Hypothetical: Could PBF beat Pac?

[ElTerribleMorales]

I really don't know why boxing fans when a fighter beats another fighter out of their prime they say in their prime they'd have beat them.

Who is to say Oscar would have won if him and pacquiao fought prime for prime? Can't discredit Pacquiao's skills too. But I think it would have been an awesome fight to watch. But then again at 147 Oscar was a monster and Pacquiao isnt there naturally.

Whitaker prime for prime beats them both though

that's the point i'm trying to make, and no doubt neither one of the two would have been able to touch Whitaker

Once again how can you compare? We don't know how Whitaker would have done against guys faster than him like Floyd and Pacquiao. IMO I think Floyd is a better fighter than Whitaker, he's harder to hit, he's faster, he's got more a little more snap on his punches.

disagree completely, Floyd is nowhere as elusive as Whitaker, and as for speed i'd also give the edge to Whitaker, i'd say that at 140 he was faster than both Mayweather and Pacquiao, and on the flipside, Pacquiao has NEVER fought a defensive marvel like Whitaker who at his peak would make Manny miss by dipping down or simply with his foot work, he'd flurry in and be out without getting tagged, and yea Whitaker had the stamina to go the full 12 rounds and then some, Pacquiao is no welterweight don't make the mistake of thinking he is one, IMO he has very little to no chance against the likes of Cotto, Mosley, Berto, Williams, Clottey, etc.

How can you measure how drained Oscar was? Manny never gave him the oppertunity to do anything. We don't know how the Oscar that fought Quartey would have done against Manny because Quartey isn't the same fighter Pacquiao is, Quartey fights like Winky Wright he's stationary, he has a great jab and left hook, but a poor right hand.

Also how did oyu ahve Oscar Larios winning four rounds against Manny? I can see that one roung that he hurt Manny, but most of hte rounds Manny clearly won.

I'm not saying I don't think Mayweather will win, but IMO he beats Cotto and Mosley a lot easier, they aren't as hungry as Manny, they aren't as fast, and they aren't southpaw.

I don't think Cotto and Mosley being real welterweights matters because fighting Mayweather is never about size, he knows how to handle bigger guys, and he doesn't impose himself physically on smaller guys.

I am not trying to say Corley was competitive with Mayweather, but that him being a southpaw made a guy of his caliber much more difficult than the same caliber of guy would have been as an orthodox fighter, and he landed punches in all the early rounds, once again I have no idea what people are watching. He was landing with more regularity than Oscar De La Hoya or Ricky Hatton who are both way better than him.

Also I can see Floyd making Pacquiao look stupid in certain circumstances, but if great boxers like Barrera and Marquez can sustain a boxer's edge on the modern version of Pacman then I think Floyd wouldn't be able to with all the ease in the world. I prefer Floyd ten times to Manny, but obviously I am saying this would be competitive for a reason. People way too often think size is the determinant factor, I can look back and see half the people on here think Gatti would beat Floyd. People have a set belief about who should be where in the sport and they won't budge an inch. PS I also think Hatton's style is worse for Manny than Floyd's, but that Floyd is much better at his style than Hatton and a much better and more adaptable athlete than Ricky.

How about in the fact Pac's own trainer called De La Hoya a "walking corpse" who couldn't pull the trigger any more and was done. Seriously if you think about it how much credit can you really even give Pac for beating Oscar when his own trainer says the fight would of never happened if Oscar was still a threat?

Roach also said Oscar couldn't pull the trigger against Floyd, yet he was pretty competitive in that fight. I am not saying Oscar wasn't at his worst ever, I am just saying I disagree with people who say any average joe would have beaten Oscar that night. IMO the only guys naturally under 147 that would have beaten Oscar that night would have been Floyd and PAcquiao, and MAYBE Victor Ortiz, but we haven't seen enough of him.

Roach said this after the fight had happened, and competitive, at least i thought it was competitive but you're the one that's always saying that Oscar should have lost by at LEAST 4 rounds, IMO that's not a close or competitive fight, i like many others had floyd winning 115-113, it's no double standard