Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are recognised as two of the best ever, but despite their 2015 meeting, fans continue to debate which man was the greatest. Now, world-renowned trainer Robert Garcia has had his say.
Pacquiao is boxing’s only ever eight-division world champion, having ruled at flyweight in 1998 and then in all divisions between super-bantamweight and super-welterweight over the course over his legendary career.
Although, unlike the self-proclaimed ‘TBE’, ‘Pac Man’ was defeated on eight occasions, including a defeat to Mayweather, who famously retired with a record of 50-0, after claiming world honours in five different weight divisions.
Yet, in a clip captured by RyckesportsTV, Garcia declared that, in his opinion, it is Pacquiao who sits higher in the ‘GOAT’ debate, due to the love that he received outside of the ring, as well as his skills within it.
“I think that Pacquiao was better. Mike Tyson said something to me, ‘to be the GOAT, it is not just because of your boxing record, you gotta be loved and accepted by the fans’ – and everyone loves Pacquiao.
“Like Tyson says, [you must be able to] walk down the street without bodyguards, everybody that comes up to you shakes your hand, when you can’t do that, you can’t be a GOAT if you can’t do that.”
