I guarantee you that if pacquiao was born and raised in america.....

[pasawayako]

Pacquiao THE greatest of all
time responses not so great
Brad Cooney, Mississippi Fight
Sports Examiner
Posted: 01/20/2011 3:29 PM

I wrote an articles voicing my
opinion on Manny Pacquiao and
being the all time greatest
fighter. As you could imagine, I
received many comments and
several Emails from the readers.
As I indicated in my article, this
topic is all a matter of opinion. I
voiced my opinion and even
with all of the nasty Emails from
those who disagreed with it, I
stand firm.
Most of those who disagree
with titling Pacquiao as the
greatest fighter of all time were
from the old school of boxing.
Many were fans of the sport
back when the American
fighters stood on top of the
mountain. This was the case
with 80 percent of those who
contacted me. So I have to ask
this question.....Would Manny
Pacquiao's top spot, with
everything that he has achieved
thus far be remotely questioned
if he were an American
fighter?
One hates to inject race into any
topic, but I am afraid that in this
case its a fair question. If
Manny Pacquiao was from
Boise, Idaho, or Philadelphia, PA,
or Boston, would the fans in
America question if Pacquiao
was the greatest of all time? 8
division world titles, and elected
to the US Congress? Come on,
there would be no doubt who
America thought was the
greatest of all time if Manny was
born in New York. I think race
plays a part in this. I do not
think it's matter of hate, I think
it's a matter of location.
I asked several folks in
Mississippi who they thought
was the greatest fighter of all
time. 7 out of 10 of them said
that it was Muhammad Ali.
Would the same 7 people
have voted for Muhammad Ali if
he were born in General Santos
City? No way.
Mississippi is a football state.
Most fans in this state are big
college football fans and big NFL
fans, and some are boxing fans.
If I asked Mississippians who
they thought was the greatest
football player of all time, many
would say Jerry Rice, the former
SF 49er Wide Receiver. If I
asked the same group who they
thought was the greatest QB of
all time, many would say Brett
Favre. Why would they say this?
Because both Jerry Rice and
Brett Favre are from Mississippi.
I guarantee you that if Manny
Pacquiao was born and raised in
middle America, he would
indeed be titled and written in
stone as the greatest fighter
that has ever lived.
I am not from the Philippines. I
am from Mahopac, New York
and I don't have a problem
giving Pacquiao the GOAT title.
He's clearly done enough inside
the ring to warrant such a
distinction. His outside of the
ring achievements stand on
their own as well.
Pacquiao in my humble opinion
is the greatest fighter of all time.

[Ryannn]

if pacquiao was born in america, he wouldn't endure the hardships he did and probably wouldn't be even boxing.

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[LoStranger]

good article

[welcometosaigon]

There's no way an American could say "I'm not going to take a tougher drug test because I feel that it weakens me" and then six months later switch his position yet still refuse full random testing. The media would crucify him. He gets a pass cause he's foreign, let's just be honest.

[Phil Ivey]

If he was born in America, he wouldn't be the people's champ and with the country on his shoulders and probably wouldn't be half of a fighter as he is today. Take your pick.

[Instinto]

The guy has some truth in his words. In boxing your race and nationality matters a lot on how much recognition you'd get, how big fan base you'll have.

[pasawayako]

I think there's nothing wrong for just telling the truth.

[pacmanis1]

I'm a white guy from the midwest and I think one of the draws, at least for me, is that he's from another country and grew up dirt poor. I can't help but be amazed at the following he has in the Phillipines. From the videos I've seen of where he grew up it makes Detriot look like paradise. We all have our opinions and thats just my two cents.