Since he is presumably retired, let's take a look back and see which one(s) of the Pacquiao opponents didn't deserve the fight with Pacquiao? I'll go first with Joshua Clottey. My buddy was gonna screen print a shirt with 2 arms up visibly protecting his body lol and call it this is boxing. Clottey was a defensive minded fighter who used his guard before anything else. He barely threw punches and he had the earmuffs on most of the time. An Akward style that caused Manny Pacquiao to double punch him lol Even out of the new crop? Who wouldn't deserve the opportunity or payday if PAC continue s?
Crawford for one doesn't deserve a Pacman fight, his resume is already **** except the win over Postol which I rate highly, he doesn't need another shot fighter on his resume after Khan and Brook. I don't think Pacquiao should be fighting anyone at this stage of his career except Amir Khan .
Journeyman Jeff Horn didn't deserve the fight or the decision. He should have been DQ'd for the disgraceful, and illegal tactics that he used on the night, as well as having his purse withheld.
It's a bit harder to say someone didn't deserve a fight when they actually won it. And if not won on your own scorecard, I imagine you had him taking 5 of the 12. So. Eh. Broner- absolutely. Up there with Rios no question.
If the rules were actually enforced that night he wouldn't have had any success, he probably would have been DQ'd, much less win 4-5 rounds. So I still say he's a bum who didn't deserve the fight.
There was a big period about four years long at his peak when Bob was feeding him tomato cans. Rios, Algieri, Bradley 2 and 3. I wish he'd fought Khan, Brook, Porter, and Thurman instead. He had to take a year off after the Marquez knockout, and he did finally settle business with Floyd, but mostly those were wasted years.
Porter, Danny, Thurman, and Spence only finally started fighting each other in recent years... Danny and Broner turned down the Pac fight years before. Rios, Algieri, and Bradley were logical in house matchups.
