Is Manny Pacquiao a top 12 all time great

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  1. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's a fair question. Name them. You can add FMJ and BHOP to the list if you like.
     
  2. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    Let's start with the guy on my avatar:good
     
  3. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    I have Leonard and Whitaker above him. You could make an argument for a few others too.
     
  4. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He is borderline top 12, im sure a few years down the line he will be on many peoples top 10 PFP.
     
  5. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    Love it, according to ESB, Cotto pushed him into the top 20 and now Clottey pushed him to the top 12 :lol:
     
  6. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    My only problem with Leonard is that he had only 40 fights under his belt. Yes they were quality fights, but quantity counts too. I can't put Whitaker above Pac, he just hasn't done enough even if you were to say that he won over Chavez and De La Hoya.
     
  7. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I am A Foreman fan but he is definitely not a top 25 ATG. He is probably top 50 though.
     
  8. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree, Foreman was great, but a top 25 listing is an extreme "at best" case for Foreman.
     
  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No its a combo of everything, for me a big part of it is jumping from Fly to Welter. Name me someone who has done that? He continues to improve and yet he has already been great for a while.
     
  10. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    Leonard squeezed enough quality into a relatively short career to be ranked in the top 15 ever.

    Whitaker was a four-weight champ, unified Lightweight and had an excellent run at 147 where he was linear champion. Personally I thought he drew with Oscar - and we all know he beat Chavez.

    At Lightweight, I thought Pea looked almost perfect - his performances against Ramirez, Haugen and Nelson were poetry in motion. Not to mention he was one of the greatest defensive fighters ever.
     
  11. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I haven't made a list but I don't think he has done quite enough to get in top 12. Definitely top 20, maybe even top 15, a win against Mayweather puts him well into the top 10 imo. So no, but there is a good chance he will be by the end of his career. I hope he doesn't hang up his gloves. Mayweather + Bradley on his resume would be incredible. Doubt that will happen though.
     
  12. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    not yet top 12 for me...before the clottey fight I had at the lower 20s.
     
  13. smitty_son408

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    "C'mon Son....**** outta here with that ****"

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  14. paloalto00

    paloalto00 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Once he beats Mayweather's ***** ass, he's pretty much locked in.
     
  15. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    no. undisputed welter and a jr middle belt would put him there imo.