Who was considered p4p no 1 in the last 50 years? now its Pac, before him mayweather but who was it before that?? Jones Jr? Tyson? Lewis? Anyone care to enlighten me?
ray robinson(40/50), ali(60), duran(70), ray leonard(80),jones jr(90), pac(00). Talking in decades here
In my time following the sport, these guys were seen p4p#1 at one time or another: Pac Mayweather Hopkins Trinidad Mosley De La Hoya Roy Jones before that you probably had Whitaker, Chavez, Tyson..
The Ring does a yearly poll with boxers, trainers, writers, etc...: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10208&page=1 The Ring also has their own lists: http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--1980s http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--1990s http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--2000s
Sugar Ray Robinson helped popularize the term but other fighters before him that were called the best "pound-for-pound" were Bob Fitzsimmons and Tony Canzoneri. It obviously wasn't taken as seriously back then as it often is nowadays.
1980: duran 1981:hearns 1982:leonard 1983:hagler 1984:hagler 1985:hagler 1986: hagler 1987:tyson 1988:mike tyson 1989: mike tyson 1990: chavez 1991: chavez 1992: chavez 1993:whitaker 1994:whitaker 1995: whitaker 1996: jones jr 1997: de la hoya 1998: de la hoya 1999: jones jr 2000: mosley 2001:mosley 2002: hopkins 2003:jones jr 2004: hopkins 2005:mayweather 2006:mayweather 2007:mayweather 2008: pacquiao 2009: pacquiao 2010: pacquiao
Since there is no sane or real answer Let me add 'BIG DADDY' his legions of fans would tell you him winning this nonsensical talk of greatest P4P king ever would be EASY EASY EASY The man, the legend himself BIG DADDY This content is protected