Am i the only one who hates when ppl compare manny to Armstrong?

[Iceta]

except floyd mayweather jr.

There's just no hope for you man. None what so ever.

[sweetpea87]

Manny is great and its not his fault ppl are comparing him but the guy is being compared to the second greatest boxer of all time when manny isnt in most peoples top 50. Henry had 3 belts all at the same time and people ringside said he got robbed from a 4th. When there was only 8 divisions. Thats like ivan calderon winning his division then beating vic,then beating izzy and juan manuel marquez. You can use your own translation,with any fighters or weight classes but please top with the comparisons. There will never be another henry amrstrong

By the way he drank beer to gain weight...CHEA!

I'm wih ya this is getting ridiculous

[Pacdbest]

Armstrong was just another old time fighter who fought countless toilet cleaners and roadsweepers (No offence to JCC).
Pacquiao fights guys who have months to train for a specific bout

In Henry's era they were just learning the art of boxing, if you watch the videos they all look garbage. Joe Louis was the beginning of proper boxing

I agree with you here!! I have espn Classic & I'm watching all the boxing I can just to compare Pac with the Greats. For me, the start of modern boxing techniques starts with SRR. Then revolutionized by Ali & SRL.

Armstrong was Great in his time but will be beat easily by Pac's modern technique. Even SRR was not that Good defensively but his offence was Good enough to dominate his era. Pac came into Mainstream Boxing with Limited skills but good enough to be a Lineal World Champ. With Roach refinements, today's Pac was so Dominating. If you can put the Modern Prime Pac in the 30-50's era, i don't think anybody there can beat him.

[Jim Jeffries]

It is impossible to keep Manny out of top 50 ATG lists now. And 4 linear world titles in diff divisions has never been done before, so it's natural to compare him to a guy who was the first to win 3.


Is this Flawless/Flawless./Malcolm/etc's alt # 5001?

[Sin City]

You are correct. This Armstrong comparison is ridiculous. Manny never held the FW, LW and WW titles simultaneously.

lol.. gotta love the sarcasm

[Chups]

It's HBO's and most boxing writer's fault, they don't know what they are talking about. Heck.....even Max Kelllerman, a known Pacquiao critic mentioned Hank and Pac in the same sentence. Meanwhile Floyd mentions to the media how he's better than Sugar Ray Leonard............LOL!!