Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
This may have been debated before but have been having a few exchanges with Mad Dog and Taansend off site and would be interested to get more views.

So Pac is currently number one. Oscar is not even in the top ten.

If Pac wins then everything remains as is but if he loses what are the consequences for the p4p list ??

I just can't see where De La Hoya can be placed but if he wins you surely have to place him above Pac ?? Ok if its an SD then we may have grounds to slate oscar for struggling agains the little guy and not put him in the list.

But if it's emphatic and he blows him away in early rounds do we all just say big guy v little guy so what ??

Anyhow - if Pac loses even if on points he has to lose p4p No 1 slot for sure IMO.

It's a tough one if he does lose.

For the record I can't see Pac winning - am cringing looking at the notable size difference in the publicity campaign let alone when they get the referee's instructions.

But i hope he does - for the p4p sake and for a Hatton showpiece at wembley
I think Pacquiao being number one isn't lost if he loses. I mean he is jumping up 2 weightclasses to fight Oscar De La Hoya, one of the best fighters of the past decade. This is like Roy Jones going up to fight Lennox Lewis. I don't think there is anybody now that Calzaghe has retired that would be deserving of the p4p spot. Pacquiao beat JMM, Cotto just lost, Margarito definitely doesn't deserve it, Hopkins IMO still wouldn't deserve top spot yet, maybe if he beat Dawson.

I am not one who believes that beating somebody places you above them in all cases. I don't think that Margarito should be higher than Cotto on the p4p list, I think Cotto against most opponents is the better fighter, and more likely to win. I don't think that personally Vazquez is better than Marquez, I just think the style matchup wasn't the best for Marquez. I don't think Frazier was better than Ali after their first fight.

In all honesty looking at skill Oscar is still probably in the top 6 p4p. He just hasn't done enough against opponents to prove that of late. I don't see Cotto beating him, or Margarito, or Mosley, and I have him against Williams pretty close. I think he stops Cotto quicker than Margarito did, he hits harder, and he can take Cotto's shots. I saw him outbox Mosley a few years ago, and Mosley has receded far more than Oscar has since that time.

The reason Pacquiao took this fight is because of what it does for his legacy to beat a guy this good, this far above his natural weight. IF he can do it, it shoots him p4p all time above anybody since the Duran, Leonard, Hagler era.