Manny Pacquiao is on a seven-fight winning streak at 130 pounds and has basically cleared out the junior lightweight division.
So now he’s moving up to a new challenge at 135 pounds, where he’ll take on WBC lightweight title holder David Diaz Saturday night, and Norm Frauenheim of the Arizona Republic writes that he’s fighting not just for the lightweight title, but for the pound-for-pound title. I think that sounds right.
Now that Floyd Mayweather is retired, Ring Magazine ranks Pacquiao atop its pound-for-pound ratings, and beating Diaz would solidify that. Although there are several other fighters who can stake a claim for the top pound-for-pound spot — Joe Calzaghe, Juan Manuel Marquez, Kelly Pavlik — none has had as many great performances in the last few years as Pacquiao has. If Pacquiao puts on another impressive showing in another weight class, he’ll show that he’s the best in the world.
We’ll be live blogging the Pacquiao-Diaz fight here at FanHouse.
