Who Wins: Manny Pacquiao vs. Sugar Ray Robinson at 147 Lbs in a 12 Round Bout

[SplitSecond]

dunno, never seen robinson against anyone that fast, or a southpaw

i doubt it would be easy for either one

[techliam]

Noone comes close to beating Robinson at 147

[Joe Beamish]

Weird idea for a matchup. I don't think of Pacquaio as a true welterweight. His frame is tiny. He's a 135 or a 140 guy fundamentally, who's moved up to take on greater challenges and more opportunity -- just as SRR moved up for similar reasons to MW, where he was great, but no longer invincible.

I don't see Pac Man beating the best welters such as SRR, Leonard, Hearns...or Mayweather. Or Duran for that matter, though he was a true LW.

[Humean]

Probably Robinson but it would be far from easy. You know it may be sacrilege to say it but Robinson wasn't actually perfect.

[#1Assassin]

robinson kills him, pacquiaos stands no chance. these are facts..

[Humean]

robinson kills him, pacquiaos stands no chance. these are facts..

Surely you mean conjectures, not facts.

[The Gambler1981]

Ray Robinson is a way bigger man than Manny and that is what it really comes down to.

Manny 5'6" 67" reach
Ray Robinson 5'11" 72.5" reach

That is straight up not even fair.

[Heavyfist]

dunno, never seen robinson against anyone that fast, or a southpaw

i doubt it would be easy for either one

THe thing is SRR fought every possible opponent around his weight limit. He regularly fought people outweighing him by quite a lot.

Pac at his prime was insane though. He was not that easy to hit, like people are suggesting. He would slip in and out, quite a bit.

Still, SRR's footwork, power, boxing, hooks and those straight shots, should mean he would beat Pac, perhaps even easily. But SRR does appear to be the greatest.

[The Gambler1981]

THe thing is SRR fought every possible opponent around his weight limit. He regularly fought people outweighing him by quite a lot.

Pac at his prime was insane though. He was not that easy to hit, like people are suggesting. He would slip in and out, quite a bit.

Still, SRR's footwork, power, boxing, hooks and those straight shots, should mean he would beat Pac, perhaps even easily. But SRR does appear to be the greatest.

Except Charlie Burley and the black murderers row~ Ray Robinson wasn't about fighting those guys

[SplitSecond]

this reminded me of an article, so here it is, about southpaws, you'll get some information aswell as a laugh here and there
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/southpaws.html