look arcanum, i did say margarito did have a heck of a chance to beat pacquiao but where did i ever make a prediction? you can't find an instance where i did. but listen, nobody is claiming pacquiao isn't a great fighter because i'd be lying if i said he wasn't. he is a great fighter and this may be a surprise to you, i actually admire and like the guy. what i don't like is his army of pactards claiming he's something he's not. just because he's "won" 8 division titles many of his fans think he's the greatest of all time! that is preposterous to say the least. look at opposition he's faced with today. do you actually think cotto, margarito, clottey, david diaz, and ricky hatton are HOFers? yes, he did beat cotto and that was pretty impressive. i didn't think he could. he did destroy margarito and was surprised at the way he did it. clottey? he's an absolute joke of a fighter. ricky hatton? one of the biggest hype jobs in boxing history. doesn't mean he wasn't any good at one time but he'll never sniff the HOF.

in beating an old, weight drained oscar, pacquiao didn't prove anything. you can't prove anything when the other fighter is not at their best and obviously, oscar wasn't! a prime oscar schools pacquiao every time but that's another story. let's talk about marco antonio barrera! imo, pacquiao would beat him up ten out of ten times. barrera, although a great boxer/puncher, didn't have a clue how to stop pacquiao's onslaught. what about morales! a 70% beat pacquiao convincingly even after he was coming off a loss to barrera, in an exhausting trilogy. what does pacquiao do? he rematches morales after morales lost badly to raheem. and why did pacquiao ever fight morales a third time if he knew he could already beat him?

now, let's talk about marquez! here's a featherweight and super featherweight who gave pacquiao all he could handle. not only did the U.S. boxing press think marquez won BOTH fights, so did the international press. the filipino press thought he lost their rematch. when the filipino press thinks pacquiao (their God) lost a fight, well........ here's the thing, nobody is disputing he's a great fighter but most of you pactards talk as if he's the only fighter that counts. he's not the first or the last great fighter boxing will produce. i truly believe, as do many boxing fans, that pacquiao has been carefully matched with the types of fighters he can beat. he's ducked many challengers from joan guzman, when guzman was a super bantamweight to just recently, marquez. i know you pactards don't like to read these kinds of things but someone has to shake you up a bit to remind you that he is great but not the GOAT!