1910s: Sam Langford — Small man beat the best big men of his day. Runner up: Jimmy Wilde.
1920s: Benny Leonard — Some still say he’s the greatest lightweight ever. Runner up: Harry Greb.
1930s: Henry Armstrong — Held titles in three weight classes simultaneously. Runner up: Tony Canzoneri.
1940s: Ray Robinson – Untouchable as a welterweight. Runner up: Willie Pep
1950s: Ray Robinson – Also one of the greatest middleweights ever. Runner up: Archie Moore.
1960s: Muhammad Ali – The Greatest really was the greatest at this time. Runner up: Carlos Ortiz.
1970s: Roberto Duran – Virtually untouchable as a lightweight. Runner up: Carlos Monzon.
1980s: Ray Leonard: His victories over Duran, Hearns and Hagler were epic. Runner up: Julio Cesar Chavez.
1990s: Roy Jones Jr. – At his best, he inspired awe. Runner up: Pernell Whitaker.
2000s: Manny Pacquiao – Sorry Floyd but you need to fight the best to be the best. Runner up: Floyd Mayweather.
Manny lost once in the 00's and avenged it twice via KO.
Wasn't knocked out in the 00's either.
He was never the true pfp best fighter in the world or best fighter of the decade. He was just more loved than the true dwarfing Floyd Mayweather. God saw fit to see Floyd win all of his fights while Pac was ktfo 3 times.
Shows how deluded Floyd fans are.
Common opponents actually say PAC was better.
Cotto picked the shop worn pac to beat and ko floyd and said floyd ducked pac all those years as he knew hed get koed by pac. Jmm said PAC was best of era. Jmm might have said Floyd was trickier. But trickier doiesnt mean better obviously.
Let's ignore the fact Floyd cheatedcscales with jmm, PAC has 3 wins over jmm if not scoirecard error. Meaning pacs resume is a level at least above Floyd's if your being mean to PAC. If your being fair to PAC, poac is at least 2 levels above Floyd resume wise
That leaves hatton and SSM. SSM nearly koed Floyd. And hatton was koed in 2. PAC could still make 135 if he wanted to. Floyd couldn't make 144 against jmm.
You do the maths who is greater.
Please read sir:
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12746958/five-common-opponents-break-mayweather-pacquiao
People who say that Mayweather was the greatest fighter of this generation. Compare Pacquiao's opponents to Mayweather's. Pacquiao beat a slew of hall of fame boxers when they were still in their primes. Mayweather sure didn't.
Why is Duran the greatest of the 70s? And if that is the case, why is Monzon the runner up? Did any of them have wins over even a single opponent of the level of Foreman 74? Or Frazier? Or Norton? Or murderous punching Shavers?
Why is Jones the best of the 90s when Oscar had the better wins across more divisions?
Need to get some idea of your thinking on this.
Look at who the TS is. You really think you're gonna get an answer to your question?
Every one of these posts prove what agenda the TS had in his mind for this thread. To talk about Pac being better than Floyd over a decade.
Floyd ruined this guy's life. :lol1:
Lol. This FIGHTER OF THE DECADE award made flom0s so butt hurt. :lol1:
I agree. But the list was made before floyd get caught using PEDS.
Hahhahahha sorry bro. floyd is a distant runner up. complain to THE RING they're the one who made this very accurate list.
Come on larry. You should be happy that floyd is on the list as a runner up.
Bigger coward you mean. Lol. pac is just on the higher level in 2000-2009 decade that's why no one come close to pac.
Hahhahahha you're the one who is insecure why you're so butthurt to this thread. You should be happy that floyd is one of the runner up. And this are all fact bro.
Hahahhahah floyd schooled pac in running and hugging but in terms of landing more harder and cleaner punches it was pac who schooled floyd. Bigger coward you mean. :lol1:
Floyd become racist after knowing that pac is fighter of the decade. :lol1:
2000- floyd mayweather? :lol1:
They just can't aceept that floyd is just a runner up for the 2000 fighter of the decade.
I wish floyd didnt temporarily retire he could be a worthy candidate to mention as 2000 fighter of the decade.
Every one of these posts prove what agenda the TS had in his mind for this thread. To talk about Pac being better than Floyd over a decade.
Floyd ruined this guy's life. :lol1:
Don't bring up Hatton :lol1:
Make a fool of yourself.
You misinterpreted the draw; I was referring to the Agapito draw. Irrelevant as anything and never brought up.
The 2nd draw was referring to JMM 1. Manny should've gotten the W and an error took it away from him. Again, do you put no value in someone avenging a loss?
Paul Williams beat everyone he ever faced.
Brian Mitchell did as well.
Why is bringing up Hatton making a fool of myself? Floyd was the 1st to defeat him and did so by KO. Manny also won by KO, it was stunning no doubt. That said, I think being the 1st to defeat a fighter counts a bit more than being the 2nd guy to do it.
OK, yeah that was the fight where he got cut from the headbutts right?
Yes, I am aware. I also reminded you the majority of those scoring at ringside thought JMM won.
I think you get points for avenging a loss, but avenging the loss doesn't make it go away. you could have a situation like Roy/tarver or Manny/Morales where the avenging comes after the other guy is battered in a loss (morales to raheem) or is coming down in weight (like Roy was).
Losses and draws have to count negatively.
They didn't fight anywhere near the caliber of men Floyd did even though they were undefeated.
Still a loss whether it was avenged or not. The draw wasn't irrelevant. Manny had 3 KD's in round 1 and JMM rallied to a draw.
The draw was avenged but that doesn't take into account half the scorers at ringside and many watching at home had JMM winning.
That is your opinion. Mine is different and I gave some reasons why. Respectfully, IMO if you lose and draw twice you didn't have a better decade than someone that went undefeated.
Floyd also beat JMM during the decade. His win was much more decisive than Manny's over JMM. Don't forget Hatton, who was undefeated at the time.
Don't bring up Hatton :lol1:
Make a fool of yourself.
You misinterpreted the draw; I was referring to the Agapito draw. Irrelevant as anything and never brought up.
The 2nd draw was referring to JMM 1. Manny should've gotten the W and an error took it away from him. Again, do you put no value in someone avenging a loss?
Paul Williams beat everyone he ever faced.
Brian Mitchell did as well.