Who will be remembered as the greater fighter: Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather?

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Manny has been knocked out brutally by JMM so has had easy fights to get him back. His opposition is poor since his defeat and there is no getting away from that. However he is the second best welterweight in the world so the fight with Floyd can still be made. Even if he has little chance of winning. It is still makeable.

How in the world can an undefeated, p4p #3 ranked Bradley be considered "poor opposition"? That is just crazy to suggest. Insane. Bradley is a much better win than ANYONE Floyd has beaten in YEARS. The bias and blinders that people have for Floyd is just insane.

In his defense, when Pac fought Bradley the second time, he was not the #3 p4p guy in the world.

Yes he was, he had beaten Pac n JMM n Prod. He was ranked behind Floyd n Ward.

according to who? You?

Yes, and Ring magazine.

I don't remember that being true. I'd have to have proof. Either way though, he in no way deserved that ranking.

Really? That is interesting. His wins over Pac (tainted, but still a win in the books) and JMM, both of whom were rated p4p, not to mention his war with Prov, wasn't enough for you? Definitely interesting take. If you want proof, look it up. The main point to all of this, was that regardless of who owns Ring magazine or where you think Bradley should be ranked, he was definitely worthy of a top 10 P4P ranking, was undefeated and coming off a win over the guy who beat Manny. That is a great win for Manny, and definitely affords him a little latitude in not having to immediately fight another guy of that caliber. Algieri is still a decent opponent, the bigger man in the ring, and a live underdog and titlist. Not a PPV fight, but in no way a sham or horrible match up/disgrace.