Pacquiao-Mayweather Match Will Settle Best Boxer of the Decade

The much anticipated boxing fight of Pacquiao and Myweather next year will determine who among the two great boxers deserves to be called 'Best Boxer of the Decade'.

The winner of the highly anticipated boxing fight of next year between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will determine once and for all who among the two great boxers deserve to be called 'Best Fighter of the Deacade'. Ring Magazine columnist Michael Rosenthal's elite list of 10 best fighters of the decade puts Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as this decade's 'Best Fighter'. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is not pleased at all with Rosenthal's chioice saying that he is the best pound-for-pound boxer, being undefeated in in all his professional fights. Rosenthal placed Mayweather as no.2 in the list with Manny Pacquiao as his no.1 choice, “Sorry Floyd but you need to fight the best to be the best," Rosenthal wrote in explaining his choice of Pacquiao over Mayweather for this decade. GMA News reports: Throughout the 2000s, the 30-year-old fighter took on and beat some of the best such as Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton – from 126-lbs to 147-lbs. The Filipino ring icon shared stellar billing in Rosenthal’s elite list with Sam Langford (1910), Benny Leonard (1920s), Henry Armstrong (1930s), Ray Robinson (1940s and 1950s), Muhammad Ali (1960s), Roberto Duran (1970s), Ray Leonard (1980s) and Roy Jones Jr. (1990s). Contract for the Pacquiao-Mayweather match has not been signed as negotiation is hampered by disagreements between the two camps on prize purse and catch weight issues. Freddie Roach says the fight, if it does happen, will be held in May or June next year most probably in Las Vegas or Texas. in USA. Also under consideration as possible venues are Dubai and Yankees Stadium in New York.