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

[-EX-]

He wouldn't be called the GOAT but his popularity would be off the roof and the sport would probably be in better shape...

[sweetscience18]

Well my point ,since you seem to have missed it, is that there is no use dreaming about different scenarios. Manny is Filipino and if he were Mexican the Mexicans would love him, or Dominican, the Dominicans would love him, and so on. His career is far from over and his legacy is not written yet. He doesn't seem to be worried about how people perceive his image why should you? In my opinion he golden oldie fighters will always be the best they dominated when boxing was on the rise. Everybody wanted to be champ of the world. People were just naturally tougher back then because they didn't have all this stuff to spoil them that we have today. I don't believe anybody in the same weight class today is going to beat a prime SRR and I think most hardcore fans agree with me. TS has his own opinions but he should respect everybody else's and stop whining because we don't hold the same one he does.
PS- If he was American he might not have even made it to where he is now.

Too add to this...the late SRR should not be compared to any boxer
He wasthe first to do what every fighter attempts to do and imo noone has ever reachedthe goals he has..

[Chups]

I'm just happy with the improvements of Pacquiao in terms of comparison with some of the great warriors. At featherweight he was being compared to Morales. After beating Morales, he's now in league with JCC. Then compared to Whitaker then Henry Armstrong.....now it's ALI. WTF???

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i miss picking on that fat **** Brad Cooney