Does a win over Mosley elevate Floyd to Manny Pacquiao status?

[immortal tech]

there were already a lot of rumblings by boxing writers while floyd was still active whether or not pac deserved number 1 due to floyd's ho hum performances vs not so great opposition. i think there was even a ring magazine cover asking the question should pac be 1#.

really? link please

[Biolink]

If he dominated Floyd he would be above Manny IMO. It would take an act of God like Floyd badly breaking his hand in order to be dominated by Mosley, especially since Mosley isn't known to adapt during the fight.

[Roy Hobbs]

really? link please

[Clyde Barrow]

What status? P4P? WW ranking? Popularity? If he beats Shane, PBF is rightfully the #1 WW in boxing, although with a win on Clottey, Pac would retain his Ring ranking officially.

[Jim Jeffries]

Damn, if he was closing in on him 3 years ago, he must have eclipsed him by now.

[Biolink]

You are an IDIOT. Ricky gave Floyd plenty of fits, if it wasn't for Cortez, that fight may have turned out very different.

Cortez did the right thing. Both of them were fighting very dirty on the inside. He broke them up before something bad could happen.

Its sad that, that happens to play against Hatton's style. But regardless style shouldn't play into whether or not this or that official likes to break a lot of clinches or not. And if he does break a lot clinches, make for damn sure you have the skill to offset what you lose in officiating.

Hatton did not have the skill to offset the officiating. He would have lost regardless of who was officiating the fight that night, as many straight rights, and counter lefts he was eating.

[El Chicano]

Most probable outcomes:

Manny stops Clottey in a very exciting FOTY type fight...

Floyd goes 12 boring rounds with Shane...

May 2nd, Manny is still the top Welter and still higher than Floyd on the All Time List.

[immortal tech]

Ok thats not what you originally said but still interesting cover by the ring

[ManniePhresh]

Floyd will be p4p #1 after he beats shane. ring magazine is gonna drop pacquiaos ranking for fighting a bum and not mosely or mayweather.

[El Jesus]

there were already a lot of rumblings by boxing writers while floyd was still active whether or not pac deserved number 1 due to floyd's ho hum performances vs not so great opposition. i think there was even a ring magazine cover asking the question should pac be 1#.

when he knocked out ricky hatton, alot of that was erased though, i particularly remember that. keep in mind, pacs next outing would be a lackluster performence in a fight he would arguably lose. he then fought diaz, but his true namesake came during the dela hoya upset. up until then, floyd still had a large margin even during retirement. however wins over hatton, cotto seperated him a bit. Mayweather with a win over mosley however would put them on even terms IMO.