The Fighter of the First Two Decades of the 21st Century!

[MDPopescu]

... 2000-2019!...

... Why don't we try this one instead?... it's more fun, I guess!

... just who do you have at #1 after two decades of this century?... I think this must be easier to assess...

[Ryannn]

Pac or Floyd. Pick whatever you want. But either one of them is objectively the right answer.

[MDPopescu]

Pac or Floyd. Pick whatever you want. But either one of them is objectively the right answer.

OK... I only wanted to add some more perspective... nothing else...

(I don't have a horse in this race, tbh...)


... green K sent!...

[MDPopescu]

... in the 1st decade, Andre Ward beat: Boone, Cantrell, Camou, Miranda, Kessler, Green, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham...

[Thraxox]

Pacquiao, because Pacquiao defeated prime ATG's at their best weight class on his resume while Floyd doesn't even have a prime A-level fighter in his resume.

Pacquiao lasted longer, had fought better competition, and had beaten Prime Fighters and especially fought through the entire 2 decades and kept on achieving things that had never been achieved, the first man to become a 7 and 8 division champion while being also the first man to become a lineal champion at 5 different weight classes while also being the Oldest welterweight champion in history, out achieving his contemporary of Floyd and Mosley by 2 years (Floyd and Mosley was respectively the oldest welterweight champions in the world but Pacquiao broke that record at 40.) and Pacquiao is the first fighter in the entire history of boxing to be a champion in 4 different decades out lasting all his fellow all time greats, that is just unheard of.

Floyd Mayweather would have been the greatest of his generation had he fought Prime fighters like Paul Williams, Prime Manny, Prime Margarito, but he settled waiting them out till they are out of the picture.

Floyd's best win this decade is a recently KO'ed Pacquiao, Canelo is a good win, but Floyd draining Canelo to death at 152 hurts his win.

So Pacquiao for me, on the basis that Pacquiao achieved more than Floyd and fought better competition, there's no better win than a Prime Marco Antonio Barrera who was on a tear coming off with the wins of Hamed, Ayala, Kelly, Morales etc. etc.

That is why, Pacquiao is the greatest of his generation IMO.

[MDPopescu]

money mayweather bar none

pacquiao, because pacquiao defeated prime atg's at their best weight class on his resume while floyd doesn't even have a prime a-level fighter in his resume.

Pacquiao lasted longer, (...)

that is why, pacquiao is the greatest of his generation imo.

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[hugh grant]

It's got to be pac if you want to give award credibility as he's got the longevity records. He's fought 23 years at the very least. 4 decade champ.
But I wouldn't dismiss Floyd out of sight now as he's set precedents of only needing to fight 6 years. Don't judge book by its cover

[Robbie Barrett]

It's got to be pac if you want to give award credibility as he's got the longevity records. He's fought 23 years at the very least. 4 decade champ.
But I wouldn't dismiss Floyd out of sight now as he's set precedents of only needing to fight 6 years.

23 years is 4 decades.

[MDPopescu]

23 years is 4 decades.

... now: Floyd might even fight him again this year...

[Ryannn]

It means he's been a champ in 4 decades.

1990's, 2000's, 2010's and 2020's

Just because floyd can't read doesn't mean you as a fan have to be illiterate as well.