I see him left off many peoples lists and I ask what makes his record less stellar then anyone elses on the Ring magazine list? Top 4 victories Antonio Tarver - Utterly dominated Tarver from beginning to end. Tarver coming off a equally dominating performance against former champion Clinton Woods Glen Johnson - I scored this fight a draw, but leaning more towards Dawson then Johnson. Yes he was shaky in this fight but still a big win. Epifiano Mendoza - TKO'd 4 against Dawson went on to arguably beat Lacy Tomas Adamek - current ring cruiserweight champion
1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Juan Manuel Marquez 3. Bernard Hopkins 4. Israel Vazquez 5. Shane Mosley 6. Rafael Marquez 7. Miguel Cotto 8. Paul Williams 9. Ivan Calderon 10. Ricky Hatton 11. Juan Manuel Lopez 12. Vic Darchinyan 13. Chad Dawson 14. Kelly Pavlik 15. Nonito Donaire 16. Nate Campbell 17. Celestino Caballero 18. Vitalai Klitschko 19. Wladimir Klitschko 20. Jermain Taylor 21. Mikkel Kessler 22. Juan Diaz 23. David Haye 24. Arthur Abraham 25. Chris John 26. Fernando Montiel 27. Joan Guzman 28. Robert Guererro 29. Jorge Linares 30. Christian Mijares
Based upon his relative skills, absolutely. No. 1 LHW in the world and has been for a long while now.