Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford are viewed as two of the best fighters of the past 30 years.
Pacquiao is an eight-weight world champion, having first claimed world honours at flyweight before rising up the ranks and defeating some of the biggest names in boxing during that time.
He claimed wins over the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Tim Bradley and Marco Antonio Barrera, as the Filipino icon rose as high as 154lbs for the heaviest of his world title victories.
Most recently, he returned to the sport at the age of 46 and proved he is still capable of competing at the highest level, as he was held to a majority decision draw against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios.
Crawford’s accolades are just as impressive, beginning with a world title reign at lightweight before stepping up and becoming undisputed champion at super-lightweight too.
Another undisputed reign followed at 147lbs after victories over fighters such as Errol Spence and Shawn Porter, before ‘Bud’ defeated Israil Madrimov last time out to become WBA super-welterweight champion.
One man who took on both Pacquiao and Crawford was former world champion Jeff Horn, who controversy beat ‘PacMan’ in July 2017 before then losing by stoppage to Crawford a year later.
Having shared the ring with both fighters, Horn revealed to Ring Magazine who he deemed to be the better of the two.
“Crawford just had all the answers to everything I had. His counters were really good, he was fast, his footwork was good, he was able to measure that distance.
“I feel Pacquiao is a very come forward fighter, if he can’t go forward, Pacquiao doesn’t really have as many answers when he can’t really do that. Crawford can do it all. I’m going on pure boxing ability and overall, I guess Terence has the answers to all different of types of fighters.”
Crawford will be hoping to produce another top class performance next month when he moves up to 168lbs to challenge undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, attempting to become a three-weight undisputed champion in the process.
