I consider him a great fighter at lightweight and lower, but not at 140+ yet. I would consider him an enigma at this point as I want to see how he handles a bigger stronger guy like Cotto and see how/if he can overcome adversity. That will determine if he true all time greatness material and I will carve it into stone myself if he does it.
With what he has accomplished up to now, people will look back with fondness of him but many boxing historians will question the quality of his opponents, especially in the past 3-4 years. They will give him a place, but it will not be a place with someone of his talent deserves.
He deserves an all time top 5 super featherweight, top 10 Lightweight ranking right now I think. But his jr. welterweight and Welterweight adventures will actually hinder how he is viewed in the future unless he Meets up with the toughest Welterweights. If he does not, they will just say he coasted his way to other belts.
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