Name one fighter Manny has faced, who came off an impressive win?

[MaD RoBoT]

Hatton was expected to beat Malignaggi. He was the first person to stop him though, but it's not like Paulie was a top top fighter.

- Hatton was on a decent run of form beating Lazacano and Paulie.

- Cotto beat Clottey but Clottey is crap. Cotto was weight-drained vs. Pacman too.

- Clottey was coming off the back of a loss against Miguel Cotto. Clottey didn't deserve that fight or the payday, especially considering his performance.

- Margarito was coming off the back of a win against an unknown fighter after a year's lay-off for his hand-wraps ban. Prior to that he got destroyed by Shane Mosley. Margarito didn't deserve this fight either.

The last legit fight Manny fought was Hatton. He fought Hatton in Hatton's weight class where he was the lineal champion, and destroyed him.

His last 3 fights have been a joke; a weight-drained Cotto, a punching bag in Clottey who didn't come to fight, and an undeserving Margarito.

saying cotto was weight drained is like saying mosley was weight drained at 147

[Zn1]

problem with topics like these, is people forget you can just replace the name with another fighters, and the exact same argument unfolds.

[Red Rebel]

Barrera
Marquez
Ledwaba
Sasakul
Hatton
either Clottey or Cotto (depends on who win against them)

[Alberto Del Rio]

Alberto Del Rio thinks Manny Pacquiao es un gran guerrero. A great warrior.

Alberto Del Rio demands you stop trying to discredit this man's victories in the ring. After all, Alberto Del Rio thinks you wouldn't even have los cojones to even shake the man's hand. Give the credit the man deserves.

[araindon]

Well lets see. What were Pacquiao's last 5 fights.....Margarito, Clottey, Cotto, Hatton, De La Hoya. Let's go through them..

De La Hoya - Not coming off an impressive win, beat Forbes in a tune up, didn't look great, fought Floyd to a split decision which was quite close, but Floyd won. De La Hoya was seen as a mismatch for Manny, he went up 12 lbs to fight him, won easily.

Hatton - Was the lineal light welterweight champion, just beat Malignaggi with ease who was the #1 guy, beat Luzcano which was a tune up, lost to Floyd. Was in the P4P top 10.

Cotto - Fought Clottey to a SD who was the best guy available. Won against Jennings before that which was insignificant, fought Margarito in an out and out war before that and lost. Was in the P4P top 10.

Clottey - Fought Miguel Cotto and Zab Judah. Close fight with Cotto, not so close with Zab. Was in the top 5 Welterweights.

Margarito - Beat a journeyman, smashed to bits by Mosley, beat Cotto in a war.

Now while you might be correct that he never fought anyone coming off an impressive win, when people fight guys who are equal to them, it is going to be close. What you should look at is....Floyd struggled with DLH, Manny didn't. Cotto and Margarito and Clottey all went life or death with each other, while Manny didn't struggle at all. Are you gonna **** on Bradley or Alexander if they fight Khan next? Khan boxed well, but sc****d by Maidana and almost got KO'd....does that discredit him as an opponent? No it doesn't. You can't discredit opponents by saying they almost lost their last fight....fact is, fights are close when you don't duck and fight the guys you're supposed to. Oscar was a huge jump up in weight and the tallest, biggest man Manny fought. Hatton was clear lineal champion, bigger and just beat the crap out of his closest ranked contender. Cotto had already beaten Mosley, lost to Margarito in a war, beat Jennings (insignificant) and beat the next best fighter in the division in Clottey, Clottey had just fought Cotto, and Zab, Margarito is still most probably better than most welterweights and a good handful of the top 10 jnr middleweights.

Also, Manny wouldn't have to fight guys like Clottey and Margarito if Money May just manned up and fought him.

You look at Floyd's last fights...and it's so easy to put a negative spin on them, it's so easy.

Mosley - Hadn't fought in a year and a half. Beat a poorly prepared Margarito, went life or death with Mayorga and lost to Cotto.

Juan Manuel Marquez - Was far too small, just had 3 consecutive wars with Pacquiao, Casamayor and Diaz...struggled with them all.

Hatton - Just beat a shot Castillo, almost lost to Collazo, was looking poor at his two runs at welterweight.

It's easy to make fighters look like ****. Don't bother, just let them do their thing, appreciate their accomplishments and leave it at that. If a fighter is blatont cherry-picking or avoiding certain guys, then fair enough. But Pacquiao is fighting bigger guys who are either ranked in lbs for lbs ranking or had reputations for being tough SOB's.

[lesterprettyboy]

Well lets see. What were Pacquiao's last 5 fights.....Margarito, Clottey, Cotto, Hatton, De La Hoya. Let's go through them..

De La Hoya - Not coming off an impressive win, beat Forbes in a tune up, didn't look great, fought Floyd to a split decision which was quite close, but Floyd won. De La Hoya was seen as a mismatch for Manny, he went up 12 lbs to fight him, won easily.

Hatton - Was the lineal light welterweight champion, just beat Malignaggi with ease who was the #1 guy, beat Luzcano which was a tune up, lost to Floyd. Was in the P4P top 10.

Cotto - Fought Clottey to a SD who was the best guy available. Won against Jennings before that which was insignificant, fought Margarito in an out and out war before that and lost. Was in the P4P top 10.

Clottey - Fought Miguel Cotto and Zab Judah. Close fight with Cotto, not so close with Zab. Was in the top 5 Welterweights.

Margarito - Beat a journeyman, smashed to bits by Mosley, beat Cotto in a war.

Now while you might be correct that he never fought anyone coming off an impressive win, when people fight guys who are equal to them, it is going to be close. What you should look at is....Floyd struggled with DLH, Manny didn't. Cotto and Margarito and Clottey all went life or death with each other, while Manny didn't struggle at all. Are you gonna **** on Bradley or Alexander if they fight Khan next? Khan boxed well, but sc****d by Maidana and almost got KO'd....does that discredit him as an opponent? No it doesn't. You can't discredit opponents by saying they almost lost their last fight....fact is, fights are close when you don't duck and fight the guys you're supposed to. Oscar was a huge jump up in weight and the tallest, biggest man Manny fought. Hatton was clear lineal champion, bigger and just beat the crap out of his closest ranked contender. Cotto had already beaten Mosley, lost to Margarito in a war, beat Jennings (insignificant) and beat the next best fighter in the division in Clottey, Clottey had just fought Cotto, and Zab, Margarito is still most probably better than most welterweights and a good handful of the top 10 jnr middleweights.

Also, Manny wouldn't have to fight guys like Clottey and Margarito if Money May just manned up and fought him.

You look at Floyd's last fights...and it's so easy to put a negative spin on them, it's so easy.

Mosley - Hadn't fought in a year and a half. Beat a poorly prepared Margarito, went life or death with Mayorga and lost to Cotto.

Juan Manuel Marquez - Was far too small, just had 3 consecutive wars with Pacquiao, Casamayor and Diaz...struggled with them all.

Hatton - Just beat a shot Castillo, almost lost to Collazo, was looking poor at his two runs at welterweight.

It's easy to make fighters look like ****. Don't bother, just let them do their thing, appreciate their accomplishments and leave it at that. If a fighter is blatont cherry-picking or avoiding certain guys, then fair enough. But Pacquiao is fighting bigger guys who are either ranked in lbs for lbs ranking or had reputations for being tough SOB's.

Best post I read so far in this thread...Well, at least Floyd can say he beat some people that PAC will not fight EVER - Josie and the bodyguard...Lol

[pocket_rockets]

it's all about damaged goods and floyds left overs at catch weight.

Leftovers? Nah!!! DLH won his fight with Floyd. Hatton? How the hell did that chinny chin chin lasted more that 2 rds against him? LOL !!!

Pac's just showing Floyd how to win in a much impressive, much exciting way. Now, he's gonna show Quack quack and his *** *****s how to KTFO Mosley!

[AFighter4U]

Well lets see. What were Pacquiao's last 5 fights.....Margarito, Clottey, Cotto, Hatton, De La Hoya. Let's go through them..

De La Hoya - Not coming off an impressive win, beat Forbes in a tune up, didn't look great, fought Floyd to a split decision which was quite close, but Floyd won. De La Hoya was seen as a mismatch for Manny, he went up 12 lbs to fight him, won easily.

Hatton - Was the lineal light welterweight champion, just beat Malignaggi with ease who was the #1 guy, beat Luzcano which was a tune up, lost to Floyd. Was in the P4P top 10.

Cotto - Fought Clottey to a SD who was the best guy available. Won against Jennings before that which was insignificant, fought Margarito in an out and out war before that and lost. Was in the P4P top 10.

Clottey - Fought Miguel Cotto and Zab Judah. Close fight with Cotto, not so close with Zab. Was in the top 5 Welterweights.

Margarito - Beat a journeyman, smashed to bits by Mosley, beat Cotto in a war.

Now while you might be correct that he never fought anyone coming off an impressive win, when people fight guys who are equal to them, it is going to be close. What you should look at is....Floyd struggled with DLH, Manny didn't. Cotto and Margarito and Clottey all went life or death with each other, while Manny didn't struggle at all. Are you gonna **** on Bradley or Alexander if they fight Khan next? Khan boxed well, but sc****d by Maidana and almost got KO'd....does that discredit him as an opponent? No it doesn't. You can't discredit opponents by saying they almost lost their last fight....fact is, fights are close when you don't duck and fight the guys you're supposed to. Oscar was a huge jump up in weight and the tallest, biggest man Manny fought. Hatton was clear lineal champion, bigger and just beat the crap out of his closest ranked contender. Cotto had already beaten Mosley, lost to Margarito in a war, beat Jennings (insignificant) and beat the next best fighter in the division in Clottey, Clottey had just fought Cotto, and Zab, Margarito is still most probably better than most welterweights and a good handful of the top 10 jnr middleweights.

Also, Manny wouldn't have to fight guys like Clottey and Margarito if Money May just manned up and fought him.

You look at Floyd's last fights...and it's so easy to put a negative spin on them, it's so easy.

Mosley - Hadn't fought in a year and a half. Beat a poorly prepared Margarito, went life or death with Mayorga and lost to Cotto.

Juan Manuel Marquez - Was far too small, just had 3 consecutive wars with Pacquiao, Casamayor and Diaz...struggled with them all.

Hatton - Just beat a shot Castillo, almost lost to Collazo, was looking poor at his two runs at welterweight.

It's easy to make fighters look like ****. Don't bother, just let them do their thing, appreciate their accomplishments and leave it at that. If a fighter is blatont cherry-picking or avoiding certain guys, then fair enough. But Pacquiao is fighting bigger guys who are either ranked in lbs for lbs ranking or had reputations for being tough SOB's.

Very well said....

[IMDAZED]

Pacquiao had a great 2009. His 2010 was mediocre (at best). And it seems he wants to continue that trend in 2011.

[120]

He's asking to fight Mayweather after May's impressive wins over his ex-girlfriend and then the outstanding one finger ko of the security guard.