Who Fought the Better Fighters? Mayweather or Pacquiao?

[Violent Demise]

Honestly, this thread is probably going to start a war. I know a case could be made for each fighter, but I think Pacquiao's record is way better than Mayweather's.

He fought Marquez, Barrera and Morales in a total of 8 fights. Who would fight first ballot hall of famers (for their boxing ability not their popularity) a total of 8 times like that?

He also fought Cotto and Margarito; fighters Floyd did not fight that the public wanted to see.

Floyd has some big names on his resume as well but it's just not on the same level of Manny's

Yea but we also have look at how they beat those fighters and what condition they were in at the time..

Pac beat Marquez ONLY ON PAPER, but he pretty much got exposed..

Morales and Barrera were past their best..

Delahoya was a walking Zombie

Margarito is slow like a snail and was tailor made... He was cherry picked at a CW..

Cotto was a decent victory..

MAB was not past his best in the 1st meeting.

barrera was in his prime against NAz, but he started slipping after..

Not to make excuses but he had many problems going into the pacman bout.. They started making an issue about the metal plate inside his head and he had to move camp in the middle because of the forrest fire in big bear...

MArco was not in his physical prime against pacman.. He was just a little bit past it..

That right there shows how limited some posters are in there Boxing knowledge. Actual age means little in Boxing. Barrera went into the Hamed fight with 55 pro fights already under his belt. Among them were his wars with McKinney, Sanchez, Jones and Morales. There was no way in hell Barrera was in his prime when he faught Hamed. No way. His prime ended after the McKinney fight. It's the reason he changed his fighting style. He was still a great fighter. But no longer in his prime. A prime, ruthless Barrera stops Hamed in 4