If Pac beats Cotto...

you must take his post as whole and not just crop a single sentence. what he's saying is, if pac happens to beat floyd, people will assume that he is not that great at all in hindsight. just like people now are saying hatton was overrated because pac stopped him inside 2.

 

:good Morales had took part in enough wars to justify a sudden decline in his performances. It's not only happened to Erik, other fighters have had one particular fight and never been the same again. Meldrick Taylor for one.

Morales came off two back to back wars with Barrera and Pacquiao, two of the toughest and most skilled fighters in the world at the time. He went the distance with both of them, taking huge shots throughout the duration. It's hardly a surprise that there would be an inevitable decline. In fact, Morales wasn't the same fighter he was even when he fought MAB the third time. It was gradual.

 

Floyd Mayweather has had a far superior career to that of Ricky Hatton, and has already proved to the boxing public that he is a worthy challenge to Manny Pacquiao's throne as the best fighter in the sport today. In the event that he does lose to Manny, and he would retire, Manny would get even more respect for being the only man to ever have defeated Mayweather, a 5 weight world champion.

I compare this to the situation with Barrera and Hamed. Naseem is not in Mayweather's league, and even despite him getting exposed when he stepped up in class, this is still regaeded by many as Marco's greatest victory.

Mayweather would be a HUGE scalp.

 

I won't go as far to say as "odds are he would have won", but Manny would have been a lot better off. It goes without saying.

 

Erik gave away the last round, and nobody has ever disputed the decision in that fight from my experience. Morales was a clear winner.

 

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Absolutely. Those cuts change fights, I'd just be reluctant to say Pacquiao would have won without it. That's all.

 

Morales had Pacquiao under control in that 1st fight, cut or no cut, Id give Pac more credit than to suggest that he let a cut bother him SO much that it changed a winning performance into a losing one, he`s stronger mentally than that for sure.

 

I believe Ive finally heard everything now :verysad

 

There is no greater scalp in Boxing than Mayweather. :verysad

 

The point remains the same. You believe beating Mayweather would not be a great scalp on an already impressive resume? Crazy.