THE MOST IMPROVED FIGHTER OF THE DECADE: Manny Pacquiao

[2501]

All the hollow stats in the world can be posted, but at the end of the day, it will be the majority public opinion that will dictate who is the best fighter of the decade and right now, people feel its Pacquiao. Deal with it.

[Chups]

10: Most weeks in RING ratings
Posted Feb. 22, 2010 at 06:30pm
By Michael Rosenthal

A weekly boxing list compiled by Michael Rosenthal. This week: The most weeks rated by THE RING magazine in a specific weight division. In five weeks, Antonio Tarver will have been in the light heavyweight Top 10 for 11 years.

1. 567: Antonio Tarver, light heavyweight
2. 467: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, flyweight
3. 413: Alexander Munoz, junior bantamweight
4. 393: Omar Narvaez, flyweight
5. 381: Silence Mabuza, bantamweight
6. 358: Ricky Hatton, junior welterweight
7. 350: Glen Johnson, light heavyweight
8. 336: Felix Sturm, middleweight
9. 325: Manny Pacquiao, pound for pound
10T. 304: Muhammad Rachman, strawweight
10T. 304: Ulises Solis, junior flyweight

Source: http://www.ringtv.com/blog/1661/10_most ... g_ratings/

[RL_GMA]

The facts about titles and P4P listings (oxy moron there) don't dictate anything though man. I can run you a list of fighters who had just as many title reigns, division jumpings as Leonard, Hearns, Mayweather, etc...but are you going to call them better than those guys off GP? Of course not...it's all about THE FIGHTS. I've told you this before. People remember the fights more than how many titles a guy had. In this case, Pacquiao's won 7 world titles, something nobody's done before so of course there's gotta be some type of mention about it.

But when we talk about THE FIGHTS, you can't deny Pacquiao's been the bigger risk taker and all around the more exciting fighter. We can debate for days about the technicalities between the two being they have yet to fight, but you can't just post facts about an opinionated list and say Pac is not better than Floyd because Floyd has been on the list longer. Both were at different paths of their careers and while Floyd balked for a while Pacquiao took over and is taking bigger risks than Floyd is (or has) considering there is a fight between both Pac and Floyd on the horizon.

To put it in better understanding to how people look at both guys, Floyd comes out of a short retirement and fights JMM. Pacquiao beats the #1 140lb fighter and instead of taking an easier fight to prep for a possible fight with Floyd, he fights the #1-2 WW in the world and simply destroyed him. Sometimes, facts just don't mean ****. That's why certain fights must happen, as in...FLOYD VS PACQUIAO.

Good post!!! You owe me $10 btw *****...lol

[hugh grant]

No its the performances you are remembered for in the decade. Pacs been kicking name butts since 2003. Before that he was beating good butts, but just not names that your average Joe would really know.
Pac escaped the radar in the early 2000s but most because he was in the phillipines defending his belts against not really known names. Not that the names werent good again though.

[PinoyZoi]

Do you really care what a magazine says??

[Chups]

2009? Pacquiao did not win the award in 2009.
sorry chups... and stop spaming before i put you on ignore.

What what what?????????????????????

[Amazinger]

How?
Half of the decade he wasnt even ranked!

One fighter fights for the money Floyd and self HYPED!
the other fights for the people and glory. Pacquiao.

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