This table lists the current pound-for-pound rankings of The Ring magazine (the self-proclaimed "Bible of Boxing", owned by Golden Boy Promotions Inc.), which some boxing experts and fans regard as an authoritative source for ranking the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been ranked number-one in The Ring's P4P rankings from 2005 until he announced his retirement on June 6, 2008, after which he was replaced by Manny Pacquiao. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was preceded by Bernard Hopkins, who was in turn preceded by Roy Jones Jr. This content is protected This content is protected
That list is pretty much as mine, though Hopkins and Cotto would be reversed, as would Marquez and Pavlik.
I would like to see Calderon having some unification fights, and to get rid of the WBO trinket Top class operators should have more than just a WBO belt.
Boxing rec has Joe C #1 for what thats worth.. But here is my P4P list: 1. Pac 2. Joe C 3. Cotto 4. Vazquez 5. JMM 6. Pavlik 7. R. Marquez 8. Mijares 9. Hatton 10. Mosely
For good measure, BoxRec's top 10 p4p list: 1 Joe Calzaghe 2 Kelly Pavlik 3 Bernard Hopkins 4 Manny Pacquiao 5 Juan Manuel Marquez 6 Winky Wright 7 Wladimir Klitschko 8 Israel Vasquez 9 Chris John 10 Cristian Mijares Cotto in 16th, Marquez 17th, no Calderon in the top 25.
Boxrec P4P rankings are pretty lame...... Though they generally have the best guys at the top of their respective divisions.
Mine looks like this - let battle commence (I assume consensus on the top two so havent put anything in there) 1] Manny Pac 2] Joe Calzaghe 3] Israel Vazquez I had Raf Marquez as my number 5 behind Juan Manuel Marquez who was number 4 before Vazquez beat Raf. As a result Vazquez jumps to number 3 as linear super bantam champ and everyone getting bumped one after Floyd's retirement. 4] Miguel Cotto Still undefeated and wins over Mosley, Judah, Urkal and Quintana at welter. Two weight world champ but it’s the '0' on the record and his CV which puts him this high up. A win over Marg could challenge Vaz for the #3 spot. 5] Juan Manuel Marquez Slim loss to Pacquiao drops him to six. Coming towards end of career though so only really likely to fall down my list from now on. 6] Kelly Pavlik Linear middleweight champion, two impressive performances over Jermaine Taylor (previous linear champ) as well as a good win over Miranda. Best of a mediocre middleweight division but undefeated linear champion so deserves to be in top ten. 7] Rafael Marquez Two defeates to Israel Vazquez on the bounce drops him to 7 8] Christian Mijares WBC and WBA superlyweight champ. Looked unbeatable since about 2006. 9] Ricky Hatton I had Ricky at number 6 before defeat to Mayweather. Manner of loss and performance of others have made him drop 3 places. A win over any decent light-welter would be enough for him to leap frog both Raf Marquez and Mijares. 10] Ivan Calderon Second defence of his light-flyweight title ending in a wide points decision is enough to sneak him into top ten at expense of B-Hop.
I know, i've searched the site to see if i could find out how thier rankings work but i couldnt find it...