THE MOST IMPROVED FIGHTER OF THE DECADE: Manny Pacquiao

[Spacey1991]

Its the perception ******. I definitely for one woudn't want to tell future fight fans that 2000s was Floyd Mayweather's decade when Pacquiao, and even Calzaghe has accomplished a whole lot more.

That just shows your biased beyond belief.

[S A M U R A I]

I can see where Floyd fans are coming from with this, because maybe I'd be slightly pissed off if some little Asian dude (not that race has anything to do with it) came and crapped on my accomplishments (which are quite impressive), but that's just how it is. Floyd should not have retired and gone golfing, or whatever the heck it is that he does, throw money around in clubs, start record labels and try to be a gangster. He should have grinded away, beat guys like Margarito, Mosley, Cotto, etc. Instead, Manny is doing his job for him, and deserves credit for it. I never thought I'd see the day when Pacquiao beat (read: obliterated) arguably the best Welterweight on the planet before Floyd Mayweather. It's an unbelievable feat considering where he came from.

Who has Floyd fought at Welterweight? I can barely remember.



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[Horus]

Ranking has nothing to do with it...........it's an accumulation of what was done 2-3 years of being ranked. Meaning if I was rank number 2 in 1998 but didn't do **** in 1999 and 2000 I may still be ranked number 3 or or 5 in 2001. Get it Horus??

If p4p list are opinion and Ranking has nothing to do with it then so are the RING titles.
which pacquiao counts for 2 of his 7 titles.

Pacquiao is the most improved fighter of the decade by far.
He has come BACK from being knock out twice, Outboxed and given a draw, Outboxed and beating beat, and Outboxed and winning by 1 point.
To now becoming a offensive force...!!

He used to be a 1 handed fighter.
Not no more.

He has improved better than anybody I have ever seen.
But key word is improved.


His level of compitetion is not out of this world.
Mayweather and Pacquiao have fought 3 of the same opponents in both of their last 5 fights.

And Mayweather from the start of his career to now has faced higher quality of opponents compared to pacquiao..!

these are facts!

Pacquiao was getting Knock out, while Mayweather was winning fighter of the year awards.

[shadeyfizzle]

That just shows your biased beyond belief.

How is that biased??? Half of Mayweather's claim to greatness is his "undefeated" record.

Is 46-0 not better than 40-0???

[Rorschach™]

**** it, let's just wait and see who will be the FOTD!

[shadeyfizzle]

If p4p list are opinion and Ranking has nothing to do with it then so are the RING titles.
which pacquiao counts for 2 of his 7 titles.

Pacquiao is the most improved fighter of the decade by far.
He has come BACK from being knock out twice, Outboxed and given a draw, Outboxed and beating beat, and Outboxed and winning by 1 point.
To now becoming a offensive force...!!

He used to be a 1 handed fighter.
Not no more.

He has improved better than anybody I have ever seen.
But key word is improved.


His level of compitetion is not out of this world.
Mayweather and Pacquiao have fought 3 of the same opponents in both of their last 5 fights.

And Mayweather from the start of his career to now has faced higher quality of opponents compared to pacquiao..!

these are facts!

Pacquiao was getting Knock out, while Mayweather was winning fighter of the year awards.

And while Mayweather was sitting on his ass pretending to be retired so he wouldnt have to fight a welterweight....Pacquiao was winning fighter of the year awards.

[Horus]

DECADE= 10 YEARS
2000-2010
For a ten year span who has CONSTANTLY DOMINATED THE MOST?

If Pacquiao is the best fighter on this ENTIRE decade then how is it that for half of the decade he wasnt even ranked in the top 10?

That tells me he is the most improved fighter of the decade...
which he is..

Mayweather has ran through 5 divisions, win 6 world titles, 3 lineal titles, and been ranked at the top of the sport for 10 Consecutive years with 3 1/2 of the years being ranked #1 . And did staying undefeated.

Thats why being undefeated matters in this case.

Because he is undefeated while doing accomplishing great things, and looking great doing it.



Pacquiao is the most improved fighter of this decade.
but not the fighter of the decade.
because he did not dominate for a decade compared to mayweather.

Pacquiao cant be fighter of a decade in which Mayweather has nearly control the whole decade.

[Horus]

And while Mayweather was sitting on his ass pretending to be retired so he wouldnt have to fight a welterweight....Pacquiao was winning fighter of the year awards.

Ok your point.
Pacquiao was getting not knock when Mayweather was winning fighter of the year awards. Mayweather was retired HUGE difference.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

Mayweather first fight @ 135 = Emmanuel Augustus
Pacquiao first fight @ 135 = David Diaz
Mayweather first fight @ 140 = DeMarcus Corley
Pacquiao first fight @ 140 = Ricky Hatton
Mayweather first fight @ 147 = Sharmba Mitchell
Pacquiao first fight @ 147 Oscar De La Hoya

It took Mayweather 2 years to make the transition from Lightweight to Welterweight, it took Pacquiao 7 months. Pacquiao has fought a better fighter @ 147 within 1 year of going there than Mayweather has in 4 years there.

Gotcha Horus

[PensionKiller]

Mayweather retired for over 2 years or something in this decade.

Infact he retired twice didn't he?