Pacquiao's defining moment- which fight?

[Da Hammer]

That would be historic, he would beat Malignaggi to within an inch of death in only 4 rds.

I doubt it, Pac would give Paulie a slow painful death in the course of at least 7 rounds. Punishing him so that he would always remember the beatdown. Kinda the style of what Salvador Sanchez did to Gomez. Sal was so sick of all the **** talk from gomez that he literally wanted to torture him come fight night. Sal could have easily KO by the end of the 2nd round but he wanted Gomez to pay, so he whooped him over 9 rounds of slow massive pain. Epic destruction!

[NesNY]

the barrera 1 , marquez 1 and morales 1 in a space of 16 months is more impressive even though he lost and got a draw.

yep. good point.

Pac/Barrera I...at the time when Barrera went on a streak of Hamed, Tapia, Morales, and Kelley.

At the time of Pac's loss to Erik, EM was 6th ranked p4p (2005) and top 3 Featherweight I believe.

At the time of the Draw vs. JMM (2004), JMM was ranked 6th p4p.

At the time of JMM/Pac II, they were both top 3 p4p....with Mayweather being #1 then retiring after beating Delahoya.

(by the way, rankings are Ring Mag)

It's quite easy to see why historians and boxing fans all over the world, and publications like Ring and ESPN, think so highly of Manny Pacquiao.

[Left Hook Tua]

yep. good point.

At the time of Pac's loss to Erik, EM was 6th ranked p4p (2005) and top Featherweight I believe.

At the time of the Draw vs. JMM (2004), JMM was ranked 6th p4p.

At the time of JMM/Pac II, they were top 3 p4p....with Mayweather being #1 then retiring after beating Delahoya.


It's quite easy to see why historians and boxing fans all over the world, and publications like Ring and ESPN, think so highly of Manny Pacquiao.

barrera was #1 at 126 , marquez was #2 at 126 and morales was #2 at 130 (only behind barrera who was #1) when pacquiao fought them.

both barrera and morales was top 10 p4p at the time. barrera was as high as #3 p4p i think.

marquez didn't get on the list 'til after his fight with pacquiao. his draw with pacquiao got him on the list if i remember correctly.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Morales II and its not even close

[Phenom]

is MAB for me you don't get a props for just fighting and getting an L or D your defining moment has to be a win IMO