Why is Pacquiao more exalted than Mayweather?

No, it shows that the guy was struggling big time to make the weight. He looked like a damn corpse at the weigh in of the second Pac fight.

Pac was a 3/1 favorite in the first fight. I can only imagine what the odds were considering Morales had just gotten his ass handed to him by Morales. It's clear you will defend Paac no matter what. He fought a walking corpse coming off a lopsided loss to an average fighter and you're trying to justify it.

This part highlights my entire point. People still wanted to see that fight despite the fact that Morales was clearly past it, and clearly had all sorts of trouble making 130. At the same time, Judah was a top 10 p4p fighter and the undisputed champ going into the Baldo fight and lost by SD. Despite this, everyone gets on Floyd's **** for fighting Judah(even though there were no other credible opponents out there for him) and gives Pac a pass. How come Morales had an off night but not Judah?

Yeah, and you compared Clottey to Hoya, Tito and Mosley. The sad part is, you probably think it's a legit comparison. Maybe I shouldn't have used Gatti, but I was simply highlighting the fact that everyone would **** on Floyd if he rematched a past it fighter, coming off a loss, that he already destroyed. You can replace Gatti's name with Corrales if you'd like.

More bull****. Larios is not as a good as Mitchell and is less accomplished. Mitchell obviously wasn't much of a test for Floyd, but neither was Larios for Pac. To try to insinuate that Pac was taking on a bigger challenge is a straight joke.

Are you serious? He won a vacant title one division below the one he fought Pac at against some guy I never heard of with like 17 fights. He promptly lost that paper strap in the rematch. I'm sorry Mitchell couldn't go back down to 140 and pickup a vacant strap via a controversial decision against some no name.

Here we go with the Red Herrings. That's what you do when you have no real argument. Floyd and GB were talking about matching Floyd with Mosley in May before the Earthquake even happened. Pac wouldn't fight Mosley even if he drained himself down to 140 lbs.

 

I don't think it's because Pac's style is more exciting. There are a lot other boxers who are more exciting than Floyd but who are not more exalted than Floyd. It all boils down to resume, and Pac by all accounts has a stronger resume than Floyd.

 

Right as long as you don't look at the details...

De La Hoya - Weight drained not his main coach
Hatton - Destroyed by Mayweather, ruined coaching
Cotto - Destroyed by Margarito, NO coach, weight drained
Clottey - No coach, busted camp

 

and there are two sides to a coin.

 

Exactly...

De La Hoya - At his best weight and desired glove size
Hatton - In his prime
Cotto - He ran
Mosley - #3 P4P

Unfortunately, Manny looks sorry on both.

 

He isn't that style of fighter. That isn't how he works. So it doesn't matter (much) how he went about it. What mattered is the W.

ODLH - Couldn't do anything with him fully charged AND using the weight to bully. So a drained out ODLH? Come on man. The fight would go the same. Forbes knotted ODLH up!

Hatton - He knocked Hatton out cold for the first time in his career. He hasn't been the same since. Hatton even said he had nothing.

Cotto - Would have had the crap beaten out of him and probably stopped in the later rounds. Zab was cleaning his clock. Mayweather wouldn't?

 

Regular basketball fans and casual observers love the slam dunk and the three point shot and the fastbreaking, 120 point games.

It's just more accesible and easier to like.

The more technical fans love the clever set plays, the intricate ball and player movements and the precise half court, slow down execution of plays.

Not saying that regular fans would not like or appreciate a slow, playoff style basketball.

Run and gun basketball is just more fun to watch.

 

They're two different types of fighters. It really doesn't matter if he would've done the same thing as Pacquiao. He would've beaten all of those guys clearly.

 

Pacquiao has fought the better people, simple as that.

 

Mayweather has skills but that's all he has.

 

Could of, should of, would of - it is all pointless. What matters is what is on the book. While their personality is entertaining, it does not matter. While their workout videos looks awesome, they do not matter. While they make a lot of money and PPV sales, it do not matter. Their fighting style only matters in the level they impose it over their opponent. What matters most is the win and the level of opponent. Theoretical fights between two fighters are meaningless.

I appreciate PBF's technical skills and athletic gifts a lot. But that is not what matters most at the end of the day. PBF is more technically gifted than other ATGs like Hagler but he is not rated higher than them. And you know why.