the Philippines. Much like my friend and colleague Bobby Cassidy wrote in the previous post, Pacquiao's biggest wins have come against fighters on the downside of their careers. That's not Pacquiao's fault, but facts are facts. How many great lightweight fighters are out there?
Right now I'll go with Kelly Pavlik. Yes, I know I'm jumping on the bandwagon, but he beat Jermain Taylor twice and knocked out Edison Miranda. And contrary to popular belief, Taylor is not washed up. At 29, he still in his prime.
Pavlik will probably need to beat someone like Joe Calzaghe, Bernard Hopkins or maybe even Roy Jones to convince the rest of the boxing world that he is pound for pound the best. A third fight against Taylor, who's been laying low since his second loss to Pavlik in February, could also be a possibility. But that's at least a year and a half down the line. The latest rumor has Taylor fighting Felix Trinidad as a super middleweight sometime in late September or early October.
- Marcus Henry