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Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer who is credited with lineal championships in four different weight classes (flyweight, featherweight, junior lightweight, and junior welterweight) by Cyber Boxing Zone and BoxingScene.com. This has been reported by ESPN, CNN Sports Illustrated, and The Ring.
Additionally, Pacquiao has held three Ring titles in three different weight classes (featherweight, junior lightweight, and junior welterweight).
Floyd has 4 lineal titles as well. I personally think lineal titles are more circumstantial nowadays. Titles are not worth their weight anymore.
When your on elite fighters level like floyd the belts mean nothing.
Pac should perhaps add another weight class to improve his legacy even more and go for 154.
Both floyd and pac are little guys that are both fighting outside their natural weight divisons.
i agree. i feel like the real champ is just created by the fans anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by jehoshaphat
You have to be joking! Are you trolling or what? Don't give me that elite fighter shit, everything that reflects on Floyd's boxing is important to the man. Floyd fights for big money, if he can squeeze a few more million out of it because a belt is on line, the belt is important. Hell, man the belts are where the money is for most of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by imp
If theres a belt on the line of course theres more money involved thats pretty obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by beenKOedYou have to be joking! Are you trolling or what? Don't give me that elite fighter shit, everything that reflects on Floyd's boxing is important to the man. Floyd fights for big money, if he can squeeze a few more million out of it because a belt is on line, the belt is important. Hell, man the belts are where the money is for most of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by imp
In floyds own words belts collect dust and he has surpassed all that belt talk.
Floyds opponents would rather give floyd a loss than a belt round their waist at this stage of his career.
Think of the money involved in beating floyd and belts wont even matter.
Agreed. I have so much more respect for pacquaio's accomplishments than a cherrypicker like floyd.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
Marquez.
What Manny acheieved has been amazing and I never really appreacited how great he was when he beat ODH, Cotto and Marg. He was so good Floyd shit his pants and would not accept a fight with him.
Minus the losses, he will stand as an all time great. He fought guys that were tough at the time they were considered badass... Mayweather fought guys he knew he could beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I wont discredit or counter those wins with the catchweight issues and coming of losses, thats been said a million times and dont want to spoil thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamajaMinus the losses, he will stand as an all time great. He fought guys that were tough at the time they were considered badass... Mayweather fought guys he knew he could beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Pac is "great" fighter regardless of the many losses.
Ali lost and many other great champions loose.
Manny has the speed and power to give any fighter problems and im sure after rios he will be back in the mix for revenge.
Great infoQuote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit