AS the only eight-division world boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao has earned the distinction of being ranked by the international television network CBS Sports as No. 3 among the greatest welterweight warriors of the past five decades.

CBS Sports columnists Brian Campbell and Brent Brookhouse listed the 41-year-old Pacquiao at third place while unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. hugged the second spot and 1976 Olympic gold medalist Sugar Ray Leonard claimed the plum position after the two reporters debated and voted last April 30.

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