Can Pacquiao beat ANY top welter?

[Jim Jeffries]

welter is too big. so is super lightweight. the only 140 titlist i can see him beating is ricky and he's still a heavy underdog.

135 is perfect for manny. i say sign a deal for ricky as soon as possible. fight once at 140 vs. ricky and go back down to 135 and start going for all the other belts at 135.

a loss to ricky doesn't hurt him. a loss to a nobody at 140 does. just go for the big boy at 140 once and win or lose go back to 135.

What about Malignaggi? I think that fight might be interesting.

[Left Hook Tua]

I see that now.

Still, I stand by my position that he should fight the best guys in the divison and stop picking up paper titles and leaping divisons just so his stats look good. That's the same **** they get on Floyd about but never do for him.

it's because floyd doesn't get challenged and far superior to his opponents. to a skeptic they will always find a reason to say something bad. if there are people who talk bad about ali do you think floyd will be spared from criticism?

manny slugs and gets hit. he's not a technical boxer. so when he's jumping up to higher weight classes even if it's not the greatest guy out there the added size is dangerous to manny.

[Ryn0]

I see that now.

Still, I stand by my position that he should fight the best guys in the divison and stop picking up paper titles and leaping divisons just so his stats look good. That's the same **** they get on Floyd about but never do for him.

He's done it once, he fought Marquez, Barrera and Morales for belts he didn't cherry pick his way to the title

[Left Hook Tua]

What about Malignaggi? I think that fight might be interesting.

i think paulie beats him. no point in a paulie fight. no money.

same with witter.

manny is not roy or floyd. he can't jump to 140 or 147 unless it's a specific kind of guy that he can beat.

the only 140 guy i see him have a chance with style wise is ricky. ricky is stronger but manny has speed and reach on him and the height is the same.

styles make fights and you put him up against a 140 or 147 lb. marquez type counterpuncher/boxer and manny is gonna get koed.

[IMDAZED]

it's because floyd doesn't get challenged and far superior to his opponents. to a skeptic they will always find a reason to say something bad. if there are people who talk bad about ali do you think floyd will be spared from criticism?

manny slugs and gets hit. he's not a technical boxer. so when he's jumping up to higher weight classes even if it's not the greatest guy out there the added size is dangerous to manny.

Wait a second, if Pacquiao is now the world's best (or close to it), shouldn't he be held to the same standards?

He is a legend, a Hall of Famer and a modern-day Azumah. But he's also gotten off very easy for certain things such as rematch a washed up Barrera who was coming off a LOSS, rematching Erik Morales when Morales had just come off a pathetic loss, then he knocks Morales out and fights him a third time! Trust me, if Floyd did that, these boards would turn upside down. And I'm no Floyd apologist.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Hatton looks shot to me...

Mayweather ended Hatton's career. Ricky will never be the same.

[Left Hook Tua]

truth be told, most of these pac threads are being made by the usual pac fans.

really?

i don't pay attention to who is a fan of who and such.

you mean most of these guys are serious?

.........that's sad.

i can see a hatton. because he's short for a super lightweight and his style matches up well with manny.

but anyone else at 140 or above....... don't know about that.

[Left Hook Tua]

Wait a second, if Pacquiao is now the world's best (or close to it), shouldn't he be held to the same standards?

He is a legend, a Hall of Famer and a modern-day Azumah. But he's also gotten off very easy for certain things such as rematch a washed up Barrera who was coming off a LOSS, rematching Erik Morales when Morales had just come off a pathetic loss, then he knocks Morales out and fights him a third time! Trust me, if Floyd did that, these boards would turn upside down. And I'm no Floyd apologist.

go find a pacnuthugger or floydhater to argue with.

i am neither.

[IMDAZED]

go find a pacnuthugger or floydhater to argue with.

i am neither.

I hear ya.