Who will be remembered as the greater fighter: Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather?

[gamefrk]

WHOEVER Floyd picks for his last two fights in 2015 is going to be better than any possible Pacquiao opponent. As of right now Manny is closing out his carreer in a REALLY shtty way. He's been fighting the same two guys for like the last three years, Bradley and Marquez plus "brandon rios" and "chris algieri".

For the sake of Pacquiao's true fanbase i hope the Cold War ends sometime before 2016. Floyd is good, he got great options over at the GBP/Al Haymon stable.

We will have to wait & watch who Floyd fights in 2015. Manny facing Algieri is as bad as Floyd facing Maidana & forcing him not to wear punchers gloves. He wants the world to believe that he's facing a heavy hitter..but he wont let Maidana use the commission approved gloves. As of now that's Floyd's legacy..glove gate.

Manny may have fought the same guys over the last 2 years namely..Marquez, Bradley & Rios (after getting KO'd by Marquez)..but lets not kid ourselves that all of those fights were more exciting & fun to watch than Mayweather-Guerrero, Mayweather-Canelo. Even when Manny got KO'd in that round against Marquez..everyone who was watching was on the edge of their seats all those rounds. Mayweather's recent fights have been lacking excitement.

Floyd is his own match maker, he has always had great options @ GBP/Al Haymon..despite that we get the glove gate from him...apart from the glove gate his recent fights have been lack luster.

[gamefrk]

People will remember Floyd went toe to toe twice with a monster in Maidana while Manny quietly outclassed a cherry picked club fighter in China.

As of now Mayweather is gonna be remembered as the guy who fought a power puncher & did not allow him to wear punchers gloves.

Floyd = the guy who acts as the Commissioner & tells his opposition not to wear the actual commission approved gloves. When the opposition says no, he pays them $1.5m to not make a scene & go with the gloves he chose initially. Rich people have a way of getting what they want I guess.

Algieri may not have any power..Maidana without punchers gloves is the same.

[jose.sooto]

We will have to wait & watch who Floyd fights in 2015. Manny facing Algieri is as bad as Floyd facing Maidana & forcing him not to wear punchers gloves. He wants the world to believe that he's facing a heavy hitter..but he wont let Maidana use the commission approved gloves. As of now that's Floyd's legacy..glove gate.

Manny may have fought the same guys over the last 2 years namely..Marquez, Bradley & Rios (after getting KO'd by Marquez)..but lets not kid ourselves that all of those fights were more exciting & fun to watch than Mayweather-Guerrero, Mayweather-Canelo. Even when Manny got KO'd in that round against Marquez..everyone who was watching was on the edge of their seats all those rounds. Mayweather's recent fights have been lacking excitement.

Floyd is his own match maker, he has always had great options @ GBP/Al Haymon..despite that we get the glove gate from him...apart from the glove gate his recent fights have been lack luster.

You can't expect Floyd Mayweather Jr to give a Manny Pacquiao kind of performance, that's just not what Floyd is. He is a defensive minded fighter and who can blame the kid? wheter you think he has faced "weak" opposition his formula has been flawless to the point where he has been a P4P fighter since the 90's, never been dropped, never been beaten etc etc. I personally think Saul "Canelo" Alvarez would defeat with relatively ease each of Manny Pacquio's last five opponents.

I personally would not put "chris algieri" in the same category as Chino, given that Marcos Maidana has shared the ring with fighters such as Amir Khan, Adrien Broner, Erik Morales, Devon Alexander and Victor Ortiz.

"chris algieri" carreer highlight is a split decision over a good fighter, yeah Ruslan good but he ain't no P4P, he's not even the best there is at 140. It is indeed a great achievement for algieri but no way it should earn him a fight with a P4P fighter above his weight class.

Like i stated earlier in here, Manny fcked up BIG TIME by re signing with Bob Arum. For the sake of the true Pacman fans i really hope the Cold War ends as soon as possible.

[Weltschmerz]

Landslide poll

[The Hammer]

Floyd will definatly go down as the p*ssiest boxer of the two! That's for sure.

Yes, he avoided a lot of fighters during his career.

Floyd chose to fight the safest (often older faded guys or limited sluggers) but not the best available.

[soul_survivor]

this poll always cracks me up....all those alts and they couldn't make it closer

[DeadLikeMe]

Too bad the writers and historians of today disagree with huge Pacfans of 5 years ago

The October issue of Ring surveyed many boxing writers and historians on the greatest fighters of the Modern Era (post-WWII). They were each asked to rank the 20 greatest fighters with 1st receiving 20 points, 2nd receiving 19, 3rd receiving 18, etc... with first place votes bracketed. The top 20 is as follows (HT to chrismart83 on scene):


1. Ray Robinson - 396pts - (17)
2. Henry Armstrong - 339 - (1)
3. Muhammad Ali - 324 - (1)
4. Roberto Duran - 296
5. Joe Louis - 293
6. Ray Leonard - 258
7. Willie Pep - 246 - (1)
8. Archie Moore - 189
9. Julio Cesar Chavez - 171
10. Ezzard Charles - 164
11. Pernell Whitaker - 132
12. Floyd Mayweather Jr - 118
13. Marvin Hagler - 117
14. Carlos Monzon - 98
15. Eder Jofre - 86
16. Sandy Saddler - 82
17. Roy Jones Jr - 80
18. Rocky Marciano - 77
19. Bernard Hopkins - 66
20. Ike Williams - 55

Others receiving votes:
Charley Burley - 53
Evander Holyfield - 42
George Foreman - 41
Billy Conn - 39
Larry Holmes - 36
Manny Pacquiao - 36
Kid Galivan - 28
Salvador Sanchez - 28
Emile Griffith - 27
Jose Napoles - 27
Holman Williams - 27
Mike Tyson - 26
Joe Frazier - 22
Alexis Arguello - 20
Marcel Cerdan - 20
Carlos Ortiz - 20
Ricardo Lopez - 19
Jake LaMotta - 17
Ruben Olivares - 17
Pascual Perez - 12
Marco Antonio Barrera - 9
Oscar De La Hoya - 9
Michael Spinks - 9
Tommy Hearns - 7
Miguel Canto - 5
Bob Foster - 5
Jimmy Bivins - 4
Lennox Lewis - 4
Sammy Angott - 3

Authors and historians surveyed were: Ron Borges (Ring), Bernard Fernandez (Ring), Doug Fischer (Ring), Norm Frauenhiem (Ring), Lee Groves (Tales from the Vault), Craig Hamilton (Historian), Thomas Hauser (Author), Kevin Iole (Yahoo Sport), Matt McGrain (Historian), Clay Moyle (Author), Martin Mulcahey (Historian), Patrick Myler Author), Jack Obermayer (Writer), Adam Pollack (Author), Cliff Rold (Historian), Michael Rosenthal (Ring), Mike Silver (Author), Tim Smith (Ring), Springs Toledo (Author), Anson Wainwright (Writer).

[Elroy1]

Pac is going to be remembered as one of the greatest champions to have ever graced the ring.

Floyd is going to be remembered for that great defensive style but he will be remembered as the coward who wouldn't fight Pac, held the whole boxing world ransom and flushed his legacy completely down the toilet mainly.

[KillaMane26]

"fighter" =Manny
"Boxer" =Floyd

[TMTForever]

LMAO at Floyd cherry picked gone wrong despite of making sure he took Maidana's main weapon.

Pac even if he retires now or a few years ago or losses a few before he finally retires Floyd will never surpass Pac accomplishments. 8 divisions champ, 4 linear divisions champ and Fighter of the Decade Floyd only can dream of.

pac didnt win 8 title son sorry to disappoint you.. and floyd has four lineal titles and 5 wbc titles unified 147 and 154 at the age of 37..pac is fighting rios, algeri, and vargas..all 140lber with no rep/

floyd is already ranked #12 by ring pac is at #26 and he will only sink lower fighting the jessie vargases of the world.