Is Lomachenko's Ascension To P4P #1 The Fastest In History???

Yes, but it is a little deceptive given his unmatched amateur experience.

 

"Quit jobs"... Yeah, Rigo and Walters did so, but Marriaga and Sosa got a beatdown.

 

Dude... Did you even watch the Sosa and Marriaga fights?
Sosa especially, he got beaten the **** down.

 

Every thing he does is the fastest in history. Some people hold his success as an amateur against like it is an unfair lead into his pro career. There have been plenty of amateurs that have had 100's of fights but none have come close to Lomas record breaking career as an amateur or pro.

 

That body attack tho. He was beaten down. He couldnt fight back anymore.

 

This is what happens when you give a pair of gloves to a high IQ natural talent.

 

I think they started doing pound for pound ratings in 1990; so if you don't take into account earlier guys like Tony Canzoneri, probably. Of course, Lomachenko isn't The Ring's #1 p4p yet.

 

I was thinking about that phrasing "fastest in history." I know people mean in the fewest fights, but he hasn't been fighting as a pro for more than five years. He doesn't have a lot of fights for how much time has passed. I wonder how he stacks up in terms of time? I mean, Canzoneri held titles from featherweight to lightweight in his first five years on the job. Inside of six he'd have the light welterweight title too. He was probably considered #1 p4p then at 23 after he'd beaten Jack Berg, Al Singer, Sammy Fuller, Billy Petrolle, Benny Bass, Johnny Dundee and had a hundred fights.

It made me wonder how much you have to do to get rated #1 by Ring, so I went back and looked at people's accomplishments when they were first rated #1. Some had accomplished more than others by the time their worth was recognized.

2018 Golovkin- Alvarez, Jacobs, Lemieux
2017 Ward - Kovalev, Froch, Kessler, Abrahams, Bika, Dawson
2016 Gonzalez - Estrada, Cuadras, Viloria, Sosa, Yaegashi
2008 Pacquiao - Morales, Barrera, JMM, De La Hoya, Ledwaba
2005 Mayweather - Hernandez, Castillo, Corrales
2002 Hopkins - Trinidad
2000 Mosley - De La Hoya
1997 De La Hoya - Whitaker, Chavez, Hernandez, Camacho
1996 RJJ - McCallum, Toney, Hopkins
1993 Whitaker - Chavez, McGirt, Nelson, Haugen, Mayweather Sr., Ramirez
1990 Chavez - Taylor, Mayweather Sr., Ramirez, Rosario, Laporte, Lockridge, Castillo
1989 Tyson - Holmes, Spinks, Bruno, Tucker, Berbick

The fastest of these 12 to make their way to #1 was Tyson who rose up the ranks in just over three years. De La Hoya did it in about 5. RJJ in 6.