-If- Pacquiao happens to defeat floyd, whos legacies would he surpass?

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  1. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    Anyone of note?

    How would he compare to greats from the 90s and 80s, as they were more recently established legacies, such as whitaker, chavez, hagler, leonard, hearns, duran etc etc..

    or are they really untouchable...?
     
  2. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    They are certainly not untouchable, but he has to do more to surpass those guys you mentioned imo.
     
  3. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    hes already surpassed hearns and Chavez by a country mile
     
  4. whoupicking?

    whoupicking? Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:

    by struggling twice with a fighter like marquez. dont make me laugh.
     
  5. Knives7

    Knives7 Boxing Addict banned

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    You're making it sounds like Marquez is bum. :patsch
     
  6. whoupicking?

    whoupicking? Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Far from a bum. But in that era it would have been marquez who?
     
  7. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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  8. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He would surpass De La Hoya then.
     
  9. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not Duran or Leonard but Hagler and Hearns for sure - imo he surpassed them already - and then he has a strong case for Whitaker and Chavez.
     
  10. whoupicking?

    whoupicking? Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dont give me that green bull****. Manny was p4p number 2 when he fought marquez he was hardly green.:lol:

    People like to make the assumption that manny has improved so much since then, but that is a load of spin.

    Pac in reality has taken on lesser fighters since struggling with a boxer like marquez and that is the truth. The only concern pac has was being effective at the higher weights in regards to his own condition and health. Once he proved he could comfortably make the weight he was always gonna be fighting lesser fighters at 147.

    Pac has fought barrera, morales, marquez at the lower weights.

    At WW he has fought Oscar, Cotto, Clottey. These guys dont even compare. Apart from Oscar who was shot to pieces at 147.
     
  11. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    If Manny Pacquiao were to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr, he'd surpass Whitaker, Hearns, and Hagler in my judgment.
     
  12. whoupicking?

    whoupicking? Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And if Mayweather was to beat pac?, let me guess he still behind him:lol:
     
  13. hennyguzzla

    hennyguzzla Active Member Full Member

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    :good
     
  14. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    Well Duran was lost 2 of 3 to Leonard, yet many still hold him in higher regard.
     
  15. southsidegym

    southsidegym Active Member Full Member

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    why do people so conveniently forget the second marquez fight was just 2 yrs ago