Pacquiao/Mayweather's last 5 fights

[Bee Keepz]

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)

Pretty impressive for a lightweight, that list just amazes me.

Hatton, Cotto, Clottey, Margarito, Mosley - that's the who's who of welterweights in 2007-2008. You're not doing a good job if that's all you can come up with.

[IronDanHamza]

Pretty impressive for a lightweight, that list just amazes me.

Hatton, Cotto, Clottey, Margarito, Mosley - that's the who's who of welterweights in 2007-2008. You're not doing a good job if that's all you can come up with.

Considering he fought none of them over that time period, that point really means nothing.

He fought Shane and Margarito either in 2011 or almost 2011. Alot can happen in 3 years..

A ranking in 2007-2008 really means almost nothing if your not fighting them in those years.

That being said the Hatton and Cotto wins were very impressive and excellent wins. The others? Not so much.

[Ryannn]

Yeah because he's making it all up right? Wrong.

isn't hatton a 140 lineal champ at the weight?

isn't margarito a former multi-division champion?

didn't marquez had to go two weightclass to fight floyd?

wasn't shane coming off a long lay off when he faced floyd?

why weren't these facts mentioned?

its easy to hype or discredit a win depending on your agenda. the ts wasn't being subjective in comparing their opponents.

[Bee Keepz]

Considering he fought no of them over that time period that point really means nothing.

He fought Shane and Margarito either in 2011 or almost 2011. Alot can happen in 3 years..

A ranking in 2007-2008 really means almost nothing if your not fighting them in those years.

That being said the Hatton and Cotto wins were very impressive and excellent wins. The others? Not so much.

Pacquiao was a SFW in that timeframe.

Couldn't you say the same exact same thing about Mayweather though, and he was actually a WW.