Easily top 3 win, under the current circumstances, it'll really be his best wins yet. Yes, better than a drained cotto who had his buday as his main trainer. Truth is that whole training camp was to get Beck down to 145, which was far too low with his very thick mass NO WAYNE will he fight crawford if he plans on continuing his career. His best move is for him to fight TB again and IF he finds a way to win (highly unlikely he wins) he could then go for 1 last big payday against either Jmm (jmm should be old enough for pac to possibly win),or crawford. I just don't think he could best any of them with roach as his trainer.. it's possible roach was a good trainer at one point BUT, he refuses to acknowledge that defense is very very important part of boxing, in reality it's a top 3 skill.. Boxing abilty, as a whole.ring Stamina. And Defense. Those are the top 3 most important
It depends on how badly he won. The best fighters that Pacquiao beat. 1. Barrera 2. Marquez 3. Sasakul 4. Cotto 5. Bradley 6. Ledwaba 7. Morales (was faded) 8. Hatton (was faded) 9. DLH (was totally shot) I think Crawford would be in that 4-6 range.
I know it ticks some people off when guys bring up Sasakul. But Sasakul did defeat the best flyweight of the 90s. Sasakul was the real deal at the prime of his career. If he had been a welterweight people would call him ATG.
There are so many better wins. It would be a top win compared to other wins from ATGs in the twilight of their careers, but not top 3 overall in his total career.
I think Roach values defense. He taught Pacquiao the high guard head movement style defense. Compare Pacquiao pre Roach to the 126 Pacquiao and notice how much better he was at 126. Pacquiao didn't care about defense why did he keep his gloves up?
maybe 11-12 range...crawford who??? margarito prolly is 10 and even the guy on the cage has a better resume with a provo win.... who did crawford beat??? a blown up gamboa???
Nah. The victory over Arbachakov is fantastic, but with the exception of Cordoba and Zamudio the rest of his flyweight resume is a bit skimpy. Very good win...but not great, imo. Kind of similar to Vernon Forrest, imo. And given how raw Pac was at flyweight, referring to him as Chatchai's Mayorga is entirely appropriate.
Agreed, I don't see how anyone could rate a win over Crawford higher than one over Bradley. I think Crawford is potentially more of a threat but Bradley was significantly more proven.
It is possibly top5, definitely not top3. Crawford is not yet an established ATG and Pac has faced and defeated prime ATGs.