Which win is more impressive, Mayweather vs Corrales or Pacquiao vs Barrera 1?

[Chups]

Yeah but Corrales was very highly regarded when Floyd fought him.

Not as high as Barrera. The people's Champ who embarrassed Hamed.

[Eaner0919]

Or you could argue that the difference is Floyd looked much more impressive against Corrales than Pac did against MAB. It works both ways.

but shouldn't that have happened considering the lesser opposition mayweather faced in chico? shouldn't manny's win over a consensus tougher opponent be somewhat more difficult?

[Eaner0919]

Yeah but Corrales was very highly regarded when Floyd fought him.

not as highly as Barrera was when he stepped into the ring for the first time against Manny

[$coinblatt$]

pacquiao vs. barrera, it made pacquiao blow up in the phillipines.

[slicksouthpaw16]

The plate was put on his head like in 1997. 6 years prior to the Pac fight. After the plate on his head incident he went on to beat Morales, school Hamed, became the man in the division and P4P elite.

Yes Corrales P4P was one of the best but Barrera was considered P4P one of the best at the time. Matter he was ranked higher P4P at the time by the same publication that ranked Corrales P4P one of the best.

So Barrera beats him in that category also.

I don't think im getting across here. I'm talking about conditions of the two fighters at the time that Mayweather and Pacquaio beat them, and i already explained how Barrera had issues prior to thier fight, and hed been through several blood and guts wars. And if the plate was put it all the way back then, why did Merchant bring it up before the Pacquaio fight? Lets also not think that Pacquaio was unknown, he had won titles prior, the main reason he was the under dog is because only hardcore fans knew who he was.

[Eaner0919]

I don't think im getting across here. I'm talking about conditions of the two fighters at the time that Mayweather and Pacquaio beat them, and i already explained how Barrera had issues prior to thier fight, and hed been through several blood and guts wars. And if the plate was put it all the way back then, why did Merchant bring it up before the Pacquaio fight? Lets also not think that Pacquaio was unknown, he had won titles prior, the main reason he was the under dog is because few people knew who he was.

you could also say that Barrera's experience and skillset at the time he faced Pacquiao ****s all over what Diego had at the time he faced Mayweather. You seem to be stuck on physical attributes solely and while Diego was younger and fresher when he faced Mayweather you could also deem him to be less experienced and ready for a fighter of Mayweather's calibur, something that bears out when you see Diego's career post Mayweather.

Barrera on the hand wasn't that far past prime where you could see him being beat by the likes of Manny who was still a basic fast handed 1-2 guy to most people's eyes

and sorry but I have a hard time thinking you actually felt Manny was a tough fight for Barrera, at the time, at all when literally no one thought that

[fightfan_79]

It just depends on whatever you favor, everyone here has some bias, including myself. But I don't see how anybody could have a much better performance than what Floyd displayed against Corrales.

Personally...I loved Floyd's performance against Gatti....

And Manny's performance against D.Diaz....

[Walt Liquor]

Ck southpaw is bringing up all of these additional factors about barrera. If you want to dig deeper into the condition of both fighters at the time of their respective fights, you have to consider that Diego was having mad personal problems at that time and was facing jail time.

I mean of you're going to nitpicking the barrera win should we not also nitpicking the corrales win.


Chief. I said corrales was overrated at the time of the floyd win. I didn't say he was an overrated fighter. His best win was Robert Garcia, while barrera had a handful of better wins at the time. It's really not even close.

And eaner stop speaking rationally to the ts. There is absolutely no cmprehension that fighters should look better against lesser comp.

[slicksouthpaw16]

you could also say that Barrera's experience and skillset at the time he faced Pacquiao ****s all over what Diego had at the time he faced Mayweather. You seem to be stuck on physical attributes solely and while Diego was younger and fresher when he faced Mayweather you could also deem him to be less experienced and ready for a fighter of Mayweather's calibur, something that bears out when you see Diego's career post Mayweather.

Barrera on the hand wasn't that far past prime where you could see him being beat by the likes of Manny who was still a basic fast handed 1-2 guy to most people's eyes

and sorry but I have a hard time thinking you actually felt Manny was a tough fight for Barrera, at the time, at all when literally no one thought that

Floyds caliber? Keep in mind that the fight between Mayweather and Corales was a title unification and that BOTH of them was fighting thier best opponent up until that date.

[Gino Ros]

I wonder what would happen if Diego Corrales fought MAB at 130.