Floyd Mayweather is widely considered to be the greatest fighter to have ever laced up the gloves.
The Michigan-native entered the paid ranks back in 1996 after a stellar amateur career which saw him walk away from the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia with a featherweight bronze medal.
He would go on to win world titles across five weight classes throughout the course of his decorated 21-year professional career, defeating the likes of Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao along the way.
Mayweather eventually called time on his tenure just a few months on from his monumental crossover bout with UFC star Conor McGregor, stopping the Irishman in the 10th round of showdown at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
When Mayweather was discussing the best fighter he ever faced in an interview with Fight Hub TV, he revealed Pacquiao as being the greatest opponent, brandishing his former rival as ‘one hell of a fighter’.
“The best fighter I ever fought probably was Manny Pacquiao.
“It’s because of his movement. He’s a hell of a fighter, and I can see why he won so many fights, and I can see why he’s going down as a Hall of Famer. It’s just certain moves he makes.”
Mayweather and Pacquiao finally locked horns in May 2015 in a clash billed as the ‘Fight of the Century’. The bout never lived up to the hype and the American ran out the winner via unanimous decision on the scorecards in a largely uneventful affair.
