better southpaw: Lew Tendler or Manny Pacquiao?

Pacquiao is in my mind the greatest southpaw to grace the game. Who else has done what he has, even against what some would call mediocre opposition?

For the record I do not think of marv as a southpaw, he was a switch hitter to me and i think about him as such.

 

Manny Pacquiao better than Pernell Whitaker? Really?

 

Hand to hand Pea would embarrass him, but yeah, I think their careers are on a somewhat even level.

 

Damn, where do you rank Manny Pacquiaio?

 

I lost my P4P list but very highly, in the early 30's ahead of Jones Jr.

 

You don't rank Jones above Whitaker?

 

I do. I remember having him at about 35 and whitaker somewhere from 37-40.

 

:nono

 

Pound for Pound lists are basically bull**** anyway, which is why I haven't bothered to update or remake one. Cross-Era comparisons of resume and certain H2H matchups usually end up being pretty stupid(see: most of the bad topics on Classic). The only one I really think about is my personal top 20-25 anyway.

 

Greater in terms of overall skill = Tendler
Greater overall = Pacquiao

 

Not a Whitaker fan, eh, Swarmer? Somewhat refreshing, I have to say. Still, I'd rate him quite a bit higher.

 

Come on, Swarmer, you don't think Fitz could KO RJJ? :blurp
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbe7nnnhNfc[/ame]

 

there is any other footage out there besides that fight against Leonard, of Tendler ??
I've never seen any other fight of Lew except for that one.

 

Eh, sometimes I just get soured on how people tend to portray him as an untouchable defense master, unhittable and unbeatable :nut. I still like him quite a bit, but I just don't tend to rate fighters from the 90's super high. It's not really such a knock on Whitaker that I don't rate him so high, I just think that there are a lot of great fighters in history that I feel okay placing in front of him. Maybe I should go through my fight collection and rethink his placement. I think a lot of how I rate Pea has to do with how I rate Jones as well, so perhaps I need to give him another individual go around.