Pacman is already a ATG in my eyes because hes a 5 wieght division champ IBF Super Bantamweight, WBC Flyweight ,IBF Junior Featherweight Champion, WBC feather wieght champ, WBC super feather wieght champ and ring magazine junior lightwieght champ.
Now he will win a belt as a lightwieght then he will defo become the best pound 4 pound fighter in the world but thats if mayweather doesnt fight cotto and if pac wins of course.
This Maya_Sun guy wants Pac to fight Guzman, wherein he doesn't want Marquez to fight Guzman? Seriously Marquez got his Ass beaten twice already thanks to the judges who made a mistake in the scoring and was knock to the canvas 4 times already..
If he want Guzman to fight Pac, Guzman needs to beat Marquez first to get a shot at Pac.. Maya_Sun is like a fucking idiot saying Marquez will take it easy and Pacquiao will fight Guzman? What the Fuck you are just an official nuthugger who looks like an ugly duckling with fuck up ugly face.
Wow....taking this so personally and even slinging insults seems like you've crossed the line of being a fan to nutthuggerdom yourself buddy
Seriously, I really need a education on what makes a fighter an all time great. I mean Paq has litterally been blessed with the privlage to fight nothing but what appears before hand, to be "low risk bouts," wich is evident in his choice of opponents. It's like Paq was takin on anyone before the first Marquez fight, but after that first Marquez fight, he's been takin care off and carefully handled like, like......like a national treasure lol. I don't remember, but was Paq vs Solis PPV? lol I have a feeling it was...
Anyways, I know youre gonna say "Typical hater" or whatever the fuck the word of the month is for anyone who points out some other shit...But Manny an all time great cause some skinny ass dudes with a pencil call him a Assassin cause he got past two tender old guys (one who still manged to beat him once) and every fight after that has been 'delicately picked' for him? lol Really? I mean the fact no one ever called for a Paq vs Guzman fight at 130 is beyond shocking. lol Paq just straight took some low risk bouts and jetted outta the division and still kept his hype lmao. I mean he's fleeing to a division that has even less talent then 130, and no one finds that odd? lol Seriously? Someone please let me know somthin that I might be missin.
lol Even the fighter in the sig above me, Ricky Hatton, it's like once the Mayweather fight was signed and ready to happen, it became a "legitimate bout." Like what happen with Collazo was completely forgoten. They let Mayweather off the hook completely, but I mean...I guess they were right for that. I mean Margarito (who is actually a tough fighter, who would never be KOed in the embarrasing fashion that Hatton was by Mayweather lol) vs Mayweather is not worth the lead in a pencil or the ink in a pen to write about or a fight worth being pressed for. lol But Hatton, that guy is a phenom, lol He uh, he had a chance against Mayweather. I mean if I could, I'd watch Mayweather vs Hatton fights for the rest of my life...Cause Hatton can pull it off. Theres only one of him, Ricky Hatton, only one. That fight only happened thanks to the brilliant people pushin those pencils and all the people who followed..
lol Fuck outta here, lol I'ma end the sarcasm right here...
I gotta make a more definitive thread about this..Cause I got questions..
One of those tender old guys offered a fight to your beloved JMM 1st before pacquiao but JMM ducked him. The other tender old guy would have beaten your beloved JMM had the knockdown which was proven to have been caused by a punch not been ruled a slip but Pac destroyed him twice. The first time being in his prime when he was thought of by many as unbeateable by anyone else in that division after his trilogy with the other tender old guy. So i fail to see where your logic is calling him tender and old but JMM's victory over him a legitimate world title victory. Every achievement Pac has accomplished in the last 4 years JMM had every opportunity to accomplish first. Had it been so can you tell us honestly that you would not be starting threads calling JMM an all time great and singing his praises to end?? If u can honestly say no then please provide me with logical reasons why you would not consider Pac an all time great but had JMM achieved the same achievements you would consider him so. Otherwise consider yourself officially a nuthugger.
lol Even the fighter in the sig above me, Ricky Hatton, it's like once the Mayweather fight was signed and ready to happen, it became a "legitimate bout."
Aside from a rematch Mayweather - De La Hoya the Hatton fight was the biggest of the year. It was a legitimate bout for a number of reason, principle among these being that Hatton was the Man at 140 lbs and Floyd didn't fight him there, but he did fight the Man at 130, 135 and 147 as well as the best at 154. But second was the sheer size worldwide of the fight. Margarito getting outpointed by Paul Williams just wasn't on that level.
Depends how you rate ATGs. i think theres only 20 and its an exclusive club. HOF definately but ATG?
Not yet. I can think of 20 fighters in history better
I personally cannot stand the way the WBC uses "super", especially at 140 lbs. "Super Lightweight" suggests that your inability to take your liquor has reached heroic proportions.
Manny an all-time great? Let's let him retire before we start making such proclamations, eh?
2 wins over the 3 mexican greats each, beat nedal hussein and KOd ledwaba, has a fight with david diaz another solid fighter as well as a part of the lightwieght crown, has some scattered B level fighters on his record as well, if he isnt there now, he is certainly on his way
He makes a case for being an ATG because of his accomplishments. Isn't Pacquiao a 3 division linear champion but at Super Bantamweight he was a titlist?
yeh u cud make the case that hes only a 3 division champ because people jus say junior light is same as super feather and flyweight is same as junior feather :/ iwas jus counting the different aphabet belts hes won and he has done it at quite a few wieght classes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao
Who the hell says flyweight is the same as junior featherweight?
Flyweight is 112 lbs.
Junior featherweight/super bantamweight is 122 lbs.
That's a 10 pound, 3 weight class difference.
The reason people say super feather is the same as junior lightweight is because they are both 130 lbs.
WBC Flyweight ( Linear )
IBF Super Bantamweight
World Featherweight ( Linear, RING )
WBC Superfeatherweight ( Its the start line since PBF moved, RING )
*****
If he beats DIAZ thats 5 Division......
I think that pacquaio may be an all time great. although not due to the fact that he is a multiple weight champion. There are so many weight classes these days that an increase of 12lbs can see you become a 4 weight world champion, which is ridiculous. e.g Bantamweight to super bantam to feather and finally to super feather only equates to a measley weight increase of 12lbs.
A more accurate argument for pacquaio being an all time great can be formed around the fact that he has beaten the like's of Morales, Barrera, Marquez and oscar Larios (most of them twice for good measure)
Manny is easily a great one, in the LaBarba/McLarnin/Harada mold. He could go past that, but that's about where he is right now. Three lineal world titles (12, 26, 30), an alphabelt reign at 22...and 30 is the only division where he didn't hit the peak by KO. Bad ass.
lol, he's talking about LEON spinks.
I'm tripping! I always get him & Michael confused...I'm from St.Louis; you think i'd know that shit off the top of head by now...
That's not my argument; saying he beat a (somewhat) past his best Morales & Barerra does not make him an ATG alone! That's like saying Grover Wiley is an ATG because he beat J.C. Chavez! Like I said he's moving up in weight & fighting (& ko'ing) some of the best opposition out there, picking up trinket after trinket... A LOT of boxing experts consider Spinks an All-Time Great!
lol, he's talking about LEON spinks.
While i agree with you in that he is an a.t.g. in his own right...Spinks has a victory over muhammad ali...does that mean he should be considered an all time great as well??
That's not my argument; saying he beat a (somewhat) past his best Morales & Barerra does not make him an ATG alone! That's like saying Grover Wiley is an ATG because he beat J.C. Chavez! Like I said he's moving up in weight & fighting (& ko'ing) some of the best opposition out there, picking up trinket after trinket... A LOT of boxing experts consider Spinks an All-Time Great!
Pacman is already a ATG in my eyes because hes a 5 wieght division champ IBF Super Bantamweight, WBC Flyweight ,IBF Junior Featherweight Champion, WBC feather wieght champ, WBC super feather wieght champ and ring magazine junior lightwieght champ.
Now he will win a belt as a lightwieght then he will defo become the best pound 4 pound fighter in the world but thats if mayweather doesnt fight cotto and if pac wins of course.
Not really. Manny will lose in lightweight because he will be the smaller boxer everytime. I don't think people realize how good Mayweather really is. He's so good he could be fighting fucking WWE stars for all his remaining career and people would still be wow that's some sick skill and p4p number one. I also like Manny Pacquiao but he disapointed me vs Marquez. Marquez was a better boxer that night and Manny boxed for shit. Rouch really really sucks as a trainer and all of his fighters boxes for shit. Manny on that night also boxed for shit and was taking alot of hits with poor footwork and not sufficient body movement. P4P fighters don't get hit that much. IMO Hatton takes Manny away.
I think he is an A.T.G. as well! Win, lose, or draw he's moved up in weight classes taking on the best opposition available & he captured titles in 3 (could be 4 at lightweight) different divisions; That speaks volumes! Throw in the fact that he already has K.O. victories over 2 hall of famers in Barerra & Morales... I think that's enough for a 1st ballot hall of fame entry & to be considered an A.T.G.
While i agree with you in that he is an a.t.g. in his own right...Spinks has a victory over muhammad ali...does that mean he should be considered an all time great as well??