Who put up a better fight against Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao or Marcos Maidana?

Chino in the 1st fight. Arguably should’ve gotten the nod. But Mayweather getting the W wasn’t a ‘Robbery’


Now Castillo in the 1st Mayweather fight WAS robbed imo.

 

I only mentioned CompuBox to guys like you who like to quote & reference it as such as it being the truest measuring point to a match which is why i called them the "CB highlighters",

I also mentioned after round 4 Pacquiao's punch output dropped significantly thereafter so both of them having thrown around the same amount of punches didn't need to be mentioned by me,

It's true the what ifs, coulda, shoulda & maybe's don't matter especially given now, just like we ignore the IV's & all the other shenanigan's surrounding the fight.

 

Only because Floyd ran like the coward he is from the much smaller Pacquiao.

But Maidana put up a better fight and deserved to win.

At age 36, Pacquiao wasn't as fast as in his prime - unlike safety-first Floyd, he had been in a lot of wars.

 

He ran even faster from 2009-2012 Pac. I still say the Pac that beat Cotto and Margarito stops Floyd. Or at the very least gets a UD against him.

 

Don't say that,

I mean the whole reason of this thread was to convince others that Pacquiao did very little in comparison to Maidana after Floyd was done avoiding him in years prior while Manny continued his stretch of fighting high level fighters one after another without taking any breaks or so called retirements.

 

Correct & i know it hurts.

 

Mayweather spanked Marquez a month before Pacquiao beat Cotto. No version of Pacquiao beats Mayweather. Mayweather was too smart for Manny. Can't bank on a lucky shot because Mayweather's chin was more than solid.

 

Maidana easily. Pbf didn't even have to get out of first gear against pac. One of his easiest fights in years and not even worthy of a rematch.

 

The fight wasn't worthy of a rematch. It wasn't close. Easy work.

 

That pac couldn't stop jmm in 4 fights but yet he stops the best defensive fighter of the era?? Log off dumbass you don't even believe that **** you typed.

 

Agreed about the rematch, would have been boring again.

 

But the stats heavily favour Mayweather anyway, whether or not Mayweather landed at a lower percentage than his normal average. Pacquiao's percentage was far worse at 19 percent, which is significant considering they threw nearly the same amount of punches.

Again anyother stuff regarding the fight is irrelevant, because the question is only regarding how tough both fights were.

Not trying to be picky BTW and i'm not a Mayweather fan boy, i just call it as i see it.