Greatest boxing display of the modern age?

[El Chicano]

By the sound of it this is similar to Mayweather moving up to 160 and out classing one of the top guys there and then knocking him out. I can't see that happening at all.

True, Pacman is on his own level. He completely dismantled Diaz then closed the show suddenly and decisively with one wicked shot. That's concusive power, that's drama. If he can stop Hatton in similar fashion, which I believe he can, provided they do not fight in the UK, then I think the fight with ODLH is not so far fetched. If you think about it, Pac is the same size now pretty much as Julio Cesar Chavez. Oscar fought Chavez at 147lbs in the rematch. Chavez was well passed his prime and Oscar was bigger and we all know what happened. Pacquiao is not washed up and Oscar is past HIS prime. It's a doable and interesting fight IMO. The size don't matter, Pac is as tall as Forbes and Stevie took Oscar 12 rounds. After Hatton, Pac vs Oscar is the biggest money fight in boxing history, again.

[elmillon]

Mayweather > Corrales
Mayweather > Gatti
Barrera > Hamed

[Ray*]

Mayweather > Corrales
Mayweather > Gatti
Barrera > Hamed

Winky>Tito
B-hop>Tito

[miron_lang]

well...


all i can say is Thats the BEST Performance of a fighter moving up in weight againts a champion.



The best performance of a fighter againts the BEST in a division directly above him.

PAC vs MAB ( 2003 )

[monkeyboy]

Floyd - Corrales was fantastic.
Floyd - Gatti. WTF?????
Who the hell thought Gatti would get past round 6? Did anyone?
Can we keep it realistic please.

[miron_lang]

Floyd - Corrales was fantastic.
Floyd - Gatti. WTF?????
Who the hell thought Gatti would get past round 6? Did anyone?
Can we keep it realistic please.

Its very realistic.

That performance is better than the Corrales fight. Corrales is undefeated but PAC is moving up in weight.

Corrales wasnt knocked out to dream land he still wants to continue. its logical to stop it but Corrales was on his feet after the stoppage diaz was bigger and was KTFO.

1st fight at 135. realistic?

[Ray*]

Floyd - Corrales was fantastic.
Floyd - Gatti. WTF?????
Who the hell thought Gatti would get past round 6? Did anyone?
Can we keep it realistic please.

Well there was alot of people who said Gatti would win, Diaz isnt the best 135fighter out there today and Gatti wasnt the best 140 out there when PBF fought him either, So to call the pacman performance the best in the last 10 years is over stretching it abit.

Calzaghe destroy Lacy...too many examples in the last 10 years me think.

[BennyST]

Pacquiao is not washed up and Oscar is past HIS prime. It's a doable and interesting fight IMO. The size don't matter, Pac is as tall as Forbes and Stevie took Oscar 12 rounds. After Hatton, Pac vs Oscar is the biggest money fight in boxing history, again.

I think you are overlooking one big factor here. Forbes was set up for Oscar because he is nearly impossible to KO or even hurt and has a great defense and fights similar to Mayweather. If Oscar can connect with one solid left hook on Pac, it is goodnight.

Pacquiao would need to jump up to around 150 pounds as Oscar will not get down to 147 ever again. At that weight no matter how old Oscar is at the moment he would just be way too much for Pac. He takes too many flush shots and against Oscar, who is still reasonably fast and can box better than Pac, one left hook connected solidly to Pac's chin would be all it would take to KO him. Pac also wouldn't be able to hurt De La Hoya. No one has been able to really hurt him apart from Hopkins who is basically a light-heavyweight!

As for it being the biggest in boxing history, lets not go over board here. Pac is a big draw and against Oscar, who is the biggest draw, it would be a huge fight. Nonetheless, it would not do anywhere near as much as Hoya vs Mayweather or even as much as Hoya vs Hatton would do. Great numbers and possibly even an interesting fight while it lasted but it would still turn out to be a mismatch.

[gopi11]

Well there was alot of people who said Gatti would win, Diaz isnt the best 135fighter out there today and Gatti wasnt the best 140 out there when PBF fought him either, So to call the pacman performance the best in the last 10 years is over stretching it abit.

Calzaghe destroy Lacy...too many examples in the last 10 years me think.

Gatti's relatives I presume???

[miron_lang]

it would still turn out to be a mismatch.

yes

in 2 years maybe?