Tanzio wrote: ↑10 Dec 2017, 22:55
Ricky_ wrote: ↑10 Dec 2017, 22:45
Tanzio wrote: ↑10 Dec 2017, 22:33
No it isn’t. The size difference was similar. The weight jump was similar. Not sure that JMM won a round. I had Rigo shading round 1.
JMM simply would never quit, unlike Rigo.
The size difference was nowhere near similar. Rigo actually possessed a physical advantage over Loma (reach). Rigo's last opponent Flores was bigger than Loma.
Marquez had no such advantages.
Weight wise, Rigo still looked in great shape at the weigh in, it was only an 8lb jump, he probably just cut less water. Marquez a year before the Floyd fight was campaigning at 130, 3 division below Welter. He had love-handles and was horrendously out of shape. The in-ring weight difference was about 20lb, no way was it as much for Rigo.
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And finally, it's a silly comparison because the styles aren't even close. Loma outboxed a master Cuban pugulist, who in theory should have been quicker since he's a superbantam. Mayweather outboxed Marquez, a Mexican tear-up artist.
The weight difference was not much more than Nomassiah v Rigo. You have no evidence whatsoever that it was 20 pounds, and you have no idea what weight the combatants entered the ring at last night. FMJ has always been known for walking around near his fight night weight after reaching welter.
The reach advantage was completely nullified by the height, weight and strength advantages.
JMM has
always been more than just “a Mexican tear-up artist.” He is one of the great boxers of all time, with elite reflexes, skills and heart.
What FMJ did to JMM was very similar to what Nomassiah did to Rigo, with the exception that Rigo landed more shots and JMM did not quit.
Think whatever you like. You are an expert at being wrong and blurting out random trash to defend your “silly” positions.
Nonsense. Floyd couldn't even drain below 146 vs Marquez & paid him off. He was always in the 150's ring weight at Welter. Marquez claimed there was a 20lb difference, and looking at them in the ring that was certainly in the vicinity. Floyd was a lean 146 on the scales, JMM was a chubby 142. A significant difference in lean weight, not to mention height & significant reach.
This comparison of Floyd JMM is pathetic - Floyd Fan Boys crying that the history books will rate Loma's win over Rigo higher than Floyd's over JMM - and rightly so.
It's not lost on the fans as to WHY Floyd chose Marquez. He was ducking Pacquiao. So in 2009, rather than face Pac, Floyd (an ex 154 world champion) decided to drag JMM up 17 pounds instead - because in 2008 Pac struggled to a split dec vs Marquez at 130. Pacquiao could have paid Castllo to come out of retirement and it would have been the same thing.
This wasn't a viable contest and there was no reason for it even to be made - nobody was calling for Floyd vs Marquez. Everyone knew it was the Cherrypick of all Cherrypicks by the ducking King of Cherrypicks. It was a farce riddled with ulterior motive and is remembered as such. (Had you said Floyd/Hatton you may have had a closer comparison on the weight front).
Floyd never faced a 'pure boxer' in the shape of Rigondeaux, to suggest Marquez has a style remotely close to Rigo is laughable. Floyd could have faced Lara, but he preferred to pick sluggers like Ortiz, Berto, Gatti, Maidana, Guerrero. A guy like Lara was too big a risk, he couldn't have potshotted to a 118-114.
By comparison, Loma's win over Rigo may have a slight asterik, as he did possess a weight advantage, but the headline act in this one is that 2 p4p ranked world champions (with possibly the 2 best amatuer careers in the modern era) squared off, with 1 comprehensively outboxing the other. An emphatic and historic win. Fmj vs Jmm was a farce and everyone knows it.
20lb easy, massive difference in lean weight. Huge difference in reach.