Let's break down their last 5 fights to show just how much Pacquiao is the product of great match making and to show that Floyd has actually been fighting better opposition and Pac is actually the one cherry picking. Only people who sip the Pacquiao kool aid are people who don't know boxing and/or hate Floyd. He's a great fighter (first ballot hall of famer, ATG, legend) but the media and Top Rank are fooling people with the Manny Pacquiao deception. He hasn't been in a real fight since Marquez II, and we all know how that went for him. Floyd has been inactive these past years, but when he's in the ring he's gunning for the top guys.
Floyd Mayweather Jr
1. Shane Mosley - ranked p4p # 3 at the time, welter weight champion, and coming off a huge TKO victory against Margarito
2. Juan Manuel Marquez - ranked p4p # 2 at the time, coming off great victories, and arguably beat Pacquiao twice (albeit at BS catchweight, but Pacquiao is considering the same catchweight)
3. Ricky Hatton - ranked p4p # 5, 140 king, undefeated
4. Oscar De La Hoya - ranked top ten p4p, cash cow, coming off a great victory against Mayorga and the fight took place at a healthy weight for DLH, 154 champ (edited by code red)
5. Carlos Baldomir - had all the welter weight belts, coming off a huge upset against Zab Judah
Manny Pacquiao
1. Shane Mosley - hadn't won a fight in over 2 years, not ranked p4p, no belt, 39 years old (Floyd leftover)
2. Antonio Margarito - not ranked p4p, beat a journey man and had been KO'd by Mosley, no belt (fight took place at a catchweight at 150 for a 154 vacant belt), coming off suspension
3. Joshua Clottey - lost to all his big fights he fought, no belt, not ranked p4p
4. Miguel Cotto - had just beaten a bum, before that had been destroyed by Margarito, not ranked p4p (fight took place at a BS catchweight of 145 to drain Cotto)
5. Ricky Hatton - not ranked p4p, had a few victories but 2 fights prior had been KO'd (Floyd leftover)
Floyd Mayweather Jr
1. Shane Mosley - ranked p4p # 3 at the time, welter weight champion, and coming off a huge TKO victory against Margarito
2. Juan Manuel Marquez - ranked p4p # 2 at the time, coming off great victories, and arguably beat Pacquiao twice (albeit at BS catchweight, but Pacquiao is considering the same catchweight)
3. Ricky Hatton - ranked p4p # 5, 140 king, undefeated
4. Oscar De La Hoya - ranked top ten p4p, cash cow, coming off a great victory against Mayorga and the fight took place at a healthy weight for DLH, 154 champ (edited by code red)
5. Carlos Baldomir - had all the welter weight belts, coming off a huge upset against Zab Judah
Manny Pacquiao
1. Shane Mosley - hadn't won a fight in over 2 years, not ranked p4p, no belt, 39 years old (Floyd leftover)
2. Antonio Margarito - not ranked p4p, beat a journey man and had been KO'd by Mosley, no belt (fight took place at a catchweight at 150 for a 154 vacant belt), coming off suspension
3. Joshua Clottey - lost to all his big fights he fought, no belt, not ranked p4p
4. Miguel Cotto - had just beaten a bum, before that had been destroyed by Margarito, not ranked p4p (fight took place at a BS catchweight of 145 to drain Cotto)
5. Ricky Hatton - not ranked p4p, had a few victories but 2 fights prior had been KO'd (Floyd leftover)
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