Barrera: Pacquiao Is #2 Only To Muhammad Ali (!)

Duran would have destroyed Thurman, Raay reacted far better to being hurt by Duran than Thurman would have, he just runs around the ring when he gets hurt, Duran would have torn him apart if he hurt him, Ray was far tougher than Thurman.

 

I wouldn`t call Ali giant.

 

Yes, Hearns would have beaten any fighters with Duran or Manny`s reaches, no trouble at all.

 

Moore was bigger and more powerful than Cotto when Duran beat him at 154, Manny beat Cotto under 154, and Barkley was even bigger and more powerful than Moore and would have blown Cotto away at 160, plus his reach was far longer than Cotto`s.

 

LOL ... yet he lost to an older Floyd. Manny is great but not better than Floyd in this generation and is this generation better than Leonard, Robinson, Duran ... ?

 

Dejesus had quite an active guard, his gloves moved up and down, sometimes covering his head, very hard to time for an opening and he didn`t move with his punches as much as Morales which means he didn`t offer his head to Duran as much as Morales did when he met Manny in their first fight.

 

Barrera`s footwork was more clumsy than the carful footwork DeJesus displayed v Duran and his feet were far slower than Buchanans which meanty he was easier to catch.

 

Hearns was a 6'1 size bully with 78" reach. It takes much more skill to outbox people while having a height and reach disadvantage. This is why I rate Pacquiao higher p4p than Mayweather.

Mayweather while light for the weight class was of average height and above average reach for 147. Do you think he would be 50-0 if the majority of his opponents were taller than him by 3-4 inches and longer reach?

McGregor only had a 2 inch reach advantage over Mayweather and he managed to hit Mayweather during his pull counter.

Boxing with a reach advantage changes the difficulty level significantly. If you also have the strength advantage then it's pretty much game over.

 

6'3 220lb is a giant to the vast majority of the world's population.

 

True that, but the size diffference between Duran and Barkley is more or less the same as the size difference between Pac and all the WWs he’s fighting.

It’s not that he dominated top WW fighters of his day, it’s that he did it on his 10th weight class. Yes 10th from his first championship weight, he skipped 2. Can you imagine if he picked belts up along the way, it’s insane to fathom any other fighter going up 10 weight divisions and dominating there.

 

Got Hyperbole?

 

So but Barrera wouldn’t have gone down to any low blow from Pacman the way that Buchanan were down against Duran. Pacman also jabbed a lot better against Barrera than Duran did against Hearns.

 

Floyd is your #1 hero he couldnt legitimately beat Manny Pacquaio so STFU & Log Off & Stop