Manny Pacquiao is a Once in a Generation Boxer

Manny Pacquiao is moving up to junior welterweight and not looking back for a second. The guy has come from the deepest regions of the lighter weight classes all the way to welterweight successfully. What he has done is remarkable. In fact, I would say comparable only to Roy Jones' move to heavyweight (against John Ruiz) when looking at the most recent generation of boxing achievements. However, if Manny beats Ricky Hatton and moves on to succeed at welterweight he will have surpassed even the greatness of Jones' achievement. Jones only had one fight at heavyweight and never really dominated the division. He dominated the light heavyweight division after moving up throughout his career but Manny can surpass that. If Manny can beat Hatton and then dethrone Mayweather his accomplishment will be unparalleled within the most recent generation of boxing achievements. He will have dominated each and every weight division he fought in. Even lightweight where he only had one fight - it was a clear destruction of David Diaz and he showed he was capable of being the class of that division. If he beats Hatton, he will have shown the same at the junior welterweight division. It's impossible to compare him with the old school guys like Sam Langford and Archie Moore but within this most recent generation of fighters he is proving to be a diamond in the rough. It will be exciting to see how many milestones he can break in the coming years!