Who had the better career in your opinion Mayweather or Pacquiao?

Pbf hands down schooled pac never stooped and made more money. Anyone saying pac is high.

 

Mayweather beating Corrales was as close to a perfect performance as you can get. Everyone thought Chico was going to KO Floyd.

 

It was an amazing performance, not trying to take anything away from that. However, in the interests of correctness, the odds for Floyd Vs Corrales were about even going into the fight.

 

Corrales was 2.5 to 1. +200 on a Corrales KO. I remember in RING mag detailing the fight.

 

The odds swung towards Floyd as the fight approached, if you google / read some reports from the time you can verify that. I appreciate many thought Corrales by KO was a likely outcome, but +200 still only implies a 1 in 3 chance.

Anyway, it was an amazing performance and not one I'm trying to detract from

 

Both had great careers. Floyd's arguably the best defensive boxer in the boxing. Pac the most exciting boxer. Can we just appreciate both. I got love for Marquez as well. Without each other they wouldn't be where they are. I can appreciate both for different reasons. To pick who is better. We will see in the future. Right now slight edge to Floyd..

 

Pacquaio's run in the 00s is one of the most impressive runs in all of boxing. He did have 2 draws and 1 loss. However, he avenged one of those draws and he also avenged his only loss that decade. Twice. Both by knock out. Just look at the people this former Flyweight beat during that time;

Lehlohonolo Ledwaba
Marco Antonio Barrera x2 (Forget Floyd/Corrales. The first fight at the time was a huge upset.)
Érik Morales x2
Juan Manuel Márquez (1 draw aswell)
David Díaz
Oscar De La Hoya
Ricky Hatton
Miguel Cotto

All of these guys were ranked in the top 10 in their divisions. Some of them were top 10 p4p
5 of them are Hall of famers

 

Pacs whole run from barrera win till the Marquez ko was legendary.

 

Both of their resumes would be massively boosted if they fought each other when it actually mattered. They had a chance to make ATG Vs ATG in their primes.

 

Mayweather .....it,s not really close