1997 p4p top ten ....

[brown bomber]

1. Oscar de la Hoya 24-0 (22)
2. Roy jones 34-1
3. Pernell Whitaker 40-2-1
4. Felix Trinidad 31-0
5. Ricardo Lopez 43-0-1
6. Junior jones 43-2
7. Kostya tszyu 18-0-1
8. Terry Norris 45-6
9. Evander Holyfield 33-3
10. Mark Johnson 30-1

In terms of talent how do you feel those names stack up with today's?

[Smoggy7188]

Better then than it is now.

[Bill C84]

Originally Posted by Smoggy7188

Better then than it is now.

By some distance as well.

[LHL]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. / Manny Pacquiao
Country: USA / Philippines
Record: 43-0-0 (26 KOs) / 54-4-2 (38 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 2 / 2 | Last Week: 2 / 2 | Weeks On List: 50 / 457
Titles: WBC welterweight, WBA jr. middleweight / n/a welterweight

Andre Ward
Country: USA
Record: 26-0-0 (14 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 3 | Last Week: 5 | Weeks On List: 72
Titles: RING, WBC, WBA super middleweight

Sergio Martinez
Country: Argentina
Record: 49-2-2 (28 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 4 | Last Week: 3 | Weeks On List: 122
Titles: RING middleweight

Nonito Donaire
Country: Philippines
Record: 29-1-0 (18 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 5 | Last Week: 4 | Weeks On List: 174
Title: WBO, IBF jr. featherweight

Juan Manuel Marquez
Country: Mexico
Record: 54-6-1 (39 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 6 | Last Week: 6 | Weeks On List: 282
Titles: WBA, WBO jr. welterweight

Wladimir Klitschko
Country: Ukraine
Record: 58-3-0 (51 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 7 | Last Week: 7 | Weeks On List: 106
Titles: RING, IBF, WBO, WBA heavyweight

Timothy Bradley
Country: USA
Record: 29-0-0 (12 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 8 | Last Week: 8 | Weeks On List: 102
Titles: WBO welterweight

Vitali Klitschko
Country: Ukraine
Record: 45-2-0 (41 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 9| Last Week: 9 | Weeks On List: 38
Title: WBC heavyweight

Anselmo Moreno
Country: Panama
Record: 33-1-1 (12 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 10 | Last Week: NR | Weeks On List: 1
Titles: WBA bantamweight


There's the rings now just to compare.

[brown bomber]

Manny and floyd might be top 4-5 the others would struggle to be part of it

[Beeston Brawler]

How is Martinez above Marquez?

Utter nonsense.

[BoxingAnalyst]

Originally Posted by Beeston Brawler

How is Martinez above Marquez?

Utter nonsense.

This.

[FIN]

Surely in 97 naz was on that list..

[happydrinks]

lol at vitali being in anyone's top 10

[LHL]

Originally Posted by happydrinks

lol at vitali being in anyone's top 10

Just to make this clear that the rings rankings I'm in no way mentally retarded.

[BoxingAnalyst]

That's a very impressive list.

[nick6]

Fighters from the past always get remembered better because most people remember their best performance and then forgets about all the stinkers they had.

Plus i dont think its fair to judge fighters against each other until they have finished their careers because they might go on to achieve more.

[hitman_hatton1]

Originally Posted by FIN

Surely in 97 naz was on that list..

he rarely made those lists.

the ring could see right thru him.

[knockout artist]

A prime Mayweather would be number 1 on that list, maybe today's Mayweather could be number 1 on that list. Prime Pacquiao would be between Oscar, Jones and Whitaker. Today's Pacquiao would probably be 5th behind Trinidad

[bam bam]

Originally Posted by FIN

Surely in 97 naz was on that list..

They had him at #9 in 1998