Curry within 4. Bradley is one stubborn mofo, and he wouldn't go quietly. He'd fight hard and put in the effort but he's outgunned.
Bradley has courage and he's not a bad fighter, but this is a different class entirely. He takes an awful pounding for as long as his heart will allow
Curry isnt in a 'different class entirely' to Pac. In fact I think you're all bollocks talkers in an orgy of bollocks talking. Especially cdogg, who might as well get testicles tattooed on his big flapping tongue. Curry UD 12.
Bullshit He's absolutely in a different class as a welterweight Pacquiao gets more hype for beating up corpses and softies than anyone in history. Curry would beat HIS ass, too, fuckface.
I think Pacquiao even as a welterweight is legit. It's amazing that people are starting to take his higher weight run for granted. As I've said before, if it was that easy, Pacquiao wouldn't be the only featherweight in boxing history to move up to 147 and start slapping decent welterweights around like they were heavybags.
I'm not "starting" to I've been saying it all along. The guys he has faced at welterweight, aided by a clear use of PEDs, have been largely names and nothing more. Oscar De La Hoya was a corpse when he fought Pacquaio. Anyone who says otherwise is a fucking liar. You think '85 Curry takes 8 rounds to get rid of him? I sure as fuck don't... Margarito was a cheating shit with no defense, no speed... Again, how do you think Curry does in that one? Cotto? How do you think Curry does there against a guy slower, less powerful, less skilled than he? What problems does Ricky Hatton the welterweight pose for Curry? How do you fancy Clottey's "no-punches... EVER" offense working against Curry? JMM's old ass would have been in a pine box against Curry It amazes me that Mayweather is critiqued ad infinitum (justifiably) for his opponents at welterweight and Pacquiao is routinely given a free pass based off of some "but he's only a flyweight" jive. Mayweather would have and still would counter Pac-man silly if they ever grew a pair and fought each other. I have no doubt that Curry (flatly a better welterweight at his best than either of them) would do the same and then some. Yeah, he is in a DIFFERENT class of 147 pounder than Pacquaio
The version of Pac that beat Cotto has a chance against prime Curry (though I think he loses). The version of Pac that fought Bradley would get fucked up badly by Curry.
You do have to factor in Pacquiao's size for the credit he gets as a welterweight. Just like you have to factor Roy's size in with his win over Ruiz. What other featherweight in history would you pick to beat all of Pacquiao's 140+ opponents? Let alone as impessively as Pacquiao did it. But let's say rating Pacquiao purely as a welter? He's not the same fighter now, but the Pacquiao that beat Cotto is legit. Let's not forget Cotto was just competitive against Floyd, before the fight people acted like he was some scrub. Cotto is a solid, skilled fighter, and Pacquiao made easy work of him.
Which Pacquiao did Bradley fight and lose to (on everybody's card except every one out of 100 scorers) ? That pacquaio is nowhere near the class of Donald Curry I stand by my statement. Curry would batter Bradley and the Pacquiao he was in there with. Totally different class, indeed.
The Pacquiao that just fought Bradley? Well yeah, no argument there. He's been slipping for a while, his speed and killer instinct are pretty diminished compared to the guy that iced Hatton and walked through Cotto. But the Pacquiao of 2009 is a completely different kettle of fish. It would be like listing the Curry from the Honeyghan fight in a mythical matchup, it makes no sense at all.
