When Floyd Mayweather announced that he will take on Victor Ortiz in September after more than a year out of the ring, the reaction from many was that he had picked a more difficult opponent than his main rival Manny Pacquiao, who fights Juan Manuel Marquez in November.
Indeed Pacquiao's critics have been vocal about the fact that he has fought what they to be consider a series of easy opponents.
Arguably beginning with his March 2009 bout with Joshua Clottey, Pacquiao has taken on foes who at least after the fight looked either well past their best or like they simply didn't belong in the ring with him.
Joshua Clottey covered up more or less the entire bout.
Antonio Margarito fought bravely but took such a beating for a time afterwards his career was in doubt.
Shane Mosley, blistered and bruised as he was, got on his bike in the early rounds and never stopped pedaling.
On the basis of those routs some assume that Pacquiao's old rival Juan Manuel Marquez will be similarly easy prey,
despite plenty of quotes in the press from Marquez, Pacquiao himself and promoter Bob Arum to the contrary.
In many cases though those same critics are heralding Floyd Mayweather's choice of return opponent in recently crowned WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, who in taking on Mayweather will be fighting at 147lbs for just the second time.
Source: Examiner.com
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