In the aftermath of Pacquiao’s desctruction of Miguel Cotto, a call for the inevitable has begun.
Undeniably, Pacquiao is this era’s best boxer. While some hardcore Mayweather fans may argue with it, no one can question how impressive Pacquiao’s resume is compared to that of Mayweather.
Yes, Mayweather is a great fighter.
Yes, Mayweather is a future Hall-of-famer.
Yes, Mayweather is one of the best.
But the fact remains, that when Mayweather was able to climb all the way to the top, he has refused to face the top fighters in his division from then onwards.
If Pacquiao fights Mayweather, there is no clear way of telling who will win the fight. Its all basically about Pacquiao’s offense against Mayweather’s defense.
Mayweather’s defense is undeniably the best I’ve seen in boxing, shutting down even Juan Manuel Marquez, the fighter who gave Pacquiao trouble in their two fights against each other. I will not be giving any excuse here on how Marquez was the much smaller fighter. Floyd shut him down easy and that’s that!
This is what makes the prospect of Pacquiao vs Mayweather much more intriguing. Pacquiao had a hard time with Marquez in both fights. Mayweather shut the latter down easy. But let us not forget how Pacquiao fared against Oscar Dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton, both of whom Mayweather also fought earlier.
Mayweather had a hard time with Dela Hoya, barely winning a controversial split-decision. He also had a hard-time against the gritty Hatton, despite knocking him out late in the fight. Pacquiao however easily disposed of the two said fighters, winning every round and knocking them out in the 8th and 2nd, respectively.
Styles make fights. Great offense vs great defense. And it just does not get any better than this. We are back to the glory days in boxing. Ali vs Frazier. Duran vs Leonard. Hagler vs Hearns.
Two of the greatest boxers of our time. Two future Hall-of-Famers.
This fight has to happen.
Lets get it on.
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