1 thing that should be taken into consideration is the year and a half Pacquiao's promotional rights were tied up in court. It had been obvious for awhile he had trouble making the 130 limit. Had Golden boy and top rank not been in court over Pac we might have already seen Pac vs Guzman or Valero and could possibly be holding a lightweight belt already as we discuss this as opposed to being forced into tuneups against Larios and Solis for that year.
Left, you are a good poster, but Pac has beaten old men and fighters who were used up. Morales showed that if he and barrera were prime, Pac would have a difficult fight with all those guys. Nobody is convinced pac beat j.m.m. Calzaghe has never ducked a man while pac possibly has ducked valero and guzman. Cal has more skill than pac, and has beaten a very good list of fighters. Pac is getting props for beating a barrera who had a minor operation before they fought, and losing and beating morales changing the gloves, and morales lost a fight going into their rematch. Morales was on the down side of his career when they met the second and third time. 40 Cal is called a slapper, but slappers don't go undefeated for nothing.
I'm more convinced Pac beat JMM than Calzaghe beat BHop. Between the two fights, it was Calzaghe who got the gift.
In shocking fashion, Floyd Mayweather Jr, regarded as the best fighter in the sport, announced his retirement from boxing on Friday. The public debate will now begin as to who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport. [details]
Both of them are the exact same, they got past some big names of yesterday.
I think Miguel, Winky, and Pavlik have been tearin through boxing like no others. There was no controversy in what they were doin. But PFP is built off who's name you just beat, not the legitimacy of your opposition. If it was, the best would be fighting the best. Mayweather wouldn't have gotten to number 1 by beatin Gatti and an already exposed Judah and onto a older Oscar who he didn't even look that great against.
Ring Magazine
Yahoo Sports
BoxingScene has Pac at number 1 tied with Floyd
and almost all Boxing Medias have Pac at number 2.. He will shift to number 1... Calzaghe has been knockdown by a 44 year old man and that fight was pretty ugly boring as well..
And Pac got beaten by Marquez, what's your point? Everyone had Marquez as the winner, so maybe it should be Marquez as #1?
Is Floyd really retiring? I thought he was fighting Oscar? And hasn't he already retired 58 times?
As for the question, then I'm sure there are other boxers that should be ahead of them... like JMM for example.
But I don't give a **** about who beat who, who's record is what... just to answer this question as a pure question: If Pac and Blow were the same size, who would win? I say Blow, I really do. Pac ain't all that.
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