Manny Pacquiao Vs. Josh Taylor — Who Wins And How???

If they fought now or anytime in the future then Josh Taylor wins in a 9-3 style decision or by TKO. Why? Because Taylor is skilled talent who will undoubtedly become consensus GOAT Scottish fighter ever, and Pac-Man is way past his prime at 41 years old.

If we could take today's Taylor and the Pac-Man of say 2008 to 2015 then Pac-Man wins by KO is a dominant fight. That is no knock on Taylor, Pac-Man was a phenomenal ATG through and through fighter in those years. Most fighters would get KO'd by Pac-Man in those years. He was a freak of nature then and that's that I guess.

 

Pac would have to slip more. The Pac that beat Thurman is still too much for Taylor.

Taylor's lack of defense and tendency to bust up really bites him in the ass against Pac.

It's also the reason why Josh would have zero chance against Crawford and Spence.

 

Although there is not too much age difference between the three of them, Taylor is the youngest and by the time he gets to 147 and is ready to fight those two, I think he will have the edge.

Crawford is already close to 33 years old and looking slightly slower. Spence, after that car crash I really don't think he will be the same, I think he will have aches, pains and all kinds of issues with his body in general.

 

I take it that, if this happens, it will be at Welter as that's where Manny feels most comfortable these days although he's still really a natural Lightweight.
This would be to Pacquiao's advantage as he is used to the weight and has shown that he can handle Welters whereas for Josh the experience would be a new one even though he is the naturally bigger man.
I just don't think that, for all his greatness, Pacquiao can bridge the age gap. Taylor is no run of the mill alphabet Champion, he has exceptional talent and his youth will enable him to set a hot pace and maintain it. There is also the increasing possibility that, at his age, Manny may just totally unravel one of these nights.
Taylor on points with a reasonable degree of comfort.

 

I think he can prolong them Pak. Just his youth. It's Manny who'll be looking to break off to get a breather.

 

This would be a good fight at this juncture in their respective careers.

 

Would fancy TTT in this one.

Prime, proven world level wins, size advantage and huge age difference.

At the moment we don’t know if pacman is gonna show up and be past it, Thurman could be his last top performance. Taylor has quite a few top performances ahead of him.

The scores v postol were nonsense and I feel he ran taylor the closest, even more so than reg, due to size.

taylor decision for me

 

Huh? Wasn’t that like 4/5 years ago?

also postol would beat algieri never mind TTT

 

ruslan? The nearly man who defended with his face and lost to the like molina and Herrera? Did he ever win a belt?