Ring magazines list of the best fighters of the decade per weight class

Whats this based on resume or talent at the weight? They seem to be very confused on the criteria themselves so they just did a pick and mix.

I'd have Wlad Klitschko above Lewis, for this decade anyway...I don't believe Lewis did enough. They seemed to go for resume when picking Tarver at 175, yet they have clearly chosen Mayweather at lightweight based on his skills.

These are changes I would make anyway.

Heavyweight...Wlad Klitschko.
Light Welterweight...Hatton or Tszyu.
Lightweights...Castillo.
SuperFeatherweights...Mayweather.
Featherweight...Barrera.

It's hard to even have Pacquiao in this list because of his moving about, even when he got voted Fighter of the Decade.

 

Ok what is your criteria then?

If its accomplishment at the weight then Pac is certainly above Mayweather at 130.

If its H2H then Pac is certainly ahead of Mab at 126.

 

Pac should be the best at Featherweight and Superbantamweight too.

Pac Beat JMM at 126. It was the judge error scoring 10-7 in a 3 KD rd. Barrera and EM were more accomplished than JMM at FW.

At superbantamweight, Vasquez was just Pac's sparring partner. You can see in youtube how Pac schooled Vasquez in sparring. From 2000- 2003 Pac cleaned up SBW from asia to south africa to Australia and South America. The only blemish for Pac was the robbery Draw when Agapito Sanchez Fouled and beat Pac's Balls and hips. pac has almost 100% KO rate at SBW.

 

It's a mix of both...and I don't see how it can be anything other than a mix of both. Look at how said boxer performed at the weight, and what he achieved at the weight...resulting in my picks for said weightclasses.

 

Likewise with mine, but does one category overlap the other or is it dead center? It shouldnt be hard to put Pac in one or the either IMO.

Pac >>> Mab H2H @126
Mab >>> Pac Resume @ 126
Pac >>> PBF Resume @130
PBF >>> Pac H2H @ 130

 

Well thats the difficult part, and the part in my opinion the Ring have messed up. I'd say Pacquiao has a good shout for both weight classes, but the problem is...Pacquiao has improved so much since then. Pacquiao didn't show his best work in either 126 or 130...he had the resume at 130, and although he was adding stuff to his game during his time at 130...his best performances have arguably been at 135 and up.

 

Antonio Tarver??? really?? I think about Glen Johnson b4 Tarver.
Lennox Lewis??? who fought until 2003, Wlad deserves that spot.
Castillo deserves to be the Lightweight.

 

Where is Wlad?

 

Fraud best lightweight?please the guy went 1-1 with Castillo and his other two victories were against two bums in ndou and Sosa the best 135 of the last decade was JLC,man the ring used to be a good mag but they have really slipped in the last couple of years

 

Wladimir in Heavyweight. he is regining for more than half of the decade with 3 belts + Ring belt.

Lennox retired 2003 with a question mark.

 

Idk about these 2. Maybe Johnson instead of Tarver...Tarver gets too much credit for the RJJ fights.+
Mayweather deserves the lightweight spot.
Pacman needs to be some where. Maybe at 126 or something.

How you guys feel about Mosley at 147 lbs?

 

Lewis,Calzaghe,Mayweather and Pacq are a joke in those slots.None of them should be listed at all.

Lewis practically didn't fight in this decade.

Calzaghe was Calzaghe.

Mayweather was by far not dominant in a division he had relatively few fights in.

Pacq in his entire career has not dominated a single division,he lost a few fights and had tough battles,which is to say he was not clearly dominant,and soon after would become a weight hopper and not dominate anything in particular,becoming a wandering warrior.

This list is bullsh!t.

 

What decade are we talking?