Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
Maidana has a loss against Khan, a man being rubbished as a Floyd opponent. Garcia has never fought at 147, and although currently a top-class elite fighter, is not P4P rated (you brought up that it's Floyd's obligation as P4P no.1 to face certain guys). Pac is still P4P rated.

None of these guys have Pacquiao's pedigree and none have current form that is far superior to his. Rios KO'd Alvarado, a man that started favourite against Provodnikov, a man that gave Bradley the beating of his life, a man that the majority of the world saw comprehensively beaten by Pac.

Pacquiao is clearly still the most significant opponent below 160 for Floyd.
Thank you for proving my point that boxing fans have no understanding of momentum.

Did Pacquiao get jobbed against Bradley? He sure did.

That's completely irrelevant. Boxing is a "what have you done lately" sport. Fighters come, fighters go. Fighters are on top of the world one day, they lose, and the next day they're halfway down the ladder the next day. It's a tough sport. Pedigree doesn't mean shit. What you were two or three years ago doesn't mean shit. All that matters is your CURRENT standing in the sport.

It doesn't matter that Maidana lost to Khan 3 years ago. It doesn't even matter so much that he lost to Devon Alexander a year or two ago. That's old news. Since then, he's moved up to WW and ran off 4 straight wins, and by beating Broner (regardless of what people think of Broner as a WW), he gain big momentum, heat, whatever you want to call it. It was a career performance.

When you get absolutely buried like Pac did against JMM, to the point where your biggest fans and your country are calling for you to retire, that's a SERIOUS blow to your career. You have to get the ball rolling again. You have to do more than beat a hand picked, undersized patsy coming off of a loss (please don't even try to defend Rios as an opponent).

Danny Garcia not p4p rated? Ring magainze should be ashamed of themselves.