By Dave Lahr: Well, I hate to break this to Manny Pacquiao’s fans but WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best fighter in boxing right now, not Pacquiao. I got to say I totally agree with Martinez 100%. Mayweather is on another planet in terms of ability to compared to Pacquiao. It’s too bad Martinez can’t get a fight against Manny, because it would be great to see what Martinez’s punches can do with the 5’6″ Pacquiao.

I mean Antonio Margarito, the slow fighter that Pacquiao just fought, is bigger than Martinez by an inch at 5’11” and has much longer arms, yet Martinez isn’t even being considered for an opponent for Pacquiao. Margarito, a really slow fighter, gets a shot but not Martinez. Now why is that?

In a Martinez interview at eastsideboxing.com, Martinez said “Floyd Mayweather Jr. is probably the best fighter in the world right now and the one that I admire most, personally. It would be an honor for me to fight him.”

I wonder why Martinez didn’t mention Pacquiao as being the best fighter in the world? Is it because his technique isn’t as solid as Mayweather’s or is it the guys that Pacquiao has been put in with that causes Martinez to ignore Pacquiao when picking out the fighter he most admires? For me it’s both. I see Mayweather as a much better fighter in ever facet of his game compared to Pacquiao, and I also see Mayweather having faced overall better fighters than Pacquiao. Heck, Pacquiao went life and death with Juan Manuel Marquez, a fighter that Mayweather totally dominated. What does that tell you?