Pound for Pound: What does it mean to you?

Pretty much agree with the OP. I do my rankings based on the quality of a fighter's resume weighed against the size of his opponents.

If a fighter moves up a weight and dominates a similarly skilled fighter, for example, he would move up the pound for pound list.

 

p4p is kind of a useless title. Heavyweights are the best fighters. If a featherweight wants to be known as the best fighter than fight a heavyweight. Too hard? Then your not the best.

 

That's a flawed concept in itself.
If weight classes didn't exist and it's just ancient Roman Gladiator arena combat.. Than yes.. but weight classes exist.

That's like saying Vasyl is not as great as Anthony Joshua because Joshua will brutally KO Vasyl Lomachenko (which he will)

That's like saying Gennady Golevkin is not as good as Bryant Jennings.

Or that Joe Calzaghe is not as great as ****ing Frank Bruno because Bruno will savagely beat Calzaghe.


Who's the greater fighter?

Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine or Erislandy Savon of Cuba?

Vasyl.

What happens if they fight?
Savon will shatter Vasyl's face and kill him.

Your concept is ******ed.


That being said.. the p4p concept is ******ed in itself because it is massively flawed against super heavyweights like Lennox.

Lennox at 6'5 245 doing the shoulder roll and weaving against Briggs might not LOOK as impressive as Pernell doing the same thing at 135 pounds and 5'6 1/2.... but realistically it's just as impressive if not more so.

 

Ya but that's hard to guage in itself for heavyweights.

For instance.. Miguel Cotto might LOOK more skilled than Tony Tucker.. but anyone with any knowledge what so ever of the heavyweights will say Tucker is just as skilled as Cotto if not more so.

 

It's bull****.

Should be the best fighter.

 

Nothing at all.

Only small figthers and Mayweather talks about P4P, because they know they cant beat a heavyweight anyway.

The Heavyweight Champions is the best and strongest man in boxing. No matter what.

And no Im not a Klitschko fan.

 

Valid point.

Still, when it comes to rating heavyweights in a P4P sense I still look at the weight/size differential.

EG - Wladimir Klitschko is quite reliant on his physical aspects. Would he be the same beast if the size of Chisora? Very much doubt so.

 

doing the most you can with the tools you're given, and fighting above your best weight

 

This doesn't gel with me because people fight differently at different sizes. Therefore the only sensible way to put it in a succinct manner is: An evaluation of a fighter's quality, regardless of size.