If Grandpa Pacquiao Defeats Bud Crawford. Is He the GOAT?

He would have had a better chance when he fought Bradley for the unnecessary third time but Pac at this point can't make adjustments to beat a fighter of Crawford's calibre.

It would elevate him quite a bit but Floyd will always be his daddy

Yes. Put him past JCC and Duran at the very least.

Manny won't go anywhere near it. He's trying to fight the smaller Loma instead. Who is a much much better fighter than Crawford, Lomachenko earns less money than a fight with Crawford probably.

Good win to finish his career off if he did it, but I don't think its as good as some may think it would be, Crawford is good, but there are much better fighters on that resume of Pacman so why should beating TC make Pacquiao the goat?

According to haters NO. Because crawford only beats smaller guys. :D In my eyes this would be a hell of accomplishment. Beating a P4P guy at 39 is something going into the history books of boxing

You become the greatest of all time by all the fights you have in your prime including any loses. One great win doesn't do it. Beating Crawford doesn't make losing to Mayweather and Marquez disappear. Crawford is good but he isn't the greatest so how does beating him make Pacquiao the greatest? I give Pacquiao a chance to beat Crawford but I would not call him the greatest of all time if he did beat Crawford.

Manny won't go anywhere near it. He's trying to fight the smaller Loma instead.

In the BIGGEST Boxing Event of ALL TIME he LOST 9RDS to 3 (and 3 is being generous, very generous) to FLOYD MAYWEATHER, he'll never have a better opportunity to be recognized as GOAT.:boxing:

pac achievement alone is worthy to be callied the GOAT. 8 division champion 5 division lineal champion 2000-2009 fighter of the decade There is no one come close to achieve this.

lol.. there will never be an undisputed GOAT. GOAT is an opinion, the whole world will never agree on anything. also, just no. it would be his best win by far (yes, better than barrera). but it is not enough to be the best of his own era, let alone all time.

wouldnt even make him the best of his generation but it sure would shoot him up the ranks

Would be a spectacular win and arguably his best, but 1 win likely wouldn't cement him as the greatest. Also depends on Crawford if he comes back to dominate. Similar to a Duran-Leonard situation. Small odds of that happening anyway. Ali beating Foreman turned him into an immortal legend. One win is definitely sufficient to reach GOAT status. Is there any example of a 39+ year old fossil defeating arguably the #1 PFP guy?

I'll put it this way: in no way do I think Buboy can prepare Pac for Crawford. Pac would have to get back with Roach to beat Crawford, if Pac brings Buboy has the head coach Pac's just coming in for a paycheck

IMO bud should just fly his boxing skills out and try go toe to toe with Horn to see if he can actually be able to go toe toe with the likes of Spence or Thurman when it needs. I mean, there would be of a time that Crawford has to fight Spence instead of just boxing him..... Even Floyd went out of his way to fight toe to toe against Cotto when it was needed greatly. Well said. I'm expecting that.

Crawford ruins Pacquaio. But if Pac wins then he's clearly the best fighter post SRL. Crawford is a great fighter in his prime something a certain somebody always found a way not to fight. Best ever? Nah. Whitaker is the closest of modern times and he's not top 20.

We need to see how bud comes up in weight against Jeff. I think Jeff is the perfect fight for buds first fight at welter considering Jeff is more of a fighter than a boxer. I think Jeff will cause problems for Bud. I see Bud winning a ud in a 12 rnd hard fought match. Nice post. Agreed for the most part except I see a shootout between these two, with Horn getting cut, bloodied, and stopped before round 10. Crawford is a big boy, too, and might enter the ring around 160-165. Horn won't even have the strength advantage. War Bud!:boxing:

We need to see how bud comes up in weight against Jeff. I think Jeff is the perfect fight for buds first fight at welter considering Jeff is more of a fighter than a boxer. I think Jeff will cause problems for Bud. I see Bud winning a ud in a 12 rnd hard fought match.

This fight will never happen. Too dangerous at this stage of Pac's career. Pac's health comes first.

Sure, why not?