Beats the crap outta him? Who did Stevie ever beat beat the crap outta? I think Valero woulda been an extremely tough fight for Stevie. Valero was alot better than Manfredy, and Bazan.
Maybe not a beatdown in the traditional sense, but Valero was way too open and unskilled to take on a guy like Johnston. Easy. Valero was horrible.
Valero has his moments, but I think Stevie is too smart and skillful for him, he punches inside those big shots and picks up the points, clear-cut decision Johnston was a very overrated fighter, it should be noted... he had maybe 5 easy fights in his whole career against basically a solid, but unspectacular level of comp
hell yeah, same as those who thought he could beat Mosley and you know how I feel about that motherfucker's "greatness"
whether or not he couldve won doesnt take away from the fact that mayweather jr. wanted absolutely no part of johnston at lightweight.
