how bout cotto mosley marquez and pbf?
cotto, mosley or pbf (cause floyd won't fight pac).... those 3 and he can be put in the same sentence as any of the top 5 ATGs...
that said, pac ain't beating cotto. he's too small.
Mayweather is as good a win as most of the greats have ever picked up (and the opposite applies for Floyd also)
If he beats Mayweather, Cotto & Mosley/Berto then I'd have to place him above Whitaker as the best boxer since the "Fab Four" in the '80s and slot him in the top 20 somewhere.
I don't think there are enough greats around for Pacman to beat for him to ever have a legit claim at G.O.A.T.
If he does that he's not even as good as Robinson and Ali but he's for sure top 10 ATG.
those are better names than what you will find on Robinsons resume.
Ali is very hard to surpass but you have to factor in that Ali lost some of his fights, Pacquiao has pretty much been cleaning the floor as his improves and matures.
Either way, I'd be content to see historians including him in the top 5.
Cotto this weekend, and then Mayweather, Mosley, Paul Williams, and some fighters at middleweight. That is the only way anyone would consider Pacquiao the greatest of all time.
None of them can be the best of all time.
If Floyd stays undefeated and beats Cotto, Margarito, Mosley, Pacquiao, Williams, and Pavlik, he has a chance.
i mean:
Who are the boxers that manny must beat(CONVINCINGLY) to be the best of all-time?
Who are the boxers that cotto must beat(CONVINCINGLY) to be the best of all-time?
Who are the boxers that mosley must beat(CONVINCINGLY) to be the best of all-time?
Who are the boxers that marquez must beat(CONVINCINGLY) to be the best of all-time?
Who are the boxers that pbf must beat(CONVINCINGLY) to be the best of all-time?
how bout cotto mosley marquez and pbf?
Can't be done, not with today's competition. But he would put himself in the top 10 ATG (in my opinion) if he went through Cotto, PBF, and Mosley within the next 18 months and then retired without being beaten in the next 3 years.
Niche or not, that would be quite an accomplishment.