The 3 best fighters Burgos has fought all beat him.
He is not elite by any sensible standard.
Giga summarily knocked him out in the first round in short lived beating. Burgo's went to war and eeked out a split decision.
It is borderline moronic to frame this interchangably as "they both share the same best win."
The same thing Giga is saying. He looks like the demonstrably more complete striker compared with Barboza, and Barboza has a decade long body of work getting out struck and often put away. This isn't even a complicated one to unpack.
The 3 best fighters Burgos has fought all beat him.
He is not elite by any sensible standard.
No argument from me, but Barboza, Emmet, and Calvin are all better than Giga's best win, so that doesn't tell us by default he would do any better against them, in terms of factually. You can speculate if you want.
Giga summarily knocked him out in the first round in short lived beating. Burgo's went to war and eeked out a split decision.
It is borderline moronic to frame this interchangably as "they both share the same best win."
I understand the point you are trying to make, but it is factually correct that they both share the same best win. Yes, Giga did it more dominantly, but it's still the same best win. That's a fact, not a moronic statement. You can also understand matchups make fights. Just like how Giga squeaked by Jammal Emmers by split decision a year ago. You can't get a KO every time.
he same thing Giga is saying. He looks like the demonstrably more complete striker compared with Barboza, and Barboza has a decade long body of work getting out struck and often put away. This isn't even a complicated one to unpack
See, this is the part I'm trying to understand. Barboza does not get often put away. He's been put away once on the feet in the last nine years and that was by Justin Gaethje, shit happens. It could happen here too.
My question wasn't an argument about why Edson would win. I was wondering why Giga's striking can be considered so elite after one meaningful fight. Yes, he kicked Cub, that's awesome. But before that, he was going to split decision with guys that have no wiki page. So to me, it's not that I only look at rankings, I'm looking at more than just one performance. The last two fights he looked good. Before that, not so much. and one of those two fights basically tells us nothing.
I've shared very little of my own opinion year and am speaking strictly data that for some reason irks you guys.
