The opponents Pac fought have all been very good in their time, but by fighting them when he did, he invited himself in for criticism. I actually agree with Teddy Atlas. There is a complete lack of young, hungry undefeated fighters on Pac's resume. Even at the lower weights, you have wins over the likes of Barrera and Morales who had been in plenty of wars themselves. Those are still Pacs most important wins IMO.

People might scoff at the suggestion of Bradley, but it is point well made that unlike Marquez who is unproven beyond 135, Bradley is the top dog at 140, is undefeated and will come to outhustle Manny. It would be nice to see someone with output, desire and some handspeed of his own to see Manny have to deal with.

I maintain that Manny is smoke and mirrors. Why not rematch Marquez earlier at 135? Because they knew he was too dangerous and went looking for lumbering come forward types. It's only 3 years later that the fight is made and Marquez is fighting 10 pounds north of any weight he has looked good at. If Manny blows him out, then whoopy doo. More smoke and mirrors. Then what? A rematch with Cotto who has been lumbering about pretending he is a 154 pounder? Or will it be Berto.