Mannys name belongs up there with Armstrong and the rest

this fight will turn into shades of leonard hagler the longer they wait

 

Exactly. let's wait how he will end his career. Right now if he would retire, Pacman would be very, very high on peoples all-time p4p lists. I would place him as high as 10th right now, but top 20 seems to be more reasonable.

I'm affraid to think how high he would be if he beats the winner of Williams/Martinez and Mayweather...If he beats one of those fighters and retires he is a top 10 fighter.

 

He's past his absolute physical peak, but not prime? ... I'm not so sure. I thought he looked every bit as good against Mosley as he did against Judah for example. I'd say that he's still in his prime (or at least was the last time he fought), but likely won't be for long.

Anyhow, if Pac beats Floyd next year you can bet that there will be a good amount of people comparing it to Holmes-Ali.

 

lol

 

Pacquiao is simply unreal. In 30 years everyone will consider him a top 15 P4P ATG at least IMO. If he beats Mayweather and Martinez/Williams he has a good argument for being rated above the likes of Duran and Leonard.

 

Which Leonard? If he retired today I'd probably have him above Ray Leonard already.

 

I can tell you from personal experince many black americans dont care for floyd and love manny pacquiao.:deal

 

:shock::shock::shock:

 

Ya, no holding back.

 

Either way, enjoy it while it lasts.

You might have to wait a while to live through another career like this.

 

Very true. We'll never know, Manny might go down to 140, get his ass handed to him and it will feel silly to have named him in the same breath as the true greats. But by taking on these challenges he has allowed us to dream. That's no small thing.

 

And I just walked right into to it That one still can be tricked into sucker punch like that after all this time at the forum... I have some serious thinking to do.