If Pacquiao was to beat Mayweather...IF would he be the GOAT?

[J The UnBiased]

I don't even know what that would look like. I honestly don't see any world that Manny would win this fight.

[Larry the boss]

according to most on here,Floyd is a cherry picking coward with feather fist..so why would a win over him mean anything?

[sicko]

UH...It is nothing either Mayweather or Pacquiao can do to ever be considered "THE GREATEST"

[Pacquiao'd]

I also love how you guys dog Floyd's resume and claim he lost to this and that guy, he's catchweight king but Pacquiao beating can jump him into a GOAT statues...

Exactly but if Floyd beats juiceman, they will say pacroid was shot

[SplitSecond]

larry's right, floyd is just a hypejob, pacquiao would beat him, but it would do nothing for his legacy

about as meaningful as a shot roy jones beating that hanshaw fellow

pacquiao could use this cherrypick if he gets passed rios though, he needs a break from the ko artists

[hectari]

There is no such thing as GOAT. You can't call one fighter the GOAT, thats just ALI doing his hype and gorgeous George persona to sell his fights.

All you have is ATG's All time greats. To label one fighter the GOAT takes everything away from the hundreds of ATG's who put in work.

i never use the greatest of all time tag ever, because its subjective and its a disservice to boxing.

[Pacquiao'd]

There are no circumstances under which such a thing could even be considered. Mayweather doesn't have the neccessary talent nor other intangible qualities to qualify as the road to a conqueror being an ATG. Hi record is far too full of carefully chosen guys who had little chance of winning, like Bruselles, NDou, Gatti, Baldomir, a well-past-date Oscar and Mosley, etc. And who the hell are victor Ortiz and Guerrero to give Mayweather the aura of an ATG or near ATG.

His whole career has been carefully steered, to give a credulous following the smoke and mirrors effect. None of the above opponents was better than average, some a lot less, and his best opponent by far was a Cotto already on the slide.

He got a "gift" decision against Castillo whose main claim to fame was that he was the sparring partner of Julio Cesar Chavez for 6 years. If Emanuel Augustus with 18 losses, had had a punch, we'd never have heard much ore from Mayweather, at least or a long while, because Augustus hit him more than any other fighter until maybe Cotto.
Popularity of some of those opponents has nothing to do with their skills, though a few may get into the HOF.

And pacs hasn't? His is been steered more carefully than Floyd's and you know it

[SplitSecond]

And pacs hasn't? His is been steered more carefully than Floyd's and you know it

LOL, you actually think this?

[WESS]

Floyd apparently sucks and should have never been born so it wouldn't do anything to Pac's legacy which hasn't been added to since 2009 after a catchweight win over a fighter who had just come back from quitting in the ring vs a known cheat.

Pac's on a losing streak and continues to fight guys who do not fight at welter weight. His legacy is already sealed as a first round ballet into the HOF.

[The Gambler1981]

It would do a lot for him if he did it now in the context of everything but no it wouldn't even put him in the top ten or even on the top tier if you want to break it down that way.