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I take no credit for the following (commentary from the p4p page on this site) but it seems to make sense...
Facts are facts and based on results in the ring only (not media or fan voting...) Can you still say Pacquiao deserves a higher ranking?
Titles - Pacquiao has made title claims in more weight classes generally (seven) and lineally (a record four) than Floyd (five and three).
Wins over current and former titlists - Floyd (15) Pac (12)
Wins over current and former lineal World Champions - Floyd (8) Pac (5)
Wins in title fights - Floyd (19) Pac (13) as well as one loss and 2 draws.
Common opponenets - Draw... wins over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Juan Manuel Marquez. What each man took out of those foes, and what mitigating circumstances might have existed, are open for debate. The results are not.
Thinking from the perspective of a fan, Pacquiao might rate ahead. His fights are usually more thrilling, an electricity not seen since the heyday of Mike Tyson.
Thinking clinically, Mayweather is the best technician since the prime of Pernell Whitaker.
Where they have been on the scale is weighed against where they are right now and the right now wins. Where they are is Welterweight and both have shown to belong physically in the class but Floyd, of note, didn’t need any catch weights for his best win in class. Mayweather is the best Welterweight in the world until proven otherwise and in a choice between two active Welterweights, that’s enough for number one here.
Facts are facts and based on results in the ring only (not media or fan voting...) Can you still say Pacquiao deserves a higher ranking?
Titles - Pacquiao has made title claims in more weight classes generally (seven) and lineally (a record four) than Floyd (five and three).
Wins over current and former titlists - Floyd (15) Pac (12)
Wins over current and former lineal World Champions - Floyd (8) Pac (5)
Wins in title fights - Floyd (19) Pac (13) as well as one loss and 2 draws.
Common opponenets - Draw... wins over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Juan Manuel Marquez. What each man took out of those foes, and what mitigating circumstances might have existed, are open for debate. The results are not.
Thinking from the perspective of a fan, Pacquiao might rate ahead. His fights are usually more thrilling, an electricity not seen since the heyday of Mike Tyson.
Thinking clinically, Mayweather is the best technician since the prime of Pernell Whitaker.
Where they have been on the scale is weighed against where they are right now and the right now wins. Where they are is Welterweight and both have shown to belong physically in the class but Floyd, of note, didn’t need any catch weights for his best win in class. Mayweather is the best Welterweight in the world until proven otherwise and in a choice between two active Welterweights, that’s enough for number one here.
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