If Pacquiao beats De La Hoya......is he greater than Mayweather?

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Many people thought De La Hoya beat Mayweather - I scored it a draw.
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Floyd won that fight clearly. Thats not even debatable. And I´m not a Floyd Fan!!!!!!! The closest it could have being was 116-112 in favor of Floyd!!!!!!

[shadeyfizzle]

Manny is barely 5´6" while Cotto is 5´8". Plus Cotto is much bigger than Pacquiao. Cotto is a big bone guy!!! More reach and more power than Pacquiao too. Margarito AVG 98.3 Punches per round in his last 4 fights while Manny AVG 71.7 not nearly close.

In all fairness Manny's last 2 fights were against David Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez where he was toying with 1 and had to be extremely cautious throwing against the other.

Also fighting a 5'8 Cotto would seem alot more fair than a 5'10 DLH. But all the disadvantages you mentioned are exactly what would make these fights intriguing and would propel him to top 20 atg if he came out on top

[YUHHHHHHH!]

I think Pac Man is already better than Mayweather.

[BlackHat]

ssshhh... stay away from cotto. (at the moment )

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

ssshhh... stay away from cotto. (at the moment )

Thank You! If Manny fights either Cotto or Margarito he is going to get murder. Thats suicide!!!!!!!!

[Benny Leonard]

Manny Pacquiao already has a better resume than Floyd's.

Many people thought De La Hoya beat Mayweather - I scored it a draw.

If Pacquiao decisively defeats Oscar, then even Floyd's delusional nuthuggers will have to admit he is greater than Floyd.

And remember Floyd is a much bigger man than Manny - Floyd's reach and height are comparable to heavyweights like David Tua and Mike Tyson. Floyd started at 130 but Pacman started at 106.

Floyd won that fight. I think people liked that Oscar was aggresive and making the fight, but he wasn't landing points, unless you count hitting the gloves and arms...which I guess, maybe you could give it to him for that.

Floyd should have done more. I'm glad he retired after his new style of fighting cautious and boring.

[MANGLER]

Yep, too bad he won't tho. But he's fought everybody in sight and not dodged any fights.

[The Noose]

If Floyd fought Hopkins that would compare to Manny fighting Oscar.

[Pullcounter]

Big IF but if he does beat Oscar this December , would he be considered a greater fighter than Mayweather?

I'm not talking about skills......which Floyd has in abundance......I'm talking about their greatness as far as resume and legacy and how history will judge them.

Some would argue Manny already has the better resume than Floyd. If Manny beats Oscar , who was one of Floyd's biggest wins , how would you judge them? What if Manny beats Hatton too?

only if Pac KTFO dlh will he be greater than floyd.

[Left Hook Tua]

You dont think the natural featherweight chasing immorality status by fighting the top 2 welterweights that the previous p4p king retired to avoid risking his precious 0 against would be intriguing??

95 % oscar wins this fight.

only thing is manny is a live dog.

against cotto and marg , manny would not be a live underdog.