{"id":584352,"date":"2026-05-14T22:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584352\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:14:07","slug":"robert-garcia-picks-who-deserves-the-higher-all-time-ranking-between-mayweather-and-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584352\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Garcia picks who deserves the higher all-time ranking between Mayweather and Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floyd Mayweather and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/manny-pacquiao\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manny Pacquiao<\/a> are recognised as two of the best ever, but despite their 2015 meeting, fans continue to debate which man was the greatest. Now, world-renowned trainer Robert Garcia has had his say.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao is boxing\u2019s only ever eight-division world champion, having ruled at flyweight in 1998 and then in all divisions between super-bantamweight and super-welterweight over the course over his legendary career.<\/p>\n<p>Although, unlike the self-proclaimed \u2018TBE\u2019, \u2018Pac Man\u2019 was defeated on eight occasions, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/hofer-on-pacquiao-and-mayweather-power\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including a defeat to Mayweather,<\/a> who famously retired with a record of 50-0, after claiming world honours in five different weight divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ryckesportstv\/video\/7617065851287637268?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clip captured by RyckesportsTV<\/a>, Garcia declared that, in his opinion, it is Pacquiao who sits higher in the \u2018GOAT\u2019 debate, due to the love that he received outside of the ring, as well as his skills within it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that Pacquiao was better. Mike Tyson said something to me, \u2018to be the GOAT, it is not just because of your boxing record, you gotta be loved and accepted by the fans\u2019 \u2013 and everyone loves Pacquiao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Tyson says, [you must be able to] walk down the street without bodyguards, everybody that comes up to you shakes your hand, when you can\u2019t do that, you can\u2019t be a GOAT if you can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/48686710\/mayweather-pacquiao-rematch-take-place-sphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pacquiao could put an end to Mayweather\u2019s unbeaten record, with a shock professional rematch having reportedly been agreed and set to be aired live and exclusive on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are recognised as two of the best ever, but despite their 2015 meeting,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-584352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}