Manny Pacquiao was voted the best fighter of the 2000s and has been the only other fighter, besides Floyd, considered the #1 P4P fighter in the world. He's the 2nd biggest draw in the sport and is at 147 just like Floyd.
Manny is a HOF fighter, an ATG, and is fighting in the same era as Floyd. You think Floyd beating him or not fighting wouldnt do anything for his legacy?
It's gonna go down as he either ducked Manny or beat the hell out of him. That's it. Nobody gives a fukk that he beat Ortiz, Guerrero, Baldomir, Judah, Khan....THOSE foughts did nothing for his legacy. Beating Manny cleans out his entire era and ends any talks, that will be inevitable, that Floyd ducked the toughest opponent