--- Zab Judah Carlos Baldomir Ricky Hatton (at 147) Shane Mosley (2010) Victor Ortiz Juan Manuel Marquez Oscar de la Hoya (2008 ) Joshua Clottey Antonio Margarito (2011, after more than a year inactive) Miguel Cotto (the drained one that Pac fought) Shane Mosley (2011) Who has the best win? Floyd or Manny? Which win is the best?
The best wins imo are: This content is protected This content is protected Now that Marquez was able to beat Pac TWICE, I think that Floyd schooling him should be seen as a great win.
This changes all the time for me slightly, but this is how I have it at this moment, I guess. Pac over Cotto Mayweather over Hatton Mayweather over Marquez Mayweather over Mosley Pac over Mosley Mayweather over Baldomir Mayweather over Ortiz Pac over Clottey Mayweather over Judah Pac over de la Hoya Mayweather over Mitchell Pac over Marquez III (since I scored it against him, it goes here I suppose) -Antonio Margarito was at the 150 catch weight, so it doesn't count. -Pac vs. JMM III was at a catchweight within the WW limit. However, the nature of the decision leads me to not exactly view it as a win.
I dont credit Floyd for the Marquez fight he convinced Marquez to take the fight based on the idea of a 145 pound catchweight, Floyd blatantly refused to try and take off the weight sure Marquez got paid but that isnt the point the point is those 2 pounds would have taken something out of Floyd evened up the playing field a bit. So to Credit Floyd for that I just cant see how anybody with an objective mind would
Catch weight of: 144 pounds Mayweather: 146 pounds Marquez: 142 pounds Marquez has more than proved his worth at fighting at the weight of 142-143. Fights can get better in retrospect. Did Mayweather pull a ***** move? 100%. Would it be a better victory if he weighed in at 144 pounds? Yes. But you're joking yourself if you don't rate the win as a very good one, if not great.
Pac's destruction of Cotto is by far the best win. Mosley was a dead man by the time Floyd finally fought him. Floyd - Marquez was a joke. Marquez had never fought at 147 before, and was pulled up two weight divisions, and Floyd didn't even meet the agreed upon catchweight.
I would probably shuffle the order a bit, but those are the 3 victories that jump out for me, even if you consider that JMM and Cotto were 'compromised' in their losses. :smoke
Best wins at Welterweight in recent years.... 1- Pacquiao TKO12 Cotto 2- Marquez KO6 Pacquiao 3- Mayweather UD12 Mosley 4- Mayweather KO10 Hatton 5- Mayweather UD12 Marquez
I'd move Pac-Clottey up (underrated win) Move Pac-Mosley down Remove Pac-Marquez III Insert Pac-Bradley somewhere near Floyd-Mosley Otherwise pretty solid. Though I think Margarito should count as a 147 bout because normally they would have demanded it there (Margarito was a career WW but had since gained weight during suspension so they chose to accomodate at a catchweight for a bs belt) plus pac essentially fought that bout as a WW anyway
Mayweather was never the underdog at 147 and has the same dimensions as everyone else in the weight class. Pacquiao is the the smaller man who was good enough to compete in a division he doesn't belong in and was the underdog in many of those fights. I think Pac - Cotto would stand as Pac's best performance at the weight. Though Mosley was past his prime I think that was the best I had seen Mayweather at the weight.
Mayweather's wins over undefeated Hatton and #2 p4p trumph Pacquiao's win over Cotto at a catchweight
Oh you mean a bloated hatton who struggled his last outing at the weight and an overtrained mosley? gotcha