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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. In this FanHouse video, members of the Goossen Gym in Van Nuys offer their opinions on Fighter of the Year, Fighter of the Decade and Trainer of the Year, among other things.
Names which surface include southpaw eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts), six-time champion Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) and southpaw WBC middleweight (160 pounds) Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs).
On May 7, Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) in an HBO pay per view televised, Top Rank Promotions bout from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas where Pacquiao's WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) crown will not be on the line.
In March, Pacquiao scored a unanimous decision over former world champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KOs) in defense of his WBO belt in the first-ever fight to be held at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
Pacquiao returned to the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in November, where he earned his 13th straight win against eight knockouts by unanimous decision over ex-champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs) for the vacant WBC crown.
Mosley was beaten by unanimous decision by Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) in May of 2009, and battled to September's junior middleweight draw against ex-champion Sergio Mora (21-1-1, six KOs). Mayweather has been promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.
Promoted by Lou DiBella, Martinez dethroned Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) by unanimous decision in April, and then scored a November, second-round knockout of rival southpaw, Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KOs), that avenged a December, majority decision loss in which both fighters were floored in the first round.
Williams, who is promoted by Dan Goossen, was rated No. 3 in most pound-for-pound lists behind Mayweather and Pacquiao.
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