I apparently suck "pacroids" nuts or whatever to cyberthugpatrol since I disagreed about Marquez 2 being Pac's best win (which is disputed anyway). Pacquiao TKO12 Cotto > Pacquiao SD Marquez by far. Others are better too.
So for curiosity's sake, heres a poll. Is Marquez a better win for Pacquiao than Cotto, Hatton, Margarito, Morales, or Barrera?
I say not at all.
because they all came after those fighters suffered major losses or looked unimpressive?
Only big man win I'd really give him credit for was Margarito, but even he was overcoming a big KO loss setback.
But you cant hold that loss against SSM against him forever.....margarito wasnt knocked out in his last fight. Hatton looked impressive, Cotto was on a winning streak again. Pac fights the biggest names.
Marvin hagler didnt look impressive before losing to SRL, so do you want us to give SRL any credit at all or what?
Yes we are supposed to give SRL credit for beating a bigger Marvin hagler, so why not give Pac credit for DESTROYING bigger men?
Only seems fair to me.
because they all came after those fighters suffered major losses or looked unimpressive?
Only big man win I'd really give him credit for was Margarito, but even he was overcoming a big KO loss setback.
Pacquiao has alot of great wins. Barrera, Marquez, but his biggest wins where against bigger stronger larger men. delejoya, margarito, and cotto. ALL 3 got KTFO by the smaller lesser man!!!! Those, my friends, were great wins!!!!
Yes we are supposed to give SRL credit for beating a bigger Marvin hagler, so why not give Pac credit for DESTROYING bigger men?
Only seems fair to me.
its his 2nd best win. barerra was his first. but the first marquez fight was the most skilled prime fighter pac has ever fought.
morales win>marquez win.
Haha that is true in a way. The first fight was officially a draw but one judge made a mistake on the first round and scored it 10-7 instead of 10-6 I believe (which would have made Pac the winner of the fight instead of a draw).
I've been very impressed with JMM these past few years, I did not think he'd do as well as hes doing. A third fight with Pac would be interesting but I don't see Marquez being able to win it.
He may do better than some people think and will likely do worse than some people think as well but he most likely gets stopped in the middle rounds. Pac seems to have gotten better and I can't say the same for Marquez, especially if they fight above 140.
Thank you. Glad to see I'm not crazy. I agree exactly. Career wise Barerra is far and away the best victory. And head to head beating Cotto at 145 is damn good (and of course the Barrera and Morales victories, and then Hatton at 140, etc).
barrera was the lineal featherweight champion.
barrera was a top p4p fighter.
pacquiao was a huge underdog.
pacquiao had to move up a division to fight him.
it was pacquiao's 1st fight at that weight and he was fighting the top fighter in the division.
fight was in front of a pro-barrera crowd in a city with a large mexican and mexican/american population.
barrera is his best win.
morales made him a star.
oscar made him a superstar.
hatton hinted he could be competitive at 140-147.
cotto confirmed the above.