Pacquiao far too shot, Canelo is huge and a notable stylistic threat. If Pacquiao pulls it out the bag, he's most probably in Top 10 GOATs.
their common opponent was cotto, what happened in those fights then? even at this point, i still favor pac to beat canelo by probably SD. 50% canelo ko's pac, so it's a 50-50 fight.
If that's what you want to do, let's hypothetically take both cottos from both fights. Cotto from pac fight MIGHT last 10 but he'd get destroyed
Few years ago I would have picked Pac without blinking. I would slightly favor Canelo today but by no means do I think the fight would be a one-sided blowout like some are suggesting. Khan at times befuddled Canelo with his quickness. There's no reason why Pac isn't capable of doing the same if not better.
You make top 10 GOAT by beating Canelo? Geddafukouttahere. Floyd schooled Canelo worse than he beat Pacquiao and most think Floyd is maybe top 20. Canelo isn't even on that list.
Roach wants Pac to end up like in his condition. Crazy fight. Even 5-7 years ago this would be a crazy fight. Pac is too small for Canelo. I don't doubt that, years ago, Pac would have had the balls to take on El Payaso Rojo but now he's older and wiser.
I think what he's saying is that the magnitude of the upset would be massive. I like Pac too but at this point let's be realistic ... beating Canelo today is a bridge too far and Pacman would get F@cked up. In his prime he might have done well.