Everything you posted is wrong.He lost to Pac both times, and the Marquez fight could have gone either way. Marquez was 80 years old as well...
if manny beats floyd it would make Juan Manuel Marquez the greatest of all time
Chris John is my boy, don't be talking shit.All right then, if the Pac fans still can't forgive Bradley for beating their hero, then the other Marquez crusher has to be in the running. This guy didn't fight Pac so I can't see why there would be any objections.
If Pac beats Floyd, then John is an ATG.
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Hehe tribalism is alive and well, nonpartisan comment - not so much
Because of the passion of the factions it would not manifest itself as general consensus for years but if Manny were to beat Floyd, in a couple decades he would be ranked top ten all time for sure, top 5 most likely.
Is he the greatest of all time?
If Floyd beats Manny, as great as he is, he beat someone smaller, shorter, who lost before, knocked out cold a few fights ago, and etc, though I believe it is a huge feather on anyone's cap, whether they are undefeated or not, but I feel that some people could bring up something like that and maybe doesn't give Floyd as much credit as he may otherwise deserve.
However, if Manny does pull it off, he would become for the very first time history a linear champion in five different weight division and beating the guy who has never lost before who is naturally bigger and taller.
been sharing some of Wandy's steroids have we? Chill out, I was just making a point. Do I need to spell out for you what I actually meant?
lol floyd could lose this fight and still be the greatest of an era manny will never be in serious goat talks top 5 for sure the actual goat not even close he has lost to decisively to ever be the greatest imho. you cant get koed by a guy youve already beaten twice and still be the greatest it just doesnt work that way.
As much as I'd like to belong to an incredibly important era, neither Pac nor Mayweather will be the greatest of all time. That's mostly down to Ray Robinson, Harry Greb, Sam Langford, and Henry Armstrong. Those are the candidates and nobody else can really draw in (Ezzard Charles on a good day has a real gripe).
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I feel like there's way too much nostalgia and sentimentality when it comes to boxing. I'm not a boxing historian, so admittedly I realize I'm speaking a little out of ignorance here, but its way too hard for me to accept that guys that were literally born in the 1800's, like Langford and Greb, are going to be ranked higher than modern era athletes like Pac and Floyd. That's not to say that those guys weren't great in their own rights, but it feels like its the equivalent of ranking Bob Cousy ahead of Allen Iverson (which they do) and that's absurd.
As far as Greb, Langford, and Armstrong are concerned, I could name atleast several fighters not named Pac or Mayweather that I'd rank higher than those three fighters. The only exception to your list, would be Robinson, but we're talking about a very special and extraordinary once in a lifetime type athlete in regards to him. Again, no disrespect to the aforementioned greats of the past, but am I missing something to all this?