Who did the best vs Pacquiao?

[Phenom]

Clottey with out of doubt seem he was hitting pac flush every time he decided to throw a punch Mosley made pacquiao look the worst imo and to some extent took away that "Pacquiao is unbeatable " mindset some boxing fans had.


Cotto had his moments early and Margarito did the worst outside of that one body punch

[jdigital1601]

THAT'S EASY. Its the only guy who has beaten him in the last 10 years. ERIK MORALES in their first encounter.

[SCEN3RY]

IMO, performance wise Cotto even though he fell short. Cotto showed promise and it's a fight you can look at and say that with a few adjustments on Cottos part - it would have been a competitive and close fight.

Margarito put on the most valiant and brave performance, he didn't have the skills to match Pacquiao but his heart was huge that night and he tried till the very last second. True showcase of desire and will. I earned a lot of respect for Margarito on that fight.

^^^Margarito. Interestingly enough, he was believed to be least deserving, yet put up the most valiant effort since Marquez. Aside from a body shot in the 4th and a check right late in the fight, he was never really hurt either. What hurt him most, was the uppercut in the 4th (the one he thumbs at after being hit) that either broke his orbital bone right then or began the process. Side note....Manny needs to work the body more, instead of head hunting with his left, he should jab to the head every now and then and send the left directly as his opponents body. With as much force as he carries, he could start getting those TKOs he's been looking for late in his fights.

[spyvsspy]

^^^Margarito. Interestingly enough, he was believed to be least deserving, yet put up the most valiant effort since Marquez. Aside from a body shot in the 4th and a check right late in the fight, he was never really hurt either. What hurt him most, was the uppercut in the 4th (the one he thumbs at after being hit) that either broke his orbital bone right then or began the process. Side note....Manny needs to work the body more, instead of head hunting with his left, he should jab to the head every now and then and send the left directly as his opponents body. With as much force as he carries, he could start getting those TKOs he's been looking for late in his fights.

Never really hurt?? I think you need to closely rewatch that fight

[Phenom]

Never really hurt?? I think you need to closely rewatch that fight

dude had to have an eye surgery after the fight it was just a brutal and senseless beating I can't believe the doctor or ref didn't stop that fight

[RichCCFC]

I'm talking 147(145) and up

[The_Demon]

Cotto won some rounds

[bMak]

Toss-up between Cotto and Clottey.

Cotto showed he could hang and have success, at least before he folded. Still he put effort forth for at least 4 rounds.

Clottey didn't bother with trying to win the fight, but at the same time his defense kept him from getting hit clean and he seemed to land 80% of the punches he wasn't scared to throw.

I have no idea how anyone could make an argument for Margarito. He did hurt Manny to the body once, but was too slow and plodding to follow up. Take that moment in and, essentially, he got pummeled for 11.5 rounds.

Mosley showed you that turning him Manny and boxing him at angles would be effective, but, again, he didn't put the effort into actually throwing punches and trying to win the fight.

[bojangles1987]

Clottey and Mosley did nothing against Pacquiao. People even mentioning them are simply wrong. They were never at any moment in any position of actually threatening Pacquiao in any way.

Cotto did good for 4 rounds, and won 2. But he ran afterwards. Pacquiao had target practice for 8 rounds with little resistance.

Margarito is the only one that made Pacquiao work for 12 rounds, and he came closest to actually winning. That body shot by itself was more than the other three combined did towards winning, never mind he actually landed the most punches any Pacquiao opponent has since Marquez, I believe. He may have landed more, I don't remember the punch stats.

[SCEN3RY]

Never really hurt?? I think you need to closely rewatch that fight

...let's reword that to 'stunned' or in danger of being knocked out (other than what I mentioned). Whereas Cotto got dropped then ran, Clottey fought even less than he had before and Mosley, got dropped and did his best Cotto impression. I'm sorry, I'm not big on Margarito, never was, but that's just what I believe, he's the only guy as of recently that actually fought Manny, that's all I'm saying. And even though you might not like him, he actually fought, he tried, isn't that what we pay fighters to do? (yes, in the end WE pay them)