Pacquiao Should KO Mosley to Prove he is better than Mayweather

[LukeH]

If Mosley knocks Manny out in two rounds of course everyone will say Floyd is better.

I think if Mosley knocks Manny out in ANY ROUND posters here (including me) will be saying (I won't be saying but I will be thinking) that Floyd is better. So, why would the reverse not be applicable? Shouldn't something that is applied to one also be applied to the other?

If Manny knocks Mosley out, it would appear that Manny is better. But I agree that this is subjective until Pacquiao and Mayweather fights each other. But then it would be up to Floyd to discredit that Manny appears better than him.

But why would he appear to be better than Mayweather? I suppose it could show that he has more power and is more aggressive than Mayweather, but that doesn't make him a better boxer.

Those would definitely make a boxer appear better that the other. The key word here is "appear' and is not a statement of fact. We would, probably, have to settle with who APPEARS to be better until they fight which would determine as to who IS better.

Appear to who? If someone can conjure the thought that something would 'appear' to be one way, surely they can understand the fact that due to the different style of boxing each of them possess, outcomes of their fights with common opponents will be different.

If your talking about the general public/ casual fans then fair enough, but they aren't usually the ones debating poeples all time standings and things like that.

The statistic of having a knockout doesn't prove anything, which is what the thread title suggests.