We have lost two Great fighters this month With Calzaghe now retired and Margarito Badly beaten and banned and so boxing is suffering a minor blip, but not to worry there's plenty more fish in the sea and alot of young gun's on the Rise in 2009 with the like's of Lopez, Angulo, Gamboa and Scotland's own Paul Appleby.:happy This is my P4P top 25, this is a list i make for fun and won't cater to everybody's taste's especially the many Hatton fan's of which i myself am one. So feel free to criticize as I'm sure you will, but let me warn you i won't hear any criticizing of my placement of Miguel Cotto as i believe his defeat to Margarito should be if not totally discounted then brought into serious question. Ninebar's Feb 2009 p4p. 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Juan Manuel Marquez 3. Bernard Hopkins 4. Israel Vasquez 5. Miguel Cotto 6. Shane Mosley 7. Ivan Calderon 8. Paul Williams 9. Vic Darcinyan 10. Wladimir Klitschko 11. Ricky Hatton 12. Chad Dawson 13. Rafael Marquez 14. David Haye 15. Tomasz Adamek 16. Kelly Pavlik 17. Nate Campbell 18. Nonito Doniere 19. Mikkel Kessler 20. Celsetine Cabellero 21. Chris John 22. Arthur Abraham 23. Fernando Montiel 24. Christian Mijares 25. Lucian Bute
At this point I would put Shane over Cotto, despite the head to head close decision. Since then, Shane has beaten Mayorga and beaten Margarito senseless. That's got to count for something.
your close from reality , good list . i would do one but im scared to forget too much good boxer. Ive been folowing boxing for over 10 years but still have to learn from a couple weight class.
I had a big hard think about that, but Cotto edged it for me because of the narrow win H2H. Cotto vs Mosley 2 is now a must!!!
well done. one day i hope to be able of making a list of 25 p4p fighters. eric. ________ Freshteen live
Yeah he does look a little high and i still think he's boring but he unified the title by beating Ibragimov and he's absolutely head and shoulders above everyone in the Division just dominating everyone. I hope Haye beat's him in June but it looks like a tall order (Excuse the pun)
If he'd be ''head &shoulders'' he'd be a shampoo.He is no way better than his brother and I didn't even see him in you'r top.I can't call him the best knowing his brother would beat him.Wlad is good but that's it.
I'll rank Vitali after the Gomez fight, Cant put him over guy's with all the work they put in and Vitali comes back and beats a poor looking Samuel Peter. Vitali is better than Wlad i agree and much better to watch as well but he has to earn back his status four year's is a long time in boxing.
That much more showing how poor Wlad is.And his more recent performances were awfully boring and just plain bad against nobodies.He is past it.He will lose another fight by (T)KO soon.