That Tenshin fight was an embarrassment from beginning to end.BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote: ↑22 Jan 2020, 13:50 - No surprise after Manny emasculated Floyd in 2010 by knocking him out of his March 13th, 2010 date at the MGM and in 2015 with the USADA/Vegas backdated TUE for Floyd, and thus emasculating by extension American Boxing Writers. Manny was now persona non grata.
Ring selected him 3x for the 2000s and Floyd 1x and neither for the 2010s. BWAA replicated Ring for the 2000s, but selected Floyd 2x in the 2010s.
Manny's average opponent record for the decade was 35-2 with 7 P4P/HOF opponents vs 30-2-1, for Floyd with 4 P4P/HOF, and during the decade Manny continued to extend his already record Ring P4P fights and longevity. He entered the decade rated and left rated in spite of his overexposure to higher rated opponents while serving in the National Congress that limited his fights and training.
Bottomline, this is the way Floyd and his candied dilettantes will be remembered at the end of the decade after he fled Japan squallin' for his daddy again saying he wasn't fighting banty Tenshin-
This is the way Manny left the decade-
Completely overmatching a young bantam-weight kickboxer. Goes to Japan, takes all that money for an exhibition, and doesn't even bother to carry the kid for a round or two on New Year's Eve with his nation watching.
You could tell as soon as the towel came in, and tears began to flow, Floyd realized he had messed up. To be fair he quickly tried to make amends in the post fight interview.
But it's fair to say the mood of the commentary team and Japanese glitterati in attendance had soured somewhat.
Who knew shaming your hosts in Asia, Japan no less, on their biggest public holiday, wouldn't go down so well
BUT this was an exhibition so doesn't really factor into whether or not he is FoD