p4p lists are for fun, and not to be taken seriously no nmatter who does them, me included , but i like to see wlad on a list. i do not know why he is never included.
Here's mine: 1. Floyd Mayweather 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Calzaghe 4. Mig Cotto 5. Israel Vasquez 6. JM Marquez 7. Kelly Pavlik 8. Raf Marquez
1. Mayweather 2. Calzaghe 3. Pacquiao/JMMarquez (I thought the second fight was a draw) 4. Vasquez 5. R Marquez 6. Hopkins 7. Cotto/Pavlik (toss up)
Here's my fun list, just for fun, with Wlad on it: 1. This content is protected 2. Cotto 3. Mayweather 4. Pacquiao 5. JMM 6. Vazquez 7. Rafa Marquez 8. Calzaghe 9. Haye 10. Wlad ...what do you think, sean?
Cotto shouldn't be over Pacqauio yet, shouldn't be over Calzaghe either. Why is Marquez and Vasquez over Calzaghe?
Cotto basically fought to a draw with an over the hill Mosley. Wait to see how Cotto does against a prime Margarito, not to mention Mayweather. Hopkins was Ring #1 at LHW and only lost to Ring's #1 at SMW.
This is the type of thing I can't stand. Margarito is a much lesser than fighter than the 'over the hill' Mosely, the 'over the hill' Mosely would have virutally shut out Clottey and Williams, with a possible chance of TKOing Williams. Yet the Williams/Clottey level 2nd tier Margarito is a measure of test for Cotto?
Calzaghe dropped a couple of places due to his poor performance against Hopkins and because he's not going to perform as well as he's done at his peak (Kessler - p4p Top 3) ever again. If he performs better against RJJ, he goes up a slot or two...but he'll stay outside the Top 5, I think. I think Cotto is the best fighter in the world, but not clearly so. If you want to put Pacquiao over him, that's fine. But then you'd have to put JMM over Cotto too...and I think Cotto's better than JMM, so he's better than Pacquiao too, I think. Cotto performs at a higher level than Calzaghe right now, I think. I'm not sure what Rafa and Vazquez have got left after their wars, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Fun list, remember?:thumbsup