1.Marco Antonio Berrara-was considered P4P one of the best when pacquiao destroyed him in nothing short of a masterclass 2.Eric Morales rematch- Morales was still a pritty good fighter dispite the loss to raheem 3.Juan Manuel Marquez Rematch(i scored it for pacquiao) 4.Migiuel cotto-still considered 1 of the best at 147 5.ricky hatton-the number 1 guy to beat at 140 before he fought pac 6.Joshua Collotey-was 1 of the top guys at 147 7.Berrara Rematch 8. Oscar De La Hoya-Oscar was the bigger man and manny was a big underdog but oscar was past his best fighting at a weight he hadnt made in almost 10 years 9.Ledwaba-supposedly the next big thing until pacquiao ko'd him 10.oscar larios/david diaz/jorge solis- larios gave the best account of himself out of the 3 but he was coming off a loss thats why hes so far down
Put Ledwaba and Sasakul in at 6 and 7 i'd say.Both were certainly better fighters than Hatton and Cotto as well, though the weight gap makes them less impressive wins.
Barrera I: Not yet thought of as anything beyond a swarming slugger, Manny comes up and beats a top pound for pound fighter who is tremendously versatile, technically sound, and on one of the best winning streaks of his career. Not just beats him either, but blows him out of the water from start to finish. Morales II: Morales had shown the first signs of slipping, but was still game and tough in the rematch. Cotto: Manny overwhelms, outfights and outspeeds one of the better 147 fighters. Gets extra credit for the size difference. JMM II: I'm tempted to rate this one lower because Pacquiao was very fortunate to get a win here, but JMM is a top notch opponent and has a style that is Manny's personal kryptonite. Ledwaba: As a complete unknown Pacquiao takes a fight on short notice against what had seemed to be an up and coming p4p fighter and destroys him. Hatton: Tempted to rank this lower because I've always felt Hatton was tremendously overrated, but scoring an early, devastating KO on a lineal champ who is undefeated at a certain weight when it's your first fight there gets you some extra points. Sasakul: A still extremely raw Pacquiao gets outboxed throughout the entire fight by a capable champion only to suddenly KO the champ in front of the champ's hometown fans. Loses a few points though because Manny is just so much bigger than Sasakul and went on to much bigger fights at higher weights. Barrera II: Barrera is older and slower, and Pacquiao not as dominant, but he still gets the job done and nullifies Marco's attempts to adjust to him. De La Hoya: Oscar is obviously shot in this fight, but it was his dumbass idea anyway and Pacquiao looks impressive and shows a lot of improvements in his game as he beats Oscar down. Diaz: Masterclass performance against an outclassed and overwhelmed opponent.
I don't know who Sasakul is so I can't speak on him but Ledwaba is better than Cotto and Hatton?....Yeah okay you telling yourself that. But overall good list by the opening poster.
Sasakul is the guy Pacquiao beat for his first title, the WBC 112 pounder. From what very little I've seen of him Sasakul is a very competent boxer and mover with decent pop. He has good numbers in his professional and amateur careers, and won a couple of rounds in the 1988 Olympics, but who knows how much those numbers are worth considering the extremely regional or outright crappy competition he faced. Mijares blew out an ancient Sasakul in 2008 back when Mijares looked like the next big thing. (Like Pac, Mijares looked huge compared to Sasakul, though).
No way Marquez lost that fight. 4 years of improvement and he still received an embarrassing boxing lesson, goes to show skill can't be beat by just outstanding athletic ability. Pacquiao is an all time great though, don't get me wrong. I'm not sure I would place Clottey on the list, but off the top of my head I can't think of who could replace the spot if juggled around. In fact you're right, it's a good accomplishment, but perhaps number 9 instead. Morales and Barrera probably threw and landed 10 times more in any given round of their fights than Clottey did that whole fight haha. Good list though.
1.Cotto 2.Barrera 1 3.Marquez 2 4.Morales 2 5.Clottey 6.Hatton 7.Larios 8.Ledwaba 9.Sasakul 10.Oscar Honourable mentions: D.Diaz, Solis, Morales 3, Barrera 2, Marquez 1 (would be in top 5 if 1 judge had not made an error in his scoring), Nedal Hussein
And Khan against Salita I found so many fights where a fighter gets hit when down its crazy, I didn't even take notice when watching them first time round either.
Watched much of Ledwaba outside of the Pac fight?.I'm not exactly a huge fan of him or anything, but yeah i think he was better than them..certainly Hatton.That says as much about my low opinion of Hatton and Cotto than it does Ledwaba, mind you. Then again that was another gight where a still boiled down Pac looked ****ing huge next to his opponent.