The names of Sugar Ray Robinson,Willie Pep,Rocky Marciano,Joe Louis,Roberto Duran and tons of other legends will always inspire me and i will always have respect for them but facts are facts guys and as you know i am a big fan of numbers and %!
All i know is that manny started from 106 lbs and conquered the world in 7 different divisions,no other boxer can ever claim such a thing and i think it's once in a lifetime record,it won't break any time soon,it's like Ussain Bolt's records in 100 and 200 m or Phelps 8 golds in one single Olympics,records like these do not break every day!
Flyweight.
Junior featherweight.
Featherweight.
Junior lightweight.
Lightweight.
Junior welterweight.
Welterweight
Comparisons with very good boxers of our generation who are good no doubt like Mayweather,Cotto,Calzaghe, Juan Marquez,Oscar De La Hoya,Klitschkos just to name fiew ,there is no doubt they all will leave a great legacy and are great boxers but they are just ordinary boxers,none is in the "mythical" size of Manny!
I think in my humble 100% personal opinion Manny can be compared for now with only 5-10 boxers as Robinson,Armstrong,Duran,Marciano,Pep and few others specially him being compared with someone who ADMITTED USING STEROIDS or someone WHO HAS DUCK 50% of boxers in his era is a blasphemy to BOXING not just Manny!
Thoughts?