If Manny Pacquiao were an American he’d be considered the greatest boxer ever

[PBFP4P]

****, and I would not agree with that either....

If he is clean and not on the juice and beats Floyd, who would he not be in the top 10 all time?

Why do you have a MannyPac Mafia on your avitar? you **** on him every chance you get, you not a real fan

[Motofan]

(Shakes head and walks away)

[Bacatit]

(Shakes head and walks away)

I too shall be the bigger man

[Bogig]

I believe there is some truth to this.

Boxing, more than other sports, is very fragmented by race, country, origin. For example, I cannot see someone from Puerto Rico getting as excited about an up and coming rising star from Mexico, and vice-versa.

Pac is Asian, and many people are still not used to the concept of an Asian hero, unless they're a stereo-type martial arts performer like Jackie Chan or Jet Li.

But Pac is in a sport that many nationalities take pride in, and it's just natural for people to hate him, and belittle any success he's had in order to better accept the reality of him winning against those people supported. (e.g. Pac is easily being dismissed by some as a steroid user when there haven't been enough proof to condemn)

I'm not saying everybody does this. But I feel there's also discrimmination in how people choose who they cheer for and who they want to condemn.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

January 25, 10:57 AMSacramento Fight Sports ExaminerRick Rockwell

For a country that opens its doors to people from all over the world, it sure has a tough time allowing non-American athletes into the realm of “Greatest of All-Time”. If you examine some of the country’s major sports you can see a history of this. Now, I don’t believe it’s racially motivated. However, I do think it is more of a matter of pride and ignorance.

If you look down the list of who Americans think are the greatest boxers ever, you will see a mixture of races: from Dempsey to Marciano, from Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali, and from Sugar Ray Leonard to Mike Tyson. So Pacquiao’s ascent to all-time greatness isn’t blocked by racial barriers, but due to pride and ignorance. If you look at other sports you can see this happening to foreign athletes as well.

Yao Ming is probably the most popular basketball player in the world thanks to 1 billion Chinese fans. However, that doesn’t make America think he’s the greatest big man in the sport today, tomorrow, or historically. He’s often compared to Shaq and overlooked for Dwight Howard. Hakeem Olajuwon was a phenomenal big man in the NBA, but he was often overshadowed by lesser accomplished big men like Patrick Ewing.

In tennis, Roger Federer is arguably the greatest tennis player of all-time but Americans won’t put him ahead of John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras. Even Andy Rod**** gets as much media coverage and more hype than Roger. Yet, Roger has more championships than any of them.

In track and field, Usain Bolt is a phenom but even another dominate performance at the next summer Olympics won’t put him on the same level as Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson in the minds of most Americans.

Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin are the faces of the NHL yet American media and fans still focus more on who the next great American will be. If Wayne Gretzky was American, and not Canadian, he would be considered a hero like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.

Some of these examples might be crude at best, but you get the point. American media and fans tend to put Americans only at the top of the “Greatest of All-Time” list. It’s a shame too, because athletes like Manny Pacquiao have accomplished more in their respective sports than most American athletes can ever dream of.

America needs to wake up from its prideful and ignorant thinking and start realizing that their fellow countrymen aren’t exclusive to this “Greatest of All-Time” club. The world has phenomenal athletes too and on March 13th America will see one in action right in the stadium of America’s team.

Didn't read any of your crap, just the title of your thread. All I have to say is even an American would be held accountable for refusing random drug testing. We would feel he was just as guilty or had something to hide, like Pac.

[Wreckless]

If Pac was American, he would just be more widely known around the world and even more in the U.S than he is now. Although it doesn't necessarily make him greater.
Right now i would put in Top 25.

Years and years, maybe decades later after he retires, is only when he gets the credit he deserves.

[lefthook2daliva]

Oh Jesus H Christ on a ****ing pogo stick!!! Cry me a ****ing river. Poor ol' Pac. Grew up without a pot to piss in or a mother****in' window to throw it out of and now he's rich beyond his wildest expectations, can take care of his momma, daddy an 2 panty granny, gettin' ready to run for a seat in the Filipino congress but the evil ol' Americans are just too racist to give him the recognition he deserves. We'll pay him plenty of money though...not too racist for that **** are we?

Look: Nobody is ever gonna' get to #1ATG anymore. Nobody fights enough. No matter what Mayweather or Gamboa or Amir Khan or any of these folks do it's pretty much a done deal cause nobody at that level fights anywhere near enough fights anymore. Is Pac (or any big money fighter) gonna' fight another 140 guys before he retires?

You know what he can do though...him or somebody else, what's still open and what should be for the forseeable future...He can be All Time Highest Paid Fighter. If you only wanna' fight a coupla'-three times a year for 10-15 yrs, wtf else you want?

Seriously I got far better places for my sympathy to go than this...

[top8gun]

Didn't read any of your crap, just the title of your thread. All I have to say is even an American would be held accountable for refusing random drug testing. We would feel he was just as guilty or had something to hide, like Pac.

you should have read it before replying ,.......

so you would know what you have to say....

ignorant crap!

[Doctor_Tenma]

Pacquiao's resume ain't even better then Pernell Whitaker's. I really don't understand why Pacquiao is being rated that high. I would atleast say Top 30.

[QB Bomber]

Wherever you rank him he has an asterisk.