That means our featured fighter tomorrow will be No. The plan is to work our way down our pound-for-pound list each day. And we’re operating under the assumption that none of our featured boxers will fight with ring rust as result of their forced coronavirus-related layoff. One caveat: We won’t consider promotional and managerial rivalries that often stand in the way of the best matchups. We’re looking for the best possible but also realistic foes for our featured boxers. We want to acknowledge that the choice of possible opponents is subjective. And even after celebrating another birthday in December, more compelling challenges await the Filipino icon when the pandemic subsides.

Pacquiao proved at 40 that he remained an elite fighter by outpointing Keith Thurman in July. We then tally Pacquiao’s record in those fights and present our standings. In this installment of Who Wins?, our staffers’ give their takes on how Pacquiao would do against Errol Spence Jr., Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Danny Garcia and Mikey Garcia. 1 boxer pound-for-pound, Vasiliy Lomachenko, and moved down the Boxing Junkie list to No.

One of the questions fans love to ask even amid a busy schedule is, “Who would win if …?” With that in mind, we decided to create our own “Who Wins?” feature, in which we pit a single fighter against each of five potential opponents and indicate who we believe would win the fights. Boxing Junkie staffers are trying to have some fun while the sport is on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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