Uh, Floyd received a TUE for his use of illegal IVs. He later accused McGregor of cheating through illegal IVs. 2+2=? LOL!
I never said Floyd deserved it. Merely pointed out that if the choice was between Floyd and Pac then Floyd would be the clear choice.
2020 and 2010 are the ends of a "decade", as there was no year "0 AD". 2001 - 2010, 2011 - 2020, etc...
You both make some good points, and some biased points. You are right that Horn and Bradley were robberies. He's right that Pac's most skilled opponents barring Mayweather had no significant size advantage over him. Bradley and JMM had both moved up and had roughly the same measurements as Pacman. They are the hall of famers who beef up his resume in this decade. But you are correct that Floyd is a dirty cheater and Pac went into that fight injured, so the fight deserves one or two asterisks next to it for not being as good a win/loss as it looks on paper. He's right that JMM should have won the third fight and you are right that JMM was obviously roiding. However, there is a very good chance that Pac was roiding to, at least at some point in his career. Even though we like him we need to be realistic that probably 95% of the elite boxers are doing something. Memo Heredia and all that.
This has not been a clear cut decade of dominance. This is not like the fab 4 in the 1980s and Ray beating them all.
You're quick to mention green + drained Canelo, but had no issue leaving out details in regards to Queef Thurman. Queef was out of boxing for an extended period due to injuries and looked bad in his return to the ring, in which he nearly got laid out by Josesito. The same Josesito who got destroyed by an even greener Canelo. Both sides can be scrutinized, if you're going to put one under the microscope and leave the other out then you're just being your usual bias self.
Clottey Margarito Mosley Marquez Rios Bradley x2 Algieri Vargas Matthysse Broner Thurman No one has a better list of wins this decade. Manny Pacquiao should be Fighter of the Decade.
It's actually not set out in any legal way. It's just opinion and scientific 'convention', but not fact. "Using a modified Julian date, the 2020s will begin on Jan. 1, 2021, Dr. Mac Low said. But that is out of sync with common usage. According to Emily Brewster, a senior editor at Merriam-Webster, a decade in popular culture is not defined by scientific convention. Because of this, the 2020s will begin on Jan. 1, 2020, and end on Dec. 31, 2029, Ms. Brewster said. “It is interesting that there is this arbitrariness,” she said. “It’s unconventional, like language.”" source nytimes.
Its Floyd. Defensive skills were best in sport, rarely wasted a punch. Wins of the decade include Cotto, Mosley, Maidana, Alvarez, and Pac. The success of Canelo and the continuing success of Manny help his case tremendously.
Not really, Canelo was 23 years old and wasnt in the top 10 P4P list, Pacquiao has wins over Marquez and Bradley this decade and both were top 5 P4P. Cotto had already taken a beating from Pacquiao and Margarito, Pacquiao became a 8 weight World Champion, 5 time Lineal Champion, 5 time Welterweight Champion and the oldest ever WW Champion this decade. Pacquiao has the better wins and better achievements.