He did well to get up, but, Antonio Margarito for example, took a similar bodyshot from Pacquiao, you can tell it pained him greatly, but he remained upright. He is also on my list. Above Froch.
Bit of a difference. Pac was basically malnourished when he suffered his knockdowns (and the Barrera one was bull****). I am a fan of Maidana, and he has a warriors heart but just doesn't qualify as a top 5 BAMF.
if you knew how much a clean liver shot hurts and how much balls it takes to get up after one it take you wouldn't be saying that
1. Vitali 2. Rios 3. Manny 4. Angulo 5. Kirkland (I know he got beat, doesn't change the fact he's a BAMF)
I didn't even see the video yet, I just know he's a badass in every video he makes. [yt]U7NVjPSk48Y[/yt]
Manny Pacquiao is not a Bad Ass Mother****er and he hasn't been in a long time. He didn't want to hit Cotto or Margarito in the late rounds. He's also the only dude in the sport that would oblige and tap gloves after knocking someone (Shame) down. Even Jinkee was screaming at him from ringside to stop being nice. Let's hope Pac rediscovers the killer inside him.
Marcos maidana, Chris arreola and brandon rios belong on any tough guy list, but Manny pacquiao and Antonio margarito don't belong anywhere on it. Unless cherrypicking oppoents wining championships at catchweights and avoiding a certan boxer who's trained by his Uncle or possibily fighting an entire career with plaster in your hands makes you tough.
I do But if you realised this was top 5 toughest boxers in the world, not just tough boxers, you might see why I have :good
Margarito generally plods forward catching punches with his face, and continued to do so with a discombobulated eye-socket or whatever the **** it was. He is physically tough.
De La Hoya was tough and couldn't even manage to try to get up from that liver shot vs Hopkins. Maidana is a true badass, very limited fighter but you'll know he'll keep coming with no quit in him
Clearly we have different definitions of what makes a BAMF. You think guys who get knocked down almost every fight, fight losers at catchweights, cheat but lose anyway, and cry after their fights should be considered BAMF whereas I do not.