Ring Mag: Pacquiao is the greatest fighter of the decade

Greatest Fighters by the Decade by Michael Rosenthal of Ring Magazine and Yahoosports.


Best fighter pound-for-pound in each of the past 10 decades.

1910s: Sam Langford -- Small man beat the best big men of his day. Runner up: Jimmy Wilde.
1920s: Benny Leonard -- Some still say he’s the greatest lightweight ever. Runner up: Harry Greb.
1930s: Henry Armstrong -- Held titles in three weight classes simultaneously. Runner up: Tony Canzoneri.
1940s: Ray Robinson – Untouchable as a welterweight. Runner up: Willie Pep
1950s: Ray Robinson – Also one of the greatest middleweights ever. Runner up: Archie Moore.
1960s: Muhammad Ali – The Greatest really was the greatest at this time. Runner up: Carlos Ortiz.
1970s: Roberto Duran – Virtually untouchable as a lightweight. Runner up: Carlos Monzon.
1980s: Ray Leonard: His victories over Duran, Hearns and Hagler were epic. Runner up: Julio Cesar Chavez.
1990s: Roy Jones Jr. – At his best, he inspired awe. Runner up: Pernell Whitaker.
2000s: Manny Pacquiao – Sorry Floyd but you need to fight the best to be the best. Runner up: Floyd Mayweather.

Source: Ring Magazine
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/657/10_greatest_fighters_by_decade/


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Floyd is runner up for not fighting the best fighters in the welterweight division. :good

 

This qualifies Pacquiao as top 20 ATG.

 

Yeah Floyd beat them but not in the same manner that Pac annihilated them.
Compare the results. Floyd has not beaten the best in his division ---- Mosley, Cotto, Margo, Williams, etc. Pac has made a crossover to junior welterweight already but Floyd is fighting Marquez a lightweight.:rofl

 

For cherrypicking, he surely can avoid losses. How about Mosley, Cotto, Margo, and Williams? Why is he ducking these fighters? Why Marquez who has no exposure in l43-145.

 

Name a former flyweight who succeeded in clinching titles in junior welterweight? Name a fighter who has the heart to fight former middleweight champs like dela Hoya and Hatton who had not lost in l40.