Where will Mayweather be rated all time greatest wise if he beats Pacquaio?

[TheBranMan]

people will say Manny was too small and that Floyd hasn't fought any big guys cause he's a chicken shit, Floyd could go beat Pacquiao, Mosley, Berto, Williams, Martinez, and Pavlik back to back, and yet they'll find a way not to give him credit

Where you been? People have been saying that for years

As for the rest of that post, Mosley, Berto and Williams should already be on a GREAT fighters resume who has been at 147 the past few years, no?

You know how wrong you are with these silly comments. He has took the easy route for fucking ages and it all goes againsed him when you are talking greatness.

He called out Mosley. There's even video of Mosley avoiding the fight in a post-fight interview. Berto was barely coming up while Mayweather was on top. If he would've took the Berto fight people would've just called Berto green & discredited it. Same with Williams.

Mayweather fought and beat 2 of the top 3 ranked welterweights in the world. In consecutive fights. So the argument that he "never fought a real welterweight" is false.

Then he went up in weight to fight and beat a light middleweight champion.

People are reaching. That's why i'm surprised he even came back. He's never going to get the respect he deserves because some fans treat boxing like its American Idol or something and take "personality" into account when voting for the top dog.

Agreed. I remember 2001 when people were saying "the cocky little bugger won't last against any decent fighter" (and this was when he was at SFW). He proceeds to knock out Corrales, Chavez, Ndou, Corley, Gatti, Mitchell, Hatton and dominates Judah and Marquez... barely gets a scratch his entire career, GREATLY outclasses everyone (yes including DLH) and people still don't want to admit that he's any good. His only questionable win coming from a bout with Castillo, where he undoubtedly won the rematch. Pacquiao has not one, but two questionable fights with Marquez (the second being the worse of the two), doesn't give the poor Mexican the trilogy.. and people put his name in the same breath as Robinson and Ali.

I feel bad for Floyd, although I'm glad that he relishes playing the bad guy. It fuels him to his dominant victories. Pacquiao will be no different. MW was right when he said it was a lose/lose situation for him (except for the $25m ), if he wins, people will discredit the win, if he loses, people will discredit his entire career (which, I guess, is what they're doing anyway). I hope he dominates the little Filipino (as he's done to everyone else) and retires from the sport that hasn't accepted him from day one. If he decides to keep fighting, that would be great too.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Honestly, it's always hard to say as time has a way of somewhat discrediting certain fighters... but I'd have to say fairly high. I have written long soliloquys on this forum about not likeing Floyd and him avoiding certain guys and what have you but he's fought most of the best guys out there and won against all of them.... dispatching them... I'll say that many were boring after leaving 130 because he seemed so dominant but I've needed to look past my dislike for him to see that whether it was a ko or a points win... he always won in ways where you KNEW Floyd clearly won. Floyd fights in such a deep era in at this time that you'll always hear, "He needs to fight _____ to get my respect" Yatta Yatta Yatta... I've done it myself. But the fact remains that NO ONE has beaten him and we've all at one time or another probably bet against him. He's proven me wrong time and again. He is one of the best defensive fighters of all time. He'll get high marks. He's earned them. PS. I hate Floyd Mayweather