the dressing room. At that point, they were placed in a box, sealed and signed, and given to Lohuis.
“When he put the wrapping on, I asked if I could feel it and when I felt it, I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, this is too hard,’ ” Richardson said. “When the commission flipped the [tape] over, a little block of gauze-like plaster fell out. I said, ‘Unwrap the other hand,’ and they were saying, ‘Oh, oh, the other hand is good.’ I asked the commissioner, ‘What if I unwrap the other hand at the end of the fight and it falls out of there, too?’
“He made them unwrap it. And when they unwrapped the other hand, another one fell out. It was wet with a little plaster on it.”
Richardson could not explain why he didn’t see the piece put on Margarito’s hand in the first place.
As it turned out, however, all that will do is cause Margarito and Capetillo problems with the athletic commission.
Again, expect a lot more about this situation as more information becomes available.
Arce a No-Show for Final Press Conference
January 24, 2009
Before a jam-packed gathering, which included 12 television and internet cameras but NOT Jorge Arce, Vic Darchinyan had center stage to himself as he spoke with the national boxing media Saturday morning at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles.
Arce, who had agreed to attend the press conference, spent Saturday instead in the mountains of Mexico, where he trains. His unexpected absence only helped fuel the fire to an intense, heated rivalry that goes back several years.
In what will be a slugfest from start to finish, Darchinyan will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight belts against Arce on Saturday, Feb. 7, live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
The once-beaten, hard-hitting Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, by way of Armenia, will be making his first defense since unifying the 115-pound division with a one-sided ninth-round knockout over Mexico’s Cristian Mijares Nov. 1, 2008, on SHOWTIME.
A winner of five in a row, the popular, crowd-pleasing Arce (51-4-1, 39 KOs), of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, is the current WBA interim super flyweight champion and is a former WBC 115-pound and World Boxing Organization (WBO) 108-pound titleholder.
The co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will pit WBC No. 5-ranked contender Antonio DeMarco (19-1-1, 13 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico, against “Kid Diamond” Almazbek Raiymkulov (27-1-1, 15 KOs) in a 12-rounder for the North American Boxing Organization (NABO) lightweight title.
The event, co-promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, and Bob Arum’s Top Rank, Inc., will take place from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
What the participants had to say Saturday:
VIC DARCHINYAN
“I promise all of you today that I will punish Arce just like I did Mijares. I’m not going for the big KO early; I am going to punish him, let him recover, then I am going punish him some more and then knock him out.’’
(On why he still wants to fight Arce): “He was a well-known fighter and he is known for being a great puncher. But I want to show everybody that I am the bigger puncher and that I am the better fighter.’’
(His initial reaction to Arce’s No-Show at the press conference) “There is only one reason why he is not here. He is scared. He is a tough fighter, but I don’t expect much of a challenge. I am going to demolish him.’’
(On his improved technique) “Of course, I work on my tactics and skill but I have an aggressive style and I am a big puncher. I will use my defense; he won’t touch me. He is going to look like he doesn’t belong with me in the ring. He will not get close to me.
“He’s been hit in the head so much. He is not very smart for a boxer. He is dumb.
“All other Mexican fighters are brave and they’re great but what I can say about Arce is that he is using the name of past, great fighters (to make a name for himself). He wants to be one of them but he can’t be. He’s using names like (Erik) Morales. He thinks he is bigger than them.
“I’ve chased Arce all around the world for three years. It started in Mexico. Everybody talks about how he is such a strong, big puncher, but I will show I am a bigger puncher than him.’’
FERNANDO BELTRAN (President Zanfer Promotions in Mexico)
“Arce is not here. He is taking this fight very seriously and preparing himself in the mountains of Mexico.
“Gary (Shaw) is more than a promoter. He is the best cheerleader for his fighters. Yes, Gary is right. Darchinyan is chasing the stars, and we are making the stars. Arce was never hiding. Now, is the time to make this great fight.’’
GARY SHAW
“I see there is no table for Arce here so I assume he is not here and not coming. I’m sorry to all of you (the press) for his disrespect. Earlier, Bob Arum said that boxing is not dead. But maybe Arce’s career is dead.
“How appropriate: I see the lunch they are serving today is Chicken ala Arce. Seriously, Vic has been chasing Arce around the world for years and when Top Rank and Arce finally decided to take it, it took less than an hour to make this fight.
“Feb. 7 is a dream come true for Vic Darchinyan. For those of you who saw him fight Cristian Mijares, you know how good he can be. His loss to Nonito Donaire was the best thing to happen to him. It motivated him and now he knows to never take any fight for granted.
“Vic is a fighter who believes he can fight anyone, anywhere and that’s a wonderful thing for his promoter. While Top Rank’s guy is in the mountains, my guy is toiling in the valley of death (Las Vegas).
BOB ARUM
“This matchup has been a longtime in the making. The boys have been after each other for a while and it’s going to be a great fight. It will be as exciting a fight as you’ll see all year and it is going to end in a knockout one way or another.
“Arce has a tremendous following in Southern California. Tickets are priced very reasonably and we expect to have a great crowd on hand and a terrific TV audience for SHOWTIME.’’
Boxing Needs to Add Win Bonuses in Major Fights
January 24, 2009
If the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton negotiation debacle has taught us anything, it’s that there is no middle ground when two mega-stars step to the negotiating table. When you have a guaranteed financial star dealing with a true boxing star (with less financial success), who gets the bigger piece of the pie?
This is where promoters are going to have to make some changes from the years old formulas they are currently using. They don’t have to look much further than the UFC, who gives guaranteed paydays to each fighter and win bonuses to the winner of each bout.
Of course, the UFC pays their fighters in peanuts compared to the top boxers, but there is no reason that their general pay structure can’t be transferred over to the ring. Whether you’re splitting $200,000 or $15 million, you can still make the math work.
What if for each major fight, 10 percent of the money (of the fighters cuts) was reserved for the winner? So if you have a negotiation both fighters think they should get over half of the pie, you go 45-45 with the winner getting the final 10 percent. The winner gets a 55-45 cut.
Or in cases where you have your Oscar De La Hoyas who command in the neighborhood of 70 percent for his biggest fights, you drop it to 60-30, winner gets the last 10 percent. Maybe it would be tougher for a guy like Oscar to agree to this, but putting that 10 percent off to the side could be the ace-in-the-hole that a promoter could use to save a dying negotiation.
The reason that this doesn’t exist in boxing these days is that fighters want their guarantees. Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins squabbled over money for 16 years and never got a rematch signed. Hopkins wanted a 50-50 cut, and Jones wanted “60-40, I’ll kick your ass.” In the end, the best deal would have been at a catchweight, with something like a 45-45 +10 percent financial deal. But with two personalities like that, it just couldn’t happen.
But I believe that in today’s age of giant guarantees for mega-fights, the percentages are really only for bragging rights and pride. Manny Pacquiao made eight figures against Oscar De La Hoya and only got about 32 percent of the money. You can get rich with a large range of percentages, but giving a bonus to the winners could really be the spark that boxing needs to revive some fight nights.
Similar results could also be accomplished with a simple cash bonus. Rather than reserve and entire 10 percent of the revenues, promoters could simply agree on a cash bonus for the winner. In a fight as big as Hatton-Pacquiao, the promoters could award a $1 million bonus to the winner, in cash. For smaller fights, HBO Boxing After Dark level fights, you could make it as small as $25,000, but it would surely add to the excitement of the fight, and make difficult negotiations a bit simpler.
The bottom line is that in today’s sports world, it’s not really about the actual amount of money that people are getting, it’s about the perceived amount of money. Why take $6 million at 50 percent when you can have $1 million at 60 percent? It’s that kind of absurd logic that is holding up great fights and needed rematches.
It’s time for promoters to get creative, and for fighters to be willing to be a part of the revolution of boxing. Someday we’ll fix the alphabet belt fiasco, and perhaps someday we’ll see a boxing union/league where fighters are properly protected and insured. But for now, all we can ask for is that as fans, we continue to see the best fights that can be made. Without some creative negotiating, less and less great fights are going to be made. Win bonuses could change that.
Calzaghe Hints at Final Fight in Cardiff
January 23, 2009
Joe Calzaghe has hinted in recent interviews that he is considering one final fight at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. Calzaghe said nothing would be better than fighting in front of 60,000 people in his career finale, and has ruled out chasing Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record.
Sources close to the Calzaghe camp say that three names are being rumored for his final fight: Bernard Hopkins, Winky Wright and Chad Dawson.
At 37, Calzaghe is undefeated in 46 fights, putting him just four wins away from topping what Marciano did. Calzaghe told the Daily Star that he probably just doesn’t have four more fights in him at his age and with his ailing left hand.
“It is a tough one, because I’m 37 in March, so I’m not exactly a spring chicken, but yes, of course, I dream about boxing in front of 60,000 at the Millennium Stadium.
“I don’t want to be one of those fighters who say he is going to retire then six months down the line they come back and they do that again and again.
“When I say I am going, I want to be gone for good. I want it to be final.
“I don’t think I would be fighting again to prove anything as I think I have already done that.
“I have been a world champion for more than 11 years and have unified two divisions, so in that sense I don’t feel any pressure.”
Calzaghe last fought in November in a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Roy Jones, Jr. and defeated Hopkins by split-decision earlier in 2008.
Antonio Margarito vs. Shane Mosley
January 23, 2009
In today’s boxing world, nothing gets fans more excited than a matchup of two top welterweights. In what is probably the best and deepest division in boxing, there are many great fights to be made.
This weekend, two of the top welterweights in the world meet up in Los Angeles, as current WBA champ and Ring number one Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) takes on Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs), ranked third by Ring Magazine.
Margarito took the top spot in the welterweight division when he stopped Miguel Cotto last July in a Fight of the Year finalist. Margarito was able to withstand Cotto’s superior handspeed and accuracy by having a granite chin and lungs of steel.
Margarito has two weapons that have gotten him to where he is — volume and a chin. With his ability to throw 100 punches in any given round and be none the worse for wear the next round, combined with his ability to absorb any punches thrown his way without so much as taking a step backwards can break an opponent both physically and mentally.
With Cotto, we saw that he suffered a broken nose early in the fight, and due to his inability to breath properly, he wasn’t able to keep up with Margarito’s pace. Cotto has always been the breaker, not the breakee, and against Margarito, he was broken.
Mosley also squared off with Cotto, and nearly became the first man to beat him. Mosley lost a close decision, but may have given Margarito a few pages in the playbook of how to beat the Puerto Rican. The job that Mosley perhaps started, was finished emphatically by Margarito.
Since his fight with Cotto, Mosley fought once in 2008, beating Ricardo Mayorga by 12th round KO. While many praised Mosley for finishing the job, there were several spots in that fight where Mosley showed his age. For most of the fight, Mosley seemed lacking in energy, and more than anyone since Vernon Forrest, Mayorga was able to hurt Mosley. Mosley said after the fight that he was never hurt and that he was in control of the whole fight, but that certainly wasn’t the case. In fact, going into the final round, Mosley was trailing on one scorecard and up just a point on the other. If that fight was any indicator, Margarito may be just the wrong opponent for Mosley.
Margarito is fighting as well now as he has at any point in his career. The fighters he has struggled with over the past few years were both at least his height of 5’11″ (Paul Williams, Daniel Santos). At 5’9″, I don’t think that Mosley will be able to box with Margarito the way that Williams did in Margarito’s last loss. Not only that, but if anyone at the welterweight level can punch with Margarito in terms of volume, it’s Williams.
I think Mosley’s experience, intelligence and speed will give Margarito problems early in the fight, but Margarito’s volume will be the difference in this fight. Mosley will not be able to hurt Margarito, but there is a chance that Margarito can hurt Mosley, particularly at this point in his career.
Mosley is now 37-years old, and just twice in the last 23 months. In his last fight, he looked old for the first time. I can’t imagine he looks much better in this fight.
I think Margarito will break Mosley down, taking over the fight by the sixth or seventh round. I expect Margarito to have a comfortable lead on the scorecards late in the fight, and I even see the potential for a late-round stoppage for Margarito.
Prediction: Margarito unanimous decision.
HBO to Put BALCO Front and Center For Mosley-Margarito Bout
January 23, 2009
If you didn’t hear a peep during the Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga fight on HBO last September about BALCO, particularly Mosley’s involvement with them, you weren’t alone. Don’t expect it to happen again.
Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News says that there will be plenty of Balco discussion during this weekend’s telecast of Mosley’s fight with Antonio Margarito.
Raissman quotes HBO Sports’ head honcho Ross Greenburg as saying that it was a mistake by the production crew that BALCO was nowhere in sight in Mosley’s last fight, and he is sure to not let it happen again.
Greenburg told Raissman,
“We just missed the boat (on the BALCO issue during Mosley-Mayorga). It was one of those rare occasions where our production people just spaced out, maybe because it wasn’t that much in the news.”
Greenburg expressed regret that the story wasn’t prominent in the broadcast of the Mosley-Mayorga fight and Raissman insists that that means it will be prominent in the Mosley-Margarito broadcast.
Why? How about journalistic integrity. If anyone has it, it’s HBO.
Said Greenburg:
“Look, I don’t give a damn about that (business relationships). I don’t care about that. I don’t care about doing business with any of these guys (promoters) unless they understand we have a responsibility – journalistically – to the viewer.”
Mosley ended up in the middle of the BALCO controversy, in which he admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs. Mosley told a federal prosecutor that
“he injected himself with erythropoietin to boost his endurance. He also admitted that he applied a topical cream that contained steroids, as well as using a designer steroid THG, which he indicated he knew was not flaxseed oil.”
Mosley’s doping scandal took place prior to his 2003 fight with Oscar De La Hoya, and has followed him around since.
HBO attempted to interview Mosley for the broadcast this week, but at the last minute, Mosley’s lawyers decided that the court is the only place for Shane to tell this story.
Mosley’s attorney has said that he fully expects HBO to bash Mosley throughout the broadcast, particularly for not cooperating with their story and doing an interview.
This should be interesting viewing, for both the fight, and the story that is told throughout the night.
Make Up Your Mind: Pacquiao Agrees to 52-48?
January 22, 2009
After way too much “he said, she said” and far too many “it’s on, it’s offs,” Manny Pacquiao has apparently folded and given in to Ricky Hatton’s very generous offer of a 52-48 split in Pacquiao’s favor.
According to Dong Secuya at PhilBoxing.com, Pacquiao agreed to the fight after his adviser, Rex “Wakee” Salud drank three beers.
As the story goes:
Over 3 bottles of beer, Pacquiao, whose playful antics would create joy and difficulty in his inner circle and this time reverberated into the boxing world by playing hard to get in the negotiation table, told Salud, who does not drink, that he would accept the contract only if Salud will down three bottles of beer. Salud, who had been trying to convince Pacquiao for days to sign the contract, was forced to drink this time around in order for the deal to be consummated.
As a fan, I want this fight to happen, but based on the selfish way that Pacquiao has acted in the last week, I want Hatton to come back with 50-50 or nothing.
At this point, it’s clear that Pacquiao knows he has no other options, and just like that, Hatton has hand.
Regardless of how the negotiations go, if these two meet in the ring on May 2, it will be a treat for boxing fans.
UPDATE: As far as I can tell, it really is back on. Pacquiao has actually spoken with Bob Arum and told him it’s a go. I’ll have more opinion on this as we find out more details.
Clearing Up the Pacquiao-Hatton Situation
January 22, 2009
Now that the fight is officially off, there are no winners and two losers. The losers, of course, are boxing fans, who will miss out on arguably the best fight that can be made in all of boxing, and Manny Pacquiao, who passed on a career high payday against Ricky Hatton because he didn’t feel the percentages were fair.
When this whole mess is sorted out and looked back on, I have a hard time thinking that anyone outside of the Philippines will think that Pacquiao made the right call. Pacquiao turned down a higher guaranteed payday than he earned against Oscar De La Hoya because he wanted more money. In the long run, this will hurt him far more than it will help him. He thinks that he will dictate terms of his fights, but wait until the phone stops ringing and let’s see how much he is being offered.
Let’s compare this to other situations. Pacquiao claims to be the pound-for-pound best in the world, and can therefore dictate his own terms, no matter what the circumstances or who the opponent is. But if we go back in time to just two years ago, and this exact situation came up with Floyd Mayweather, there would be one unified voice saying “Mayweather is ducking Hatton.”
Whether Pacquiao is “ducking” Hatton or not is irrelevant. What is relevant is that the perception is that Pacquiao doesn’t want to fight him.
So why is Pacquiao doing this?
That’s a simple answer. Pacquiao’s belief in his own value and status in boxing is far greater than the public’s proven existence of his value. What this means is that Pacquiao believes (wrongly) that talent or success equals money. It doesn’t. Mike Tyson is not in the top 100 of current heavyweights, but if he made a comeback, he’s getting the big piece of the pie because he is the creator of revenues. He is the guy that drives pay-per-views and puts people in the arena. Pacquiao has not reached that level, and when you are fighting someone who is a bigger creator of revenue, the man who brings the money should get more of that money. Ricky Hatton is a man who brings money to the game.
When you talk about boxers who have historically done well financially, you are talking about only a handful of guys on the elite level. The super-elite are Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya and Evander Holyfield. After that there is a drop off, but Ricky Hatton is probably in the next group on the list. Manny Pacquiao, while having a huge fanbase, hasn’t shown that he generates the kind of revenue that Hatton does.
For this reason, Hatton is not only right to get 50 percent of the cut against Pacquiao, but he’s being generous by offering Pacquiao so much. Pacquiao has let his mythical pound-for-pound status go to his head, and he assumes that the whole world worships him like the Filipinos back home do.
Now, about Pacquiao’s claim to being the pound-for-pound king of boxing — I’ll leave that argument for another day. But I will say this: Hatton is no slouch, and if Pacquiao is going to insult him by demanding 60 percent based only on ring accomplishments, then Hatton needs to get a little more vocal.
Hatton is not the one that lost 19 of 24 rounds to Juan Manuel Marquez over two fights. He’s not the one that got beaten around the ring by Erik Morales. These, incidentally, are three of only four fights in Pacquiao’s career where he fought an elite fighter in their prime (Barrera I the other). Hatton also did not lose twice on his way up by knockout. Hatton has only been beaten one time, and it was by a true pound-for-pound great, and not in Hatton’s best weight class. Ask Kostya Tszyu if Hatton should be settling for 40 percent. Ask Paulie Malignaggi the same thing. Hatton is the king of 140 pounds, and if Manny wants to come challenge him, he needs to know his role.
Pacquiao must know that there is a reason that his own promoter, Bob Arum, and his own trainer, Freddie Roach, were begging him to take this deal. These are not men who are out to get Pacquiao, they are his biggest supporters. They know where he ranks, and they know how the business works. They also know that Hatton offering 50 percent and including the British pay-per-view revenues were a gift from the Hatton camp. Pacquiao just doesn’t understand the business of boxing, and this is going to hurt him badly if he doesn’t make an effort to learn it.
When Manny Pacquiao is refusing to take the phone calls of Freddie Roach and Bob Arum, you know he’s playing with the wrong information, and that he doesn’t want to know the truth. Right now, he is living in Mannyworld, and in Mannyworld, what he says is the truth, no matter who wrong it is.
In Mannyworld, 60 percent of $2 million is better than 50 percent of $40 million. He may claim to be the pound-for-pound king of boxing, but he’s certainly not pound-for-pound king of math.
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Here’s a bunch of links from BoxingScene.com, who has provided fantastic coverage of the events, about the issue:
Mayweather-Pacquiao is Being Discussed By Both Sides
Roach May Fly Out To Manila To Speak With Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao Responds To Team Hatton, Schaefer
Antonio Margarito, Manny Pacquiao Sizing Each Other Up
Golden Boy Defends Hatton, Responds To Pacquiao
This article is cross-posted at lukekohler.com.
It’s Official: Hatton – Pacquiao is Off
January 21, 2009
The proposed May 2 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton is off after Pacquiao refused to sign the contract for the fight. Pacquiao had agreed to a 50-50 cut of the revenues before recently changing his demands to 60-40. After Hatton wouldn’t go above 52-48, Pacquiao wouldn’t sign the fight.
By walking away from this fight, Pacquiao is walking away from an estimated $15 million guarantee, while he will likely get the bigger cut but only about $2 million for his next opponent. Right now, Pacquiao is looking at a fight with Edwin Valero later this year, while Hatton has told Golden Boy to open talks with Juan Manuel Marquez/Juan Diaz winner, Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya.
While an Oscar fight would be terrible for Hatton right now, all three of those option will make Hatton $15 to $20 million, while Pacquiao has no real options other than Hatton.
This is sure to be a hit to Pacquiao’s massive fan base, who until now, have assumed that the fighter can do no wrong. For him to blatantly refuse to fight the best fighter available to him, and to accept over $10 million less to fight someone else will historically go down as Pacquiao ducking Hatton. That is something that most fighters can’t recover from.
I’m glad for Hatton standing his ground, and Pacquiao needed to learn a few lessons about the business of boxing. Perhaps if he had taken or returned calls from Bob Arum and Freddie Roach, instead of letting his team of idiots ruin his career, he’d be in a different situation.
I hope the boxing fans are loud and clear about this, that Pacquiao can’t just pick and choose the weakest opponents in each weight class and call himself “champion.” If he wants to be the pound-for-pound king, he needs to beat the champions or clean out divisions, something he’s never done.
It’s fighters like Pacquiao that have done so much for the sport in the ring, that are killing it outside of the ring. Remember why everyone hated Floyd Mayweather? Seems really familiar, doesn’t it?