I knew it was only a matter of time before this one surfaced. Needless to say, I don't pick Manny to win.
had to do it for all these people who saying pacquaio will go down as the greatest had to bring them down to earth some how
You could make the case that Robinson never quite fought a man like Pacquiao, but Pacquiao has never quite fought a man like Robinson either. Considering that Robinson had the power to knock out middleweights, and Pacquiao is not all too difficult to find, among other things, one has to favour Robinson to knock Pacquiao out, or atleast discourage him from fighting his usual whirlwind style. Robinson was no Margarito, that is for certain.
Perhaps the thread starter is actually talking about this man: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=379244&cat=boxer
In reality, it would be no shame at all but Pacquiao would get the life beaten out of him. No disrespect to Manny, but he gets slayed where he stands.
People assume that Robinson beats everyone easily, but he didn't in his own time even at Welterweight. Like everyone else I go with Sugar but Pacquaio may cause him a few problems, although personally I think he may not match up well stylistically