In reverse... what if Floyd had done what Manny has?

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Yeah, when you beat in 10x greater fashion you deserve plenty of credit. Had Manny of wore down Hatton like Mayweather, and finished him then I wouldn't give him as much credit. Had Manny actually of been the bigger man and still took that long to beat Hatton, etc.
Floyd was bigger, supposedly stronger, and held every advantage, and we saw the way he beat Hatton. Pac was smaller, supposedly to weak, and didn't seem to have any advantage, and he CRUSHED him!
It applies to DLH as well. JMM was Pac's size and Pac wasn't nearly as skilled as currently. He didn't hold any advantage over JMM at the time, and his style was all wrong for him. Floyd was WAAAY to big, strong, quick, and skilled at that weight for JMM to even compete. If Floyd beat him at 140 i'd have given a little more credit. At 135 I'd give A LOT of credit!

 

if Floyd did what Pac did ,the way Pac did it, he'd be called one of the greatest ever period, whether u hate him or not.

 

in regards to your hatton coment....styles make fights

not everyone is a 2 round destructor

a man can get beat impressively in many ways

floyd and manny BOTH owned hatton....mayweather schooled him and pacquiao finished him

 

IF Mayweather went out and laid serious ass whippings on them that made you forget about Pac's performances, then hell yes I would give him tons of credit.

The first thing that pops into somebody's head when they hear "Ricky Hatton" is "that's the guy that got brutally KO'd by Pacman." People don't even remember the May fight.

OLDH was a shell of himself when he fought Pac, but Pac laid so many combinations on that boy that people tend to overlook the close 12 round fight that May had with him.

Head to head, though, I still think May takes a UD.

 

It's not that you beat them, it's how you beat them.

 

Floyd got a lot of credit from me for taking the Mosley, because I didn't expect him to fight Mosley.

He gets credit from me in the way he beat ODLH, too.

 

And so you know only person who floyd was bigger then was JMM...ODLH and Hatton Both were bigger then floyd

 

And to answer the TS's question no he wouldnt get credit still because he's a boxer and not a brawler

 

Here's the thing. Floyd and Manny are both in a position where they'd beat any fighter that's in or close to their weight class. So when deciding who's greater out of the two, looking at the results alone is obviously inconclusive. Instead, you'd have to look at the manner in which those fights were won. And currently, Pacquiao's extra praise is more than warranted because he's not only destroyed Floyd's opponents in far more devestating fashion, he's also gone and destroyed those opponents which Floyd didn't bother facing.

So to answer your question, if Floyd did what Manny has done in the exact same fashion, of course he'd be held in higher regards. No doubt about it.

 

no, floyd's not greater. floyd is more talented and given a better everything all throughout their careers.. pac and floyd. nothing pac could have done about that. not everyone is born equal. pac came from poverty and dealt with it. poor conditions, poor nutrition, nothing. floyd was given everything and with how much he was given, he chose the path of least resistance. he chose to be a *****.