For Ward 1. Kovalev (slightly past prime in rematch) 2. Kessler 3. Froch 4. Barrera 5. Abraham Honorable Mentions: Dawson (walking corpse), Miranda For Mayweather 1. Castillo 2. Corrales 3. Hatton 4. Canelo (green version) 5. DLH (solidly past prime) Honorable mentions: Pacquiao (solidly past prime), Mosley (Solidly past prime), Hernandez Dare I say Ward has the better collection of wins. And has by far the best single win and it's not even remotely close. Say you want about Ward, a little bit dirty, not the most exciting. But the last thing he ever did was duck somebody or wait until they were way over the hill.
If you are talking totality of the circumstances (i.e. prime, name, skill, streak) I don't think Canelo should even be on this list. He was a green fighter and weight drained. He had a tough fight with Trout right before and lost to Lara less than a year later. Yes, I hate Canelo, but I wouldn't put that in Floyd's top 5 wins based on where he was at that point. Pacman should be on there because he is still a top fighter, even though he was injured.
mayweather is ahead for sure, but not by much. If ward made the same kind of comebacks he could pip money.
Canelo>Kovalev II Pac>Kovalev I, due to manner of victory Corrales>Kessler Castillo>Froch And about ten wins ahead of whatever else Ward has.
Sure Pacquiao, completely career defining and given what he's doing now it's still an good win. It's number top 5 due to the size of the fight. Corrales, He schooled an undefeated Champion in his prime and knocked him down 5 times. Canelo, he beat a defending champion coming off his best win at the time who would go on to be pfp top 3. Maidana 2, clearly won and corrected his wrongs and cleared up controversy from the first fight. Castillo 2, less clear than Maidana but still corrected the first fight That's better than Kovalev 1&2, Froch, Kessler and Abraham. Especially when you consider that both the Kovalev fights were very controversial and Abraham was very inconsistent at SMW and really a natural MW.
Maidana II is nowhere near a top 5 Mayweather win. It’s not even close to Cotto, Hatton, Oscar, and Shane.
It cleared the controversy of the first fight. Hatton was at 147, he definitely wasn't at his best and it showed. He was also a very easy style for Mayweather Mosley and Del a Hoya were middle-aged I considered Cotto but he had seen better days by that point.
Manny Pacquiao just beat the #1 WW in Keith Thurman....Pacquiao is a better win than anything on Wards resume... Just at 130 Corrales P4P rated IBF Champ before and won titles at SFW & LW after ,G.Hernandez best SFW of the 90's ,C.Hernandez a future IBF 130 Champ, J.Chavez a future WBC 130 Champ. Are comparable to some guys best wins including Ward
