[RING, Dec. 2004] Top 100 current fighters

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    From the December 2004 issue, pp.35-55

    1) Bernard Hopkins
    2) Floyd Mayweather
    3) Antonio Tarver
    4) Roy Jones
    5) Winky Wright
    6) Erik Morales
    7) Manny Pacquiao
    8) Juan Manuel Marquez
    9) Oscar de la Hoya
    10) Kostya Tszyu
    11) James Toney
    12) Jose Luis Castillo
    13) Rafael Marquez
    14) Veerapol Sahaprom
    15) Marco Antonio Barrera
    16) Diego Corrales
    17) Cory Spinks
    18) Sharmba Mitchell
    19) Ricardo Mayorga
    20) Vernon Forrest
    21) Shane Mosley
    22) Arturo Gatti
    23) Joel Casamayor
    24) Rosendo Alvarez
    25) Acelino Freitas
    26) Vitali Klitschko
    27) Joe Calzaghe
    28) Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
    29) Lorenzo Para
    30) Kassim Ouma
    31) Verno Philllips
    32) Oscar Larios
    33) Katushige Kawashima
    34) Chris Byrd
    35) Mark Johnson
    36) Zab Judah
    37) Antonio Margarito
    38) Jorge Arce
    39) Jesus Chavez
    40) Vivian harris
    41) Alexander Munoz
    42) Miguel Cotto
    43) Zsolt Erdei
    44) Luis Perez
    45) Juan Lazcano
    46) Fernando Vargas
    47) Paul Spadafora
    48) Victor Burgos
    49) Beibis Mendoza
    50) Ricky Hatton
    51) Glencoffee Johnson
    52) Johnny Bredahl
    53) Eric Morel
    54) Howard Eastman
    55) Masamori Kokuyama
    56) Irene Pacheco
    57) Yutaka Niida
    58) John Ruiz
    59) Eagle Kyowa
    60) Scott Harrison
    61) Injin Chi
    62) Felix Sturm
    63) Fernando Montiel
    64) Javier Castillejo
    65) Julio Gonzalez
    66) Steve Johnston
    67) Julio Diaz
    68) Dariusz Michaelczewski
    69) Daniel Reyes
    70) Wayne Braithwaite
    71) Jean-Marc Mormeck
    72) Yodsanan Nanthachai
    73) DeMarcus Corley
    74) Oktay Urkal
    75) Israel Vasquez
    76) Jermain Taylor
    77) Martin Castillo
    78) Jose Antonio Aguirre
    79) Manny Siaca
    80) Anthony Mundine
    81) Nelson Dieppa
    82) Ivan Calderon
    83) Mahyar Monshipour
    84) Joan Guzman
    85) Juan Diaz
    86) Antwun Echols
    87) Danny Green
    88) Leonard Dorin
    89) Hasim Rahman
    90) Carlos Hernandez
    91) Daniel Santos
    92) Lovemore Ndou
    93) Ratanachai Vorapin
    94) Jorge Barrios
    95) Jesse James Leija
    96) Kermit Cintron
    97) Junior Witter
    98) Thomas Damgaard
    99) Javier Jauregui
    100) Noel Arambulet
     
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  2. Mendoza

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    At least 11 people on that 2004 list that are or will be in the boxing hall of fame.
     
  3. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    GLARINGLY absent from the list is future first-ballot Hall of Famer Wlad Klitschko ... who was 43-3 (with 41 KOs) in December 2004.

    Didn't make the Ring's top 100.

    Absolutely comical.
     
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  4. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The guy rated #3 won't.
     
  5. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    In fairness, the list was probably compiled right after the Brewster ko (which came shortly after the Sanders ko) but yeah...

    Even post-RJJ Ruiz was 58.
     
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  6. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In fairness, Roy Jones was brutally KOed the only two times he fought in 2004 ... he's number four ... not 104 ... but yeah.
     
  7. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Jones is too high at #4, though the list was compiled before the Johnson fight.
     
  8. Mendoza

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    I hope you are correct about Tarver, but the rest of the top ten has or likely will.
     
  9. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Gatti at #22 is also ridiculous. The Ring gave him way too much credit for devastating Leonard Dorin.
     
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  10. salsanchezfan

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    Nice to finally see Noel Arambulet get his f/cking due.