Manny Pacquiao has fought some of the modern day greats in his 72 fight career.
Pacquiao has faced the elite in boxing from Floyd Mayweather to Juan Manuel Marquez – suffering a brutal KO defeat to the Mexican in their epic rivalry.
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My Knockout of the Year;
Juan Manuel Marquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao.
12/08/2012. pic.twitter.com/ekUTREsEqK— 𝗧𝗮𝗵𝗷 𝗥🥀 (@BoxingJournaIs) May 18, 2021
But speaking to the Ring in 2015 he revealed Miguel Cotto who he fought in 2009 as the best puncher he faced.
On Cotto he said, “I can still feel some of those punches he threw at me.”
“Staying on the ropes is not the best place to be when you are fighting him. He’s also accurate. He’s incredible.”
Pacquiao’s power was still there when he moved up to welterweight to fight Cotto 💪 pic.twitter.com/PGs8q3Kr9G
— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) April 26, 2020