When fighters get famous they start cherry picking.

Who was the last 'take on all-comers' superstar? eh, de la hoya?

Yeah, gotta say DeLaHoya took risks even when he was a household name. I love Pac but yes, younger undefeated fighters like Berto and Bradley would say more to me than Mosley. Sure, he'll still win but they've become champions, are at their peak and are hungry. Mosley is 39. Margarito is a flawed ex-cheat and Clottey massively underformed (not Pac's fault).

I think De la Hoya was the last superstar that fought all comers. Even though I think Hoya was overrated, that guy could've fought any bum and I sell out any arena and do great PPV numbers but he still risked his superstar status and fought the best fighters out there.

Floyd is the most guilty ever. For a guy to be considered no2 in the world based on what he has done recently, here we have a guy who has talked his way there. His early resume is good and thats what got himself acclaim. But once he got the acclaim hes lived off of it. The famous saying is "The easy thing is getting there, the hard part is staying there". But Floyd is staying there with no fighting.

Well in Pacquiao's defense he'd be the overwhelming favorite for anyone he fights 147 and down besides Mayweather. He'd be a heavy favorite over Bradley, Alexander, Marquez, or Berto. Same goes with Mayweather, he'd be the overwhelming favorite as well for anyone but Pacquaio. And both Mayweather and Pacquaio are not Middleweights. Thats how good they both are. People expect them to fight at middleweight because they want to see them lose.

its true pac and mays welter weight resumes are cherry picked or shot fighters with names alone who have started to fade/

I think the Pacquaio criticism is bullsh*t. Who the hell else do we want to see him fight? Berto? Gimme a break. Martinez is a MW and the 140ers have their own business to take care of for the moment. The onus should be on the contenders to put themselves in position for a big fight: eg Marquez should fight and win a meaningful fight at 140-147 eg Berto strives to make a fight with Mosley, Cotto, Margarito, eg Martinez goes down to 154 and fights there consistently- then he could be in with a chance, no way while he's at 160. eg the Khan vs Bradley/Alexander winner could fight him in a years time etc Famous or not, it's hard to beat Pac triple threat...Barerra, Marquez, and Morales. These were pretty much back to back fight with just a tune between Marquez and Morales.

I think the Pacquaio criticism is bullsh*t. Who the hell else do we want to see him fight? Berto? Gimme a break. Martinez is a MW and the 140ers have their own business to take care of for the moment. The onus should be on the contenders to put themselves in position for a big fight: eg Marquez should fight and win a meaningful fight at 140-147 eg Berto strives to make a fight with Mosley, Cotto, Margarito, eg Martinez goes down to 154 and fights there consistently- then he could be in with a chance, no way while he's at 160. eg the Khan vs Bradley/Alexander winner could fight him in a years time etc

Nope,all famous fighters don't do that,but the few U named sure do.:boxing:

Mayorga. He'll fight anybody.

I still think Cotto would fight anyone.

I can't think of one. Erik Morales, maybe.