Just a thought....

Just a thought on what I think is wrong about my beloved sport. EGO! Everybody wants to be a multi division champion, regardless of what it does to their body or their career. Sometimes you just can't have it all. If I were to pick two models of consistency, and perfect examples of what I'm talking about, it would be, Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins. Both true middleweights and both had the same goal and plan, to be the best of their division. This is what makes their careers so great, and long lasting. There was alot of pressure put on Hagler when he was champion, to fight Michael Spinks, a natural light Heavy, he wisely and rightfully declined, but he did extend an invitation to Spinks to come down in weight and fight for the middleweight title. Spinks, just as wisely, declined. The two best examples of spreading yourself too thin, in the weight classes are Sugar Shane Mosely and Oscar De La Hoya, two fighters that have reached the top of their profession, but not their full potential, at least not in my eyes. As long as they stayed in their weight class they were unbeatable, especially Mosely who moved up just too much by taking on Wright (actually he was defending the title that he took from De la Hoya). Mosely should be fighting guys like Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather jr. or Arturo Gotti. Hopefully, the up and coming young fighters, (and their managers) are paying attention.