How does Pacquiao hold up against the classics? ( Prime )

OK, maybe saying Pac beats em all easily is wrong. I want to take that back.
Whitaker for example would be a hell of a match, could go either way imo.
Wright might have had the tools to give him extreme trouble too...
I don't see Hearns or SRL giving him too much trouble tbh, but it kinda comes down to the question if you believe in the theory of evolution in boxing or not, and I don't want to open that can of worms again...
If you feel otherwise I understand and respect that, but personally I don't think p4p there was ever a greater fighter than Manny Pacquiao, and I am proud and happy to be able to witness such a legend first hand.

 

You should also feel proud and happy to have made it in my signature.

 

Of course Pac gets beat. This is a fantasy match up after all. Pac never wins in fantasy match ups.

 

Lets see how people 20-30 years from now rate Pac ATG-wise and H2H vs. those legends...
May I ask you, just out of interest, how in your opinion Prime Floyd Mayweather Jr. would do vs. the same guys?

 

You Pacquiao fans can't post that bull**** all you ****ing want, but it won't change the fact that, Prime for Prime, Pacquiao loses to a number of those fighters listed.

To those who moan about Pacquiao not getting picked to win in fantasy match-ups: How about you post your picks and maybe break down how the fight would go, as opposed to incessant whinging about something totally irrelevant??

I'd like to take this question too! :yep

 

No better, except he's less likely to be stopped. I'd likely have him losing all the same fights and winning all the same. He could beat Trinidad. Not sure I'd favour him to do so, though.

 

I think Floyd would only manage to pick up wins over Tszyu, Unc' Rog and Taylor, might beat Trinidad but I think Trinidad would grind him down at 147 where his movement doesn't seem as effective. I think he'd KO Roger.

 

Pretty sure he'd beat the one-paced choke-artist Mosley pretty clearly, too. Would've been closer, but still a Floyd win.

 

That's how I have it. Flame on...

 

So it really comes down to what generation of fighters one ranks the highest, right? :think

 

I'll admit to being a Mosley-**** of sorts. I think the biggest problem with Shane wasn't that he practically quit when faced with an adversity that his punching power couldn't get past, I think it was a very weird change in style. He seemed to go from being a fluid combination puncher, quite mobile on his feet and relying on a smart sort of attrition based on his combination punching as opposed to the one punch banger later in his career who tried to beat a hole into his opponent with almost exclusively light hands. In his prime too I think he had a decent sort of defence (almost always fighting quite upright making him more vulnerable than necessary) something that he seemed to give up on in place of excessive holding. Dare I make a Duran-ultralite comparison? Not I shan't.

I think that earlier version of Mosley uses his physicality much more effectively and doesn't crumble like he didn't when face with a monster Forrest uppercut. I may indeed pick a Mosley TKO.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Pacquiao loses to every one of these guys except maybe Tzsuyu and Taylor. Even then, he might win a decision.

 

light weight shane kills pac imo

 

Pacquiao would get beat by all of them.....fantasy fight.