BBC p4p top ten published

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  1. clyde

    clyde Boxing Addict Full Member

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    BBC pound-for-pound world rankings



    Staff at the BBC Sport website have banged their heads together and compiled a list of the world's top-10 boxers, pound-for-pound.
    Taking weight out of the equation, this subjective list factors in fighters' recent results, as well as their style, resilience and punching power.
    The list will be updated periodically and should be treated as a talking point. Let the debate begin!


    POUND-FOR-POUND TOP 10
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    1. Floyd Mayweather
    - Welterweight
    United States (41-0, 25KOs)
    So masterful was Mayweather against Shane Mosley, we felt compelled to put him back on top of our list. Next up Pacquiao? For the sake of boxing, let's hope so.
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    2. Manny Pacquiao
    - Welterweight
    Philippines (51-3-2, 38KOs)
    Pacquiao outclassed Joshua Clottey in Dallas, and now everything's crossed that a fight with Floyd Mayweather will finally happen later this year.
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    3. Juan Manuel Marquez
    - Lightweight
    Mexico (50-5-1, 37KOs)
    Marquez was destroyed by Mayweather in September, but size was clearly a factor. Defends his WBO lightweight crown against Juan Diaz in July.
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    4. Bernard Hopkins
    - Light-heavyweight
    United States (51-5-1, 32KOs)
    Hopkins is still churning out wins five years shy of his 50th birthday, but if his revenge win over Roy Jones told us anything, his time may be nigh.
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    5. Shane Mosley
    - Welterweight
    United States (46-6, 39KOs)
    Mosley was beaten handily by Mayweather, losing almost every round. He's had a stellar career, and at 38, he might now decide to call it a day.
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    6. Miguel Cotto
    - Welterweight
    Puerto Rico (35-2, 28KOs)
    Demolished by Pacquiao last year but got back to winning ways with a defeat of Yuri Foreman in May. Is now after a rematch with Pacquiao.
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    7. Chad Dawson
    - Light-heavyweight
    United States (29-0, 17KOs)
    Dawson beat former world champions Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in 2009, and WBC champion Jean Pascal is up next in August.
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    8. Paul Williams
    - Middleweight
    United States (39-1, 27KOs)
    Williams beat Kermit Cintron in bizarre fashion when Cintron fell through the ropes, and he is now touting himself for a match with Pacquiao.
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    9. Juan Manuel Lopez
    - Featherweight
    Puerto Rico (29-0, 26KOs)
    The unbeaten former super-bantamweight world champion stepped up to claim the WBO title in January and his next engagement is against Rafael Marquez in September.
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    10. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
    - Flyweight
    Thailand (75-3-1, 39KOs)
    Aged 32, Wonjongkam has already engaged in 79 fights and recently regained the WBC crown he lost in shocking fashion to Daisuke Naito in 2007.
     
    clyde, Jul 23, 2010
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Shite as usual, Hopkins is going to be in there until he gets his bus pass.
     
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  3. NSFW

    NSFW ESB interacial lovin... Full Member

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    Take out Hopkins, Mosley and Cotto.
     
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  4. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    The only three that are correct are the top 3.

    The rest are open to a lot of debate - Cotto, Hopkins and maybe Mosley shouldn't be on there.... I'm not all that fussed for Dawson or Lopez either, both are losing their next fights :deal

    Martinez should be in there, as should Andre Ward.
     
    Beeston Brawler, Jul 23, 2010
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  5. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    From which year is this?
     
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  6. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Also, down with putting in people just on the basis of them having funny names :deal
     
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  7. Vano-Irons

    Vano-Irons Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Very impressed with these rankings. At least the top three deserve to be there (if you resverse the order IMO) which is actually pretty good for the BBC! Out of the ten, half of them make it on my list.
     
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  8. clyde

    clyde Boxing Addict Full Member

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    published today
     
    clyde, Jul 23, 2010
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  9. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    1. Marquez
    2. Pacquiao
    3. Mayweather

    ?
     
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  10. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Agreed.
     
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  11. ed7890

    ed7890 Col. Hunter Gathers Full Member

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    P4P lists all bull**** in general anyway.
     
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  12. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Yup, no ****er even knows the criteria.
     
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  13. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Where's Fernando Montiel?:mad:
     
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  14. enormous

    enormous You, quadruped. Full Member

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    BBC :lol:
     
    enormous, Jul 23, 2010
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    enormous You, quadruped. Full Member

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    8. Paul Williams
    - Middleweight
    United States (39-1, 27KOs)
    Williams beat Kermit Cintron in bizarre fashion when Cintron fell through the ropes, and he is now touting himself for a match with Pacquiao.

    :lol: if that is right boxing is a ****ing joke sometimes, usually more often than not.
     
    enormous, Jul 23, 2010
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