Is Manny Pacquiao a top 12 all time great

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  1. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    If you can name 40 fighters who are locked in above Manny Pacquiao, I'd be genuinely impressed. Looking down my list, there are guys in the low 30's that just have no case to be ranked above him.
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Do you have him above Gene Tunney?
     
  4. ricardoparker93

    ricardoparker93 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    15 - 20 for me... the guy just keeps getting better and better (i'm becoming a *******!)
     
  5. h13vyy

    h13vyy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not sure but remember an ATG is not only governed by results and opponents faced. They are just a few of many other qualities. Pacquaio's ultra humble personality should increase his status along with his work ethic, even his ring entrances when he's smiling as if he's going to perform a playful act. All these little things contribute to his greatness.
     
  6. fighter86

    fighter86 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very hard to say ...because down the line somewhere in the future if it comes out that he took HGH or PED's it could and would change people minds for sure. Everything comes out sooner or later.
     
  7. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    If manny beats floyd and mosley I will have him extremely high up.
     
  8. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    I have posted lists many times on ESB...your welcome to take a look.:good
     
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    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    if he beats those two than he is a top 10 without a doubt ...but those are the types of fighters he dont fight..guys who move
     

  10. Or what if we find out Sugar Ray Robinson was actually a Martian? Or Ali had a bionic arm?

    Ridiculous hypotheticals are for another thread.
     
  11. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    As of right now hell no. I will reserve an official placement when his career is over.
     
  12. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    Top 20 for me right now but a win over Floyd puts him in the top 12.
     
  13. DLSC

    DLSC Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not yet!:D
     
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  15. thanosone

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    lol