Prime Manny beats Prime Floyd

[likeamulekick]

Take any boxer and get them to fight an offencive fighter at the end of there career and they will always have the edge. I think manny would sweep the early rounds with Floyd with a very high chance of knockdown. Manny at his age still did some good damage AND counter punching in that fight and considering the size of mannys head is probably one of the least hit victims of Floyd. It would get more competitive towards the end but Floyd could only hope for a draw. I remember as soon as the fight had started I could see a massive difference between manny from 6 years ago. Not to mention theres more evidence that Floyd was doping than manny and add the possible injury manny had, people underestimate just how elusive and well manny did in that fight. Mannys speeds legit and that was the slowest version of manny this is why Floyd waited out 6 years. Just look at Jones vs hopkins or leonard duran. Prime jones and duran were way to much for them, maweather has exactly the same mentality as leonard when he chose to fight duran while he was over 200 pounds but mayweather took it once step further and waited for and out 6 years for an old pacman

[HarvardBlue]

I'm trying to think when was Pacquioa or Floyd at their prime. Either way Mayweather beats Pacquioa at any point of their careers. Mayweather was always been a fundamentally sound boxer. Even in his prime Pacquioa had flaws that made him vulnerable to technically superior boxers. Just think of Pacquioa/Morales I and each time he went up against Marquez. Pacquioa is a great fighter but Mayweather will always have the edge against him because he's just better.

[supremeboxer]

floyd would have beaten manny even easier.floyd has always been too good for manny.

[K-Nan]

At 135, Manny gets himself knocked out

[Robbie Barrett]

Mayweather beats Pacquiao whenever, there's no time Pacquiao would have ever beat Mayweather. Mayweather was more past his prime than Pacquiao and still beat him easily.

[SunSpace]

I believe Pacquiao beats Mayweather in a prime-vs-prime match-up. I also believe Cotto would have beaten Mayweather as well. Heck, same goes for Margarito (with wraps, unfortunately) and Mosley. Basically any fighter that Floyd avoided, I believe he did so for a reason. He was consistently afraid of losing to the best. I'll admit it was a smart business move on his part to avoid fighting the best in their prime, but he won't be able to erase what happened just because he retired undefeated.

[Chuckguy]

Too sharp too powerful too hungry, and most importantly... SPEED KILLS.

Nah bro just no

[Spoon23]

I believe Pacquiao beats Mayweather in a prime-vs-prime match-up. I also believe Cotto would have beaten Mayweather as well. Heck, same goes for Margarito (with wraps, unfortunately) and Mosley. Basically any fighter that Floyd avoided, I believe he did so for a reason. He was consistently afraid of losing to the best. I'll admit it was a smart business move on his part to avoid fighting the best in their prime, but he won't be able to erase what happened just because he retired undefeated.

Yes, you can't have it both ways. If you go to the path of less resistance and fight a shadow of once prime self. You can win big in prize money, but not glory.

But if you beat a prime fighter. You win both prize and glory.

Sadly, Floyd took the cowardly road. You can't erase that fact.

[bballchump11]

Any version of Mayweather beats Pacquiao. He absolutely destroys him at 130.

[FrankieClutch]

I don't care what peoples' opinions are concerning this, because no one really knows. The one thing I do know is that both fighters would've performed better in 09/10. Not the sparring match we got in 2015