[dhoward126]

Sup Danny?

Thanks for your great work with the show! My question would be, what is your favorite fight to watch of all time?

Jack

Leonard-Hearns I does it for me as does the first Castillo-Corrales fight, another gem I also like is Tommy Morrison vs. Razor Ruddock. I also love watching fighters get completely destroyed stylistically like Mayweather-Corrales, Toney-Barkley and the sort, I love the action but I enjoy the science that much more.

Thank you for the questions!

[dhoward126]

I'm also usually this accessible on Facebook, so please add me! Im going to take a quick break to crank out my articles but I'll be back!

[zucrates]

Hey guys, I love nothing more but to communicate with all of our readers on FightHype whether it through e-mails or the radio show so I'm making another ask one get one thread for you guys. I don't care how ridiculous your questions are! Keep me entertained.

Why doesn't Mayweather Stop saying both of the cuts in his mouth were from head butt when the cut on the side of his lip was caused by an Ortiz right hand when Mayweather ducked down in that last flurry before Ortiz head butted him ? Also Do you think Tim Bradley has a chance to beat Pacman or Mayweather?

[dhoward126]

Why doesn't Mayweather Stop saying both of the cuts in his mouth were from head butt when the cut on the side of his lip was caused by an Ortiz right hand when Mayweather ducked down in that last flurry before Ortiz head butted him ? Also Do you think Tim Bradley has a chance to beat Pacman or Mayweather?

Well, we didn't see the blood before the headbutt so not much we can say there. I think Bradley has a GREAT chance to beat Pacquiao, I think he's slowing down and we'll make a better assessment when he fights Marquez next month.

[THands126]

You know I'm a fan - I'm one of your Twitter followers!

My question is this: True of false? - Victor Ortiz will be a Jr. MW champion down the road and in the short term, provide a more suitable match-up for Canelo than the list of potential opponents currently bandied about.

Follow up - IF Gamboa truly cleans out FW and JuanMa, how long does is till he conquers Jr. LW and then moves on to LW?

[dhoward126]

You know I'm a fan - I'm one of your Twitter followers!

My question is this: True of false? - Victor Ortiz will be a Jr. MW champion down the road and in the short term, provide a more suitable match-up for Canelo than the list of potential opponents currently bandied about.

Follow up - IF Gamboa truly cleans out FW and JuanMa, how long does is till he conquers Jr. LW and then moves on to LW?

False. Ortiz I doubt will ever win a title again, even with his deficiencies I think GBP believes he may be too dangerous of an opponent to risk their cash cow against right now.

Gamboa HAS done everything he can do at 126 and it's time to move up. He handily beat two current world champions at that weight class (Salido and Barrios), also he beat a top contender in the division (Ponce De Leon) and the only other guy he could fight was stopped by a guy he already beat (Lopez-Salido). When you also consider that outside of Adrian Broner and maaaaaaybe Eloy Perez, he will probably clean that weight class out too. He's too short in my opinion to go any further and have that success, but we'll have to see how his skill progresses.

[Maxy]

Do you believe a fighter has to win titles in multiple divisions to be regarded as a great or can someone just dominate one division without having to constantly satisfy the demands of fellas calling for them to move up?

[bnoles4life]

Danny,

Why do fight fans have selective memories? Meaning, people scolding Sergio for callling out May and Pac (btw, I agree he should "fuck up" NOT down), but there wasn't much chatter toward BHop when he used to make comments about fighters "starving themselves" to avoid him at 160? Do they not remember he wanted Shane to go up? Didn't he fight Winky at 170? Wasn't Wink a career 154-160 dude? Didn't Trinidad come up? How far off am I?

Btw, this isn't a dig at Bernard (though it sure could.....), but it seems that the same allowances boxing, in favor of the "respected legend" is rearing its ugly head again.

[dhoward126]

Do you believe a fighter has to win titles in multiple divisions to be regarded as a great or can someone just dominate one division without having to constantly satisfy the demands of fellas calling for them to move up?

Nope, but it certainly helps. Sven Ottke, Joe Calzaghe, Kostya Tszyu and Marvin Hagler are all HOF great fighters with Hagler and Tszyu considered to be one of the best fighters to ever compete in their divisions. Calzaghe and Hopkins didn't have to win titles in another weight class to solidify their legacies, they already established it by pure dominance and the most overlooked factor when it comes to assessing fighters: consistency. Boxing is a sport where quantity overshadows quality, so it's normal to overlook a fighter who just won one belt as opposed to several in other weight classes.

Thanks for the questions!

[dhoward126]

Danny,

Why do fight fans have selective memories? Meaning, people scolding Sergio for callling out May and Pac (btw, I agree he should "fuck up" NOT down), but there wasn't much chatter toward BHop when he used to make comments about fighters "starving themselves" to avoid him at 160? Do they not remember he wanted Shane to go up? Didn't he fight Winky at 170? Wasn't Wink a career 154-160 dude? Didn't Trinidad come up? How far off am I?

Btw, this isn't a dig at Bernard (though it sure could.....), but it seems that the same allowances boxing, in favor of the "respected legend" is rearing its ugly head again.

Why stop with Hopkins? Calzaghe wanted Taylor to come to the UK at 168 three months after he fought Cory Spinks, when he didn't Calzaghe said "See? Nobody wants to fight me wah wah wah," (The formula Calzaghe followed his whole career btw). Pacquiao is doing the same thing with Marquez, but it's okay then? Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins made their careers by waiting out the smaller guys, I wrote it in my article about Sergio Martinez posted today, and yeah it is a double standard but that's just when your bullshit sensors have to go off and just go with it. Every fighter is granted a different set of rules by the public, hell I bet Pacquiao might fight Brandon Rios soon and people will be like "Okay, well he's a tough fighter cause that's what they want me to believe and Pacquiao only fights the best?" GTFO, but that's an unfortunate reality in boxing.

Thing about Bernard is that even though he made guys like Wright and Pavlik go up to fight him, I don't think Bhop was favored in any of those fights, people were actually thinking Pavlik was going to stop him! So Bernard does it to his advantage, he's a master-matchmaker, but I get your point.

Thanks for the questions!