Parallel between Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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Seriously? De La Hoya to Hatton to Cotto was "cherry picking?"

De La Hoya was weight drained on fight night but all the hyping and pre-fight predictions all thought that Manny was going to get smoked. People even thought the fight was a joke because the size difference was too much. That is not "cherry picking." Then he fought the lineal champ at 140 in Hatton, who had never lost in the weight division who also looked good in his last fight against Malignaggi. Again, not "cherry picking." Then Miguel Cotto? I'm not even going to need to explain this one, but Pac fought guys that were at one point WAY TOO big to even fathom a fight against them and beat them convincingly.

C-lo, people who where picking Oscar to smoke Pac...where doing exactly what you mentioned...hyping the fight. But hype and reality are two seperate things. Roach himself pointed out before the fight that Oscar is a shell of his past self...bringing him down to 147 just sealed the deal. Hatton...please my man! I don't care what championship belt Ricky had...his one dimensional, come forward style was tailor made for Pac...guess what...Roach pointed this out before the fight as well. And then there is Cotto. There was plenty of questions before the Pac/Cotto fight about whether Cotto was finished after the Tony fight....Roach mentioned this before the fight as well. Now don't get me wrong....Pac deserves credit for doing his job. But his team picked the right opponents at the right time. The last great, PRIME fighter Pac faced...Marquez...and those where 2 pick em fights. Floyd has also clearly avoided certain fighters...and his resume is by no means mind blowing. BUT...he will be BY FAR the best fighter Pac has ever faced. So if people think that Pac's last 3 fights are going to be an indication about how the Floyd fight will pan out...dream on.

Floyd is going to be Manny biggest challege BAR NONE! I honestly don't think Pac is going to win this one but I'm going to be pulling for him to prove me wrong. Trust me, I'm a huge Pacquiao fan but I do doubt him winning some fights. This would be one of them.

And i think Pac will be the biggest challenge of Floyd's career. Floyd has never faced a better athlete in their prime with so much momentum. I just feel some people wrongly think this fight will play out like Pac's last three. Floyd is just a completely different class of fighter than Cotto, Hatton, or Oscar. Should be a great fight.