Thursday, November 19, 2009

The greatest fighter who ever lived



Promoter Bob Arum told Manny Pacquio after the fight, "You're going to be the greatest fighter who ever lived."

This was after the Hatton fight. Bob Arum knows what he is talking about, having promoted great boxers like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson in his youth.

Manny Pacquio is the only fighter in the long history of boxing to secure seven world titles in seven different weight classes.

Manny Pacquiao appears on the cover of TIME Magazine 20 years after former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson attained the same feat.

He is featured on the cover of TIME Magazine - Asia edition. Out of the many legendary fighters to have fought in the last 25 years, Mike Tyson was the last boxer featured in 1988.

The likes of Oscar de la Hoya, Roy Jones, Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Evander Holyfield were not featured on the cover of TIME.

Prior to Tyson, Muhammad Ali was last on the cover in 1978.

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