Well in my mind he should be.. basing from quality of opponents, quality of wins and entertaining the fans. But Pretty boy's fans will hate and resist as much as they can. But no worries because manny is now slowly becoming a successful crossover fighter and we all know that the reality still lies that in order to be truly recognized you need to impress the west most specially U.S.A. it's still the key to everything and most specially true to boxing world. and that's what manny's doing right now, although Golden boy is holding that back now but i believe it's inevitable as long as he is healthy. it's just a matter of time..