Floyd or Pacquiao, who ranks higher?

[Robbie Barrett]

Mayweather easily, which is why the vast majority of experts and site lists i see have him ahead.

[hugh grant]

This argument has been done to death. And Pac always wins these polls by a landslde

[FredRekk]

PAC. He has too many supporting factors to win this argument.
All Floyd has is “undefeated” but we all know that bologna comes with a big ASTERISK next to it.

Mayweather was no Ali, no Duran, no SRL, no Pac. Take Mayweather for what he is. Top 50, probably top 30 no doubt. But he didn’t fight his opponents in the last half of his career, he fought the clock.

[Spoon23]

No brainer. Pacquiao by a landslide.

[taskgoal]

A classic debate that gets old but is fun to revisit from time to time.

Floyd is a great boxer with godly defense, but his lossless record exists partly because he picked his fights well. Pacquiao, on the other hand, would always fight whoever was the biggest fight at the time, and he went through eight weight divisions while doing it. The main argument against Pacquiao's greatness is that his camp arranged fights with catchweights, but he was nonetheless often the naturally smaller man throughout most of his career. I agree without a doubt that Floyd beat Pacquiao during their fight—even though the fight did happen five years too late—but in terms of overall greatness and legacy: Pacquiao, hands down.

Plus, Pacquiao used to be dirt poor and fight for food. And his personality is much humbler because of it. He genuinely believes in God and, although I'm not particularly religious myself, it provides an interesting mindset how he fights through and for his faith rather than his ego or strictly for the money. Of course, Pacquiao loves money as well, but his personality revolves around much more than just cold, hard cash and being full of himself. I know that Pacquiao's personality doesn't have much bearing on his greatness in terms of boxing, but it's another reason why I think he has a stronger appeal for fans. My bet is that if Pacquiao were American instead of Filipino, his greatness would be evaluated much higher as well.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Floyd fought tougher opposition higher in weight than Manny. Floyd beat Manny fairly easily. Manny was knocked out by Torrecampo, Singsurat, and Marquez. He was also beat by Morales before he was shot. Floyd is clearly the better fighter/boxer. Prime for prime 10/10 Floyd beats Manny. Manny ducked full random Olympic style drug testing when the fight was at it's peak. Never forget that. Manny also stopped knocking guys out and throwing as many punches after being asked for better testing.

[Fists_of_Fury]

This argument has been done to death. And Pac always wins these polls by a landslde

Only dumbass nutslurping morons like you say Pac by a landslide. You also move the goal post for Floyd no matter what. The Mayweather hitlist thread exposed clowns like you and you especially.

[pasawayako]

Pac

8 division champion
5 division lineal champion
FOTD
3x FOTY
Flyweight champion uoto jr. Middle weight champion.

floyd

5 division champion
4 division lineal champion
FOTD nominee
2x FOTY
lightweight champion upto jr middle weigh champion...

Lol.. It's not even worthy to campare floyd with pac..

Pac is lightyears above floyd....