I'm not interested in this fight, I'd much rather see Pacquiao-Crawford, but for discussion's sake, would Pacquiao-Bradley III crown a Lineal Welterweight Champion?
Mayweather vacated his lineal WW crown when he retired in September. Currently, Pacquiao and Bradley are rated as the #1 and #2 WWs according to the following rankings:
TBRB http://www.tbrb.org/all-rankings/
ESPN http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...s-welterweight
BoxingScene http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/vi...boxing-ratings
PBO (formerly IWBR): http://premierboxingorganisation.com/welterweight-147
Other rankings do not list them as the #1 and #2 WWs:
RING (Pacquiao #2, Bradley #4): ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/welterweight
FightN*ws (Bradley #1, Pacquiao #3): fightnews.com/rankings-2
BoxRec (Pacquiao #1, Bradley #4): http://boxrec.com/records?sex=m&division=Welterweight
Fighters that would have an argument for top 2? Brook: Best win is Porter. Thurman: Best win is Guerrero. Khan: Best win is Alexander. Porter: Best win is Broner. I don't think these guys have the depth in their resumes to equal Pacquiao (Algieri, Bradley, Rios, Marquez, Mosley, Clottey, Cotto) or Bradley (Rios, Vargas, Chaves, Marquez, Provodnikov, Pacquiao).
What do you guys think?
Mayweather vacated his lineal WW crown when he retired in September. Currently, Pacquiao and Bradley are rated as the #1 and #2 WWs according to the following rankings:
TBRB http://www.tbrb.org/all-rankings/
ESPN http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...s-welterweight
BoxingScene http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/vi...boxing-ratings
PBO (formerly IWBR): http://premierboxingorganisation.com/welterweight-147
Other rankings do not list them as the #1 and #2 WWs:
RING (Pacquiao #2, Bradley #4): ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/welterweight
FightN*ws (Bradley #1, Pacquiao #3): fightnews.com/rankings-2
BoxRec (Pacquiao #1, Bradley #4): http://boxrec.com/records?sex=m&division=Welterweight
Fighters that would have an argument for top 2? Brook: Best win is Porter. Thurman: Best win is Guerrero. Khan: Best win is Alexander. Porter: Best win is Broner. I don't think these guys have the depth in their resumes to equal Pacquiao (Algieri, Bradley, Rios, Marquez, Mosley, Clottey, Cotto) or Bradley (Rios, Vargas, Chaves, Marquez, Provodnikov, Pacquiao).
What do you guys think?
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