Request for Classic opinions on current version of Pacquiao vs the best jr-welters

Chavez imo in a fight he is winning rather comfortably, stops Pacquiao somewhere between rounds 9-11.
Chavez is the most complete fighter of this crop.
Underrated boxing and defensive skills.
Punches marvelously with either hand, and is an assasin at going to the body, a part of Pacquiao that seems to be his weak point.

Chavez-Great boxing skill
Very accurate
Body assassin (may be the best ever at it)
Granite chin
Unbelievable stamina

Chavez is the only fighter of this crop because of his unbelieveable chin, that could take Pacquiao head on and have it suit his fancy.
While fighters like Tszyu and Taylor would have to fight more diciplined, not Chavez......he could take his pick and beat Pacquiao either or....in a war, or on the backfoot countering Pacquiao with patented right hands down the middle.
Believe me on this one, as far as boxing IQ between Pacquiao and Chavez, its not even close, its Chavez hands down.

Kostya Tzsyu has the jab that Cotto used sucessfully early against Pacquaio, plus he had something that Cotto does'nt.....a jack hammer of a right hand (Tszyu is very good timing to throw that right hand).....and he has a better chin than Cotto's.
I like Tszyu in a matchup vs Pacquiao by late KO.....
He's got the essentials to beat Pacquiao, the jab and the power right.
......and if you've seen Kostya fight, he does'nt always stalk.......he can half step it back and make room to land that big right as his opponent if going forward.
Often times he's timed fighters coming at him and dropped them with his right hand.
I think Kostya may be the only one in that crop that could short circuit Pacquiao with a shot to the chin and be able to KO him by way of short circuiting the brain.


Meldrick Taylor is a fighter that likes to rumble a bit.
.......he's often stereotyped as making the mistake to war with Chavez......but thats not actually what happened.
Taylor was very diciplined throughout that whole fight making sure not to get trapped on the ropes against Chavez.
It was Chavez underrated boxing skill, his timeing ability with being able to land heavy shots inside of Taylor's combination flurries, that wore down Taylor.....

Taylor was always moving to his laterals....and thats something that I dont think Pacquaio would handle the way Chavez did.

This matchup I cant pick with conviction, but if the same Taylor that showed up to fight Chavez showed against Pacquiao.....I think Taylor outboxes Pacquiao through 12 rounds.
The asset the favors Taylor is that he's not only faster, he's much faster than Pacquiao.

I've said it many times in this forum and I said it before DLH got his ass beat by Pacquiao...... if both weighed the same on fightnight, Pacquiao eats up DLH everytime.
A prime for prime matchup at 140 lbs however probably has DLH outweighing Pacquiao by 8 to 10 lbs.
I give DLH a punchers chance to shortcircuit Pacquao in this matchup, but I favor Pacquiao.



I wont give the cheat Aaron Pryor the satisfaction of my analysis.........the cheat without the black bottle gets bloodgeoned by Manny Pacquiao down the stretch.

Alexis Arguello should be in this crop instead of Aaron Pryor........and if I picked Kostya Tszyu to knockout Manny Pacquiao. I pick Arguello to put Pacquiao in dreamland before the late rounds arrive.

Arguello is Erik Morales X5......and unlike Morales, he took his one shot power with him to every weight class he fought in.
With the essential jab, explosive right, compounded with his height, reach and much better boxing skill.
Arguello by brutal KO..........and its Arguello's work to the body that will set up the type of brutal shot that would end it for Pacquiao.
Arguello is just a master of his craft that I just dont see him losing to Pacquiao.