Yeah, a 33 year old fighter who won a vacant belt by scraping past (browsing boxrec won't give you the full picture of how close and competitive the fight was - you'd actually have to watch the fight to get that) against a European level fighter.
Gatti may have held a belt, but he was nowhere near being among the very best in that division. Bit embarrassing that Mayweather cultists would be so eager to glorify such a victory.
the very best of the division was Mayweather, Tszyu and Hatton. Gatti fit right in with the rest of the fighters at 140.
You're getting nowhere with this. The posters on this forum know I'm no boxrec jockey like you are. You're convincing yourself, no one else.
Repeating something over and over doesn't make it any less retarded of a notion, and it just makes you look like an absolute dunce. I'm not like you, I actually watch boxing matches. I've actually seen Chavez get slapped around and completely dominated by a poor, feather-fisted journeyman in Willy Wise - you quite clearly haven't.
I really don't care if you watch boxing. We all do. Everyone in this forum.
Why does it not surprise me that you're incapable of grasping your own logic?
Its not my logic. What you're saying makes absolutely no sense. You said I must think Freddy Hernandez >>>> Maidana. I honestly have no idea what that means and your reluctance to explain it makes me think you don't either.
You want to rephrase that, spaz? Think you'll find that Alvarado has spent all of his career competing at 140 and 147, and was actually ranked in the top ten (probably five after he beat Rios.) Nobody but the WBC considered Branco to be a top ten junior-welterweight.
Self ownage, he says. :icon_lol:
Mike Alvarado got his shot coming off of a loss and a win over a guy who had never fought at 140 pounds and looked terrible in his previous fight at 135. Provodnikov also got a title fight for losing. But hey, only the WBC ranked Branco for the WBC title he fought for right?
And as for Branco, he was ranked by the WBC which is why he fought for the WBC title. Duh. The WBC was always the more "world wide" organization and they recognized Branco because he was a titlist in europe.
Explain why Rios was fighting for a title at 140.
Difference between Gatti and Alvarado is that Gatti was actually able to defend his title against some decent names at the weight. Alvarado folded like a suit when he fought Provodnikov.
Your problem is that you come up with what you think are "a ha!" arguments but you're not bright enough to see that they apply doubly to what you're saying about your side of the argument before you post it.