Pacquiao v Mayweather

I think he's got a genuine claim to be one of the top 10 of all time.

No doubting Mayweather is a very clever boxer but I don't see him as good enough for all time top 10.

Pacquiao had an MRI 3 weeks before this fight and was recovering from a tear in his right shoulder.  It is argued that the ref refused Pacquiao an injection pre fight.  

The reason why I say Mayweather is a clever boxer and not one of the all time greats is because of his fighting style.  He doesn't box (counter punch's) his way out of an attack by his opponent, no, he runs away or holds.  If Mayweather was a great a fighter as some claim why does he never go toe to toe.

Mayweather uses his reach to pick opponents off and runs around the ring avoiding getting hit.  In his fight with Hatton, the ref saved Mayweather on several occasions and it was the ref who stopped Hatton's style of fighting.

Mayweather is a clever boxer not an all time great.

Quoted from Marinerz93

No doubting Mayweather is a very clever boxer but I don't see him as good enough for all time top 10.

Pacquiao had an MRI 3 weeks before this fight and was recovering from a tear in his right shoulder.  It is argued that the ref refused Pacquiao an injection pre fight.  

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Iam not completely buying that though because nothing was said about it even up until Friday of fight week and like the boxing/medical authorities said Pacquaio put in a form claiming nothing was wrong with him in the last week of the fight.If he would of been honest and if it was a real concern he should have owned up and like the authorising bodies said a injection could have been given.

I would class Mayweather as an all time great, He has beat everyone he's fought, He has a record of 48 unbeaten and that is amazing! he has fought all the best out there, I don't paticularly like his style or the way he presents himself but there is no doubting he has excellent boxing skills.

Khan & Mayweather is the fight i want to see.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I would class Mayweather as an all time great, He has beat everyone he's fought, He has a record of 48 unbeaten and that is amazing! he has fought all the best out there, I don't paticularly like his style or the way he presents himself but there is no doubting he has excellent boxing skills.

Khan & Mayweather is the fight i want to see.

Totally agree with all of that. Would just add four-weight world champion and that not only has he beaten everyone out there but he's beaten them easily and has barely taken a punch.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Khan & Mayweather is the fight i want to see.

Best fight for Mayweather considering he has beaten all the rest.However I can see Khan getting beat quite comfortably.Only fighter(s) that have truly pushed Mayweather in my opinion has been the first Castillo fight and De La Hoya

Quoted from Marinerz93

No doubting Mayweather is a very clever boxer but I don't see him as good enough for all time top 10.

Pacquiao had an MRI 3 weeks before this fight and was recovering from a tear in his right shoulder.  It is argued that the ref refused Pacquiao an injection pre fight.  

The reason why I say Mayweather is a clever boxer and not one of the all time greats is because of his fighting style.  He doesn't box (counter punch's) his way out of an attack by his opponent, no, he runs away or holds.  If Mayweather was a great a fighter as some claim why does he never go toe to toe.

Mayweather uses his reach to pick opponents off and runs around the ring avoiding getting hit.  In his fight with Hatton, the ref saved Mayweather on several occasions and it was the ref who stopped Hatton's style of fighting.

Mayweather is a clever boxer not an all time great.

To be fair to Pac Man was at a disadvantage in the fight having listened to more medical  evidence. But had the fight gone ahead 5 years earlier when both were in their prime still would have fancied Mayweather

Quoted from Marinerz93

http://www.secondsout.com/columns/thomas-hauser/the-myth-and-the-reality-of-floyd-mayweather-jr

That's one opinion. Perfectly valid but one opinion. Here's another, where respected Telegraph boxing correspondent Gareth Davies placed Mayweather 9th in his all time list before Saturday's fight:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/spo.....s.html?frame=2719573

He might not be great to watch and he might be a sharp object but his record and his achievements are unbelievable.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

That's one opinion. Perfectly valid but one opinion. Here's another, where respected Telegraph boxing correspondent Gareth Davies placed Mayweather 9th in his all time list before Saturday's fight:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/spo.....s.html?frame=2719573

He might not be great to watch and he might be a sharp object but his record and his achievements are unbelievable.

He'll never be a great boxer in my eyes, there is more clever workings going on behind the scenes and the Hatton fight was a prime example of that.  The American referee stopped Hatton from fighting and protected Mayweather.

The amount of running away and hugging Mayweather does and gets away with, makes him an unpopular champion.  He has more critics for his style of boxing than people blowing smoke up his rear end.

But what does he care, a multi mega millionaire with impressive records, in years to come only people in boxing will remember how he got those records to others he will be a superstar.

Would I rather watch a film about Sam Langford than Mayweather any day of the week.