IF Pac beats Floyd....whether by Decision or KO....

[Jim Jeffries]

damn h. 0 to 10 is 10. Check : 10-0 = 10.

Don't tell me you were the genius that thinks the decade ends next December?

[horge]

Don't tell me you were the genius that thinks the decade ends next December?

No, that'd be the mathlete-in-his-own-mind, sycomantz.
tesla's just rubbing syco's nose in it..

[NYU Alum]

Top 25, sure... maybe Top 15 by some ways of thinking,
whether or not he beats Mayweather. Floyd holds no belts,
and hasn't fought meaningful comp recently.

Beating Shane/Berto would be far more relevant in ATG terms,
over the long-haul: 10, 20, or 50 years from now... boxing fans
will look at a back-out-of-retirement Floyd who loses to Pac,
and shrug --what was that fight all about? Why was it made?

The flipside: what if a back-out-of-retirement Floyd beats Pac? What does that say about Pac?

[NYU Alum]

No, that'd be the mathlete-in-his-own-mind, sycomantz.
tesla's just rubbing syco's nose in it..

Actually, several people are acknowledging that the decade ends in two weeks.... but they're willing to hold off for another couple of months to hand out the crown.

Foe example, say that Floyd won Fighter of the Decade next week. And then Pac destroys him in March. How meaningful was it, really?

Or vice versa?

[horge]

The flipside: what if a back-out-of-retirement Floyd beats Pac? What does that say about Pac?

That he couldn't defeat a back-out-of-retirement Floyd.
More could be said, but depends on the severity of the loss.

[obie]

Exactly. And, for that reason you can not bump Pac that high for this victory. I mean he would get credit. But, should not be top 5, or top 10 all time kind of credit.

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By Cliff Rold

It’s an unlikely scenario for Manny Pacquaio to win a Hatton fight but not entirely inconceivable. If the marginally possible became the recently occurred, it would be the sort of achievement that could become truly transcendent; this generation’s Henry Armstrong triple-crown.

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=11974

[horge]

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http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=11974

Crold's virtually always a good read, but when it comes to
estimating Pacquiao's place in boxing history's firmament,
I think he's been utterly faaaaaaar too generous.

...and I'm a Pacfan, btw.