Who do you rank higher as an ATG: Azumah Nelson or Floyd Mayweather Jr?

Corrales was good, no better. Castillo was better, but Floyd's performances against him were not impressive. Hatton was not good at welterweight, and Oscar was years and years past his peak.

:huh Floyd hasn't beaten one prime HOF-calibre fighter in his entire career.

Which is a good achievement, but nothing spectacular in this day and age. De La Hoya won titles in 6 weights. Iran Barkley won titles in 3!

No it isn't. It's decent, no better.

You can call him a cherrypicker, because he has been cherrypicking opponents since Jose Luis Castillo showed Floyd that he could be beaten back in 2002.

 

Nate Campbell, a bad matchup for PAC?! :huh

 

Yes, in decades to come boxing historians will wring their hands, look to the skies, and scream "how can Pacquiao have decimated his own legacy by ducking those two ATG megastars, Robbie Peden's ***** Nate Campbell and Ali Funeka's ***** Joan Guzman!!!!"

This is like criticizing Ray Leonard for not fighting Iran Barkley or something. Pacquiao beat many better fighters than an ancient mediocrity like Campbell or a fat cheating underachiever like Guzman, so I really don't think that spending his brief time in their weight class fighting neither of these two fan-less "legends" is a black mark against him at all.

 

I know. This would have been the slaughter of the decade had it happened. Manny Pacquiao vs Robbie Peden's Leftovers. There's a fight that would've broke ppv records for sure.

I think Paulie Malignaggi would've been a bad match-up for Roberto Duran as well. :rofl

 

Are you drunk?

Pacquiao beat prime Barrera (2003) and prime Marquez (4 yrs after their 1st fight) and both will be in the HOF.

Hopkins beat prime Trinidad (2001), and he will be in the HOF.

Next.

 

Different situation entirely.

Floyd was in the same division as these guys for years and years, the fights would've made HUGE money, yet he chose to make less money and get less praise for fighting poorer fighters (eg Baldomir, Judah, Sharmba Mitchell, JM Marquez, etc).

Pacquiao was not in the same division as Campbell and Guzman for the same length of time, but even when he was in the same division, he was having big fights for more money with better fighters (eg Morales, Marquez, Barrera at 130). Nate Campbell brought nothing to the table, that Pac "avoided" him throughout his long and illustrious career at lightweight (1 single fight) is a bad joke.

 

Funeka beat Guzman's ass, got robbed, and then Guzman cheated his way to a win in a rematch. How does this square with your opinion that Guzman was the Charley Burley of his era? atsch

Pacquiao is also a cherrypicking ducker for not fighting Ali Funeka as well then I suppose. :dead

 

Barrera in 2003 was a typical Pac cherrypick, even though Pac was a nobody over here at the time, and was a massive underdog in the fight.

Probably the flat-out dumbest post of the year. Consider yourself ignored by me for the remaining duration of this thread, you're ****ing braindead. nut:nut