A very good fighter, to be sure, but not the great fighter that almost everyone would try and have you believe.
This will mark the sixth straight fight since his star turning performance against a washed-up Oscar De La Hoya that Pacquiao will face someone that is completely outclassed and non-competitive.
And it will mark the third fighter that has already been dominated by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at a younger and more competitive place in their boxing career (Mayweather also beat De La Hoya before Manny did).
While this might sound like I am trying to prop up Mayweather at Pacquiao's expense, that's not the case. I think that Mayweather has been ducking Pacquiao for a few years now and, Mayweather's perfectly reasonable request for random Olympic-style drug testing aside, has looked for any excuse in the book to try and avoid the fight everyone wants to see.
Now, with his current legal troubles looming, we might never see these two fight and most of the blame will have to fall on Mayweather's shoulders.
That being said, one can't just ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to the competition that Pacquiao has faced since becoming the biggest star in boxing. Don't believe me, just look at the fighters Pacquiao has fought since beating De La Hoya.
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