PRIME Floyd Mayweather vs PRIME Manny Pacquiao, Who would win and how?

[GhostofDempsey]

Pac struggled with Marquez in all 4 fights who in his prime was not as good as Floyd.

Let also not forget Morales outpointed Pacquiao in his prime.

Pac and JMM was a style match up, they each had the other's number. When JMM fought Floyd he certainly wasn't his best...he came up almost three weight classes and was drinking his own urine. He wasn't the hulked up monster that he was when he faced Pac in IV.

Morales was a great boxer, there was no shame in losing to him.

[Hatesrats]

Mayweather wins by UD or TKO/KO

[JJRod]

Pac and JMM was a style match up, they each had the other's number. When JMM fought Floyd he certainly wasn't his best...he came up almost three weight classes and was drinking his own urine. He wasn't the hulked up monster that he was when he faced Pac in IV.

Morales was a great boxer, there was no shame in losing to him.

Regardless of the 4th fight outcome, or the bout between Mayweather and Marquez the point was Marquez gave Pac tough matches in the other 3. All while Pac was in his prime.

If Marquez who wasn't as great a fighter as Floyd, gave Pac a hard time, what do you think Floyd would have done to Pac?

[The Problem Child]

Pacquiao by TKO, easily.

There’s a reason why floyd waited 8 years to fight him.

[FrankieClutch]

Floyd via close decision. 115-113 type of fight. Really wanted that to happen in 09/10

[GloveInspector]

Pacquiao would win. Floyd never faced a fighter with prime Pac's skillset before. Pac's speed, footwork, quickness, explosiveness and movement would have been too much for Floyd. Look at the trouble he had with Judah in the first half of their fight, now imagine Pac going at him for a full 12 rounds. I had Floyd losing to Castillo in their first fight and Maidana in their first scrap as well. Pac was far superior than these two.

Remember, Pac fought Floyd after some grueling fights that took a lot of steam out of him. He had 17 more fights than Floyd, and was coming off a KO loss to JMM a couple years prior that made him a different fighter. Pac prior to that JMM KO would have made easy work of Floyd, and Floyd new this. Hell, he openly admits he "marinated" the fight for five years, so there is no question about who avoided this fight during Pac's best years.

You lose all credibility when you say you have him losing to Maidana. Learn how to score a fight. Floyd won that fight pretty easily but it was extremely ugly.

[chrisJS]

Most of the people that get all caught up in this "debate" and STILL obsess over this dumb saga either just started watching boxing around that time and/or gave up on following boxing as a fan and are now casuals who really just watch boxing because of those two and the fallout from it all. Truth.

Pacquaio would likely have won but who cares? It would have been a terrible fight at any time.

[filup79]

Mayweather did the ducking by insisting he would get damn near all the money and Pacquiao would get only a very small share of the money. As soon as a reasonable offer was on the table Pacquiao fought him.

Actually you should look up what really happen. They were both going to get 50/50 for the fight. Manny wanted a $10 million penalty if Floyd didn't make weight. Floyd agreed. Floyd agreed to everything to make the fight, the fight wasn't made because Manny and his team wouldn't agree to the drug testing. Came up with all kinds of excuses and wanted certain cutoff dates. That was the first negotiation, after that Floyd never wanted to give him 50/50 anymore, especially after Manny's PPVs numbers were slipping and Arum's excuses.

[travestyny]

It probably would have been the same damn fight...only at a faster pace. If Pacquaio couldn't cut off the ring in 2015...how the hell was he going to cut off the ring in 2010. He'd be eating the same jabs, right hands, and check hooks all night.


Mayweather by UD. That's if Pac doesn't jump in reckless and eat something nasty that he doesn't see coming.

[pasawayako]

Miguel cotto said Floyd duck Pac for 6 years as he knew Pac would stop him. Miguel thought Pac would stop Floyd also

I have no doubt that pac will stop floyd in their prime.