a better question would be: which of pacquiaos recent foes would defeat hopkins if they were light heavyweights?
Tito knocks Pacmans head off. Anyone who thinks this little Bruce Lee can go toe to toe with Tito and win is out of there minds. And yes he will go toe to toe. He loves to fight and thats his downfall.
Tito would stand no chance against Pacquiao, none whatsoever. Pacman's hand and footspeed would absolutely dominate him. It would look like the Oscar fight. Trinidad would look like he was fighting in mud. Pacquiao would not take risks like he did against Cotto and Plasterito. He would not go toe to toe with him, he would simply run rings around Tito and beat the shit out of him.
I think Hopkins might have been a better middleweight than Pac was at any particular weight. Might. Overall though I think Pac has to take it, his resume is just better.
Well not only that but this is a P4P topic. Nard is an amazing fighter, incredible skills and craft, but he has been bigger than almost everyone he's faced. Pacquiao obviously hasn't.
Hmm....Im not sure I give that much 'weight'. You just gotta judge people at the weights they fight at first and foremost. Fighters choose their own weight classes and if Manny thinks he's a welterweight and stays there for 4,5,6,7 fights he can only be judged as a welterweight. Like if Chris Byrd was so outsized he should have moved down, you know.
It absolutely should be given weight. Who do you give more credit for beating Ruiz, Holyfield or Roy?
Hex you're OK but you're just a complete retard, and very biased. How many fights in a row have you picked against Pacquiao now? You even thought Mosley would beat him FFS :: It's safe to say Pacquiao is much, much better than you think he is. Plus you still haven't realised that Tito is a glorified scrub at elite level. Basically a slimmer, slightly better David Tua. You only have to look at the styles of the 2 fighters to know that Trinidad wouldn't even win a round.
The best part of it would have been the between-rounds baloney from Papa Trinidad...."........hit him...with your left, Tito....he's slowing down Tito....use your hook more....he's tiring Tito.....you need to move more..." :wack:
Let's not make this into another Tito/Pac debate. This has already been settled at mythical Match Ups.
Manny is greater, pfp. Manny has fought black Africans and slick Black Inner City guys. Bernard has never mastered the Asiatics....:nono: And until he does, the jury is out on him. And the last time a jury was out on Bernard........:nono: :nono:
I'd have to say Pac overall. But the late 90s/early 2000s version of Hopkins would school a 160 lb version of Pac.
THIS.... Hopkins style is perfect vs. Pacquiao....and he would beat Pac ass...jab/right hand/dirty inside fighting/mind games/stamina/chin, etc...