Ward and Kovalev was both p4p ranked when they faced off, as is Canelo and Golovkin and Loma and Rigo. When was the last time we had three fights between p4p ranked fighters in one year?
End of 2006 Ring magazine Pound For Pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao Ronald (Winky) Wright Jermain Taylor Bernard Hopkins Marco Antonio Barrera Rafael Marquez Ricky Hatton Jose Luis Castillo Joe Calzaghe Hopkins-Wright, Mayweather-Hatton, Pacquiao-Barrera 2, Hatton-Castillo Some of them may have changed though. Barrera had lost a good fight with JMM earlier in 2007 before facing Pacquiao again, and Castillo may have exited the rankings after not looking good earlier in the year before facing Hatton. http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_2006
In 2008, there was Pacquiao-JMM 3, Hopkins-Calzaghe, Vazquez-Marquez 3 Pound For Pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao Juan Manuel Marquez Bernard Hopkins Joe Calzaghe Israel Vazquez Miguel Angel Cotto Ricky Hatton Ronald (Winky) Wright Rafael Marquez http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--2000s
Boxing is making better fights, if only the judges were better. And they better not rob anyone tonight.