Timeline of the P4P number fighter throughout history.

About 10 years ago I traced the guy I felt was divisional number 1 throughout history and re reading those thread got me thinking if it's possible to try to trace a P4P number fighter throughout history.

Ok here's my crack at the 1800s

Dempsey: March 1982 - August 1989
John L Sullivan: August 1889 - October 1890
George Dixon: October 1890 - November 1896
James J Corbett: November 1896 - March 1897
Bob Fitzsimmons: March 1897 - June 1899
Tommy Ryan: June 1899 - Jan 1900
Terry McGovern: Jan 1900 - November 1901

The Ring Mag has these guys listed on the in the year end

Mike Tyson: June 1988 - February 1990
Julio Cesar Chavez: February 1990 - September 1993
Pernell Whitaker: September 1993 - November 1996
Roy Jones Jr: November 1996 - March 1997
Pernell Whitaker: March 1997 - April 1997
Oscar De La Hoya: April 1997 - September 1999
Roy Jones Jr: September 1999 - June 2000
Shane Mosley: June 2000 - January 2002
Bernard Hopkins: January 2002 - March 2003
Roy Jones Jr: March 2003 - May 2004
Bernard Hopkins: May 2004 - July 2005
Floyd Mayweather Jr: July 2005 - June 2008
Manny Pacquiao: June 2008 - June 2012
Floyd Mayweather Jr: June 2012 - September 2015
Roman Gonzalez: September 2015 - March 2017
Andre Ward: March 2017 - September 2017
Gennady Golovkin: September 2017 - September 2018
Vasiliy Lomachenko: September 2018 - November 2019
Saul Alvarez: November 2019 - Present Day

I hope there aren't any errors there but I haven't proof read it so who knows.

The question is, how far back can we go in terms of teaching the P4P number 1?

 

The term was made for Sugar Ray Robinson. It is just someones opinion. No more.

 

Term pound for pound was first used to describe best boxers as early as late 1890s or early 1900s, long before SRR.

 

Golovkin, Ward, Canelo being #1 in recent times shows how bad these have gotten. Yikes.

 

Yeah I'm sure it was used for NonPareil

 

Not really. All great fighters.

 

I will give this a crack myself at some point and post it up for critique

 

Wow, what a lineup for the 2010s: Pacquiao, Mayweather, Gonzalez, Ward, Golovkin, Lomachenko, Alvarez. Just goes to show, how great this era is!

 

Agreed, but I have a feeling some don’t appreciate quite as much.

 

It's a strong line-up, but if you did it for each decade I'm not convinced it'd stand out.

Interesting idea, a P4P top 10, for each decade.

 

I agree, but this would present difficulties for guys who were prime between 68-73 or so as an example and miss out or are slighted due to overlaps.

 

The way I phrased it, was obvoisly meant as a counter to the "yikes" comment.

That being said, I actually DO think we're in a decent era. Not claiming it's the best ever - but it's certainly not the worst there has ever been, as some posters like to think.

 

True, but I was mostly meaning in terms of comparing eras.

Honestly I wasn't thinking about that, fair enough

 

Ok here's my crack at the 1800s

Dempsey: March 1982 - August 1989
John L Sullivan: August 1889 - October 1890
George Dixon: October 1890 - November 1896
James J Corbett: November 1896 - March 1897
Bob Fitzsimmons: March 1897 - June 1899
Tommy Ryan: June 1899 - Jan 1900
Terry McGovern: Jan 1900 - November 1901

 

Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the pound for pound king for most of early 80s .... Duran was pound for pound after Montreal