Who is the last boxer to be better than Pacquiao?

[ilovesandwiches]

Pacquiao and Mayweather are the best boxers in the last several years. Who was the last boxer equal or better than either one of them, in any weight class?

[skel1983]

What do you mean? Fighters who they have been in the ring with or in history?

I think in the ring Morales was the last one to beat Pac but some might say Marquez re match he got beat.

Mayweather hasn't really been in trouble or near loosing since Castillo one other than that no one.

[skel1983]

Sorry had a few beers I just re read it lol

I think the last superstar of boxing before these two would probably be RJJ or Oscar Dela Hoya.

[El Kabong]

The current Ring/IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion is on pretty good run right now a case could be made for him as dominant as he's been.

Roy Jones Jr. to the point where he beat John Ruiz was a fighter who rarely lost a second of a round he fought vs top competition.

Bernard Hopkins up until when he fought Jermain Taylor was pretty dominant

There are plenty of fighters that have been seemingly unbeatable

[JonesJrMayweather]

Easily RJJ, BHOP, and maybe Lennox plus neither drained their opponent. Also roy and Bhop's only close fight were against each other.

[Manju]

RJJ is the most likely candidate and probably a greater physical talent than either PBF and Pac, but unfortunately he fought at a time of relatively low-level competition. Its no fault of his but to be among the greatest you need fellow greats...like Ali with liston, frazier, foreman, etc. And against the best available, ie Hopkins and Toney, he produced unremarkable performances...though he clearly won. I also deduct points for PEDs.

PBF and Pac have put on great performances against the best available, like ODLH and Hatton. I think you have to go back to Sweet Pea, who is easy to compare with PBF, for an equal. He had great completion--Chavez and Nelson and McGirt--and performed in a great manner when he fought them. He almost beat a red-hot prime ODLH too, when he (Sweat Pea) was already in decline.

Its much harder to compare Sweat Pea with PacMan, Apples and Oranges and all that. JCC was a similar fighter though, but I think Pac is clearly superior. Duran would make an interesting case however. Similar furious style and a great defensive fighter too, with a lot of head movement. While it appears Pac is more dominant than Duran was at the higher divisions, Duran did fight better competition...defeating the great SRL at welter and facing monsters like Hagler and Hearns.

[Themantonio]

Yeh I vote Roy aswell! He was the first person to come to mind and I think for his tym he was just as dominant as Pac.