Who are currently the best twenty five boxers in the world, ranked 1st to 25th?

In no particular order (i'm using numbers to keep track rather than P4P ratings!)

1. Manny Pacquaio
2. Ricky Hatton
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Miguel Cotto
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. Joe Calzaghe
7. Juan Manuel Marquez
8. Israel Vasquez
9. Shane Mosley
10. Kelly Pavlik
11. David Haye
12. Wladimir Klitschko
13. Ivan Calderon
14. Winky Wright
15. Juan Diaz
16. Rafael Marquez
17. Jermain Taylor
18. Chris John
19. Mikkel Kessler
20. Cristian Mijares
21. Oscar De La Hoya
22. Clinton Woods
23. Junior Witter
24. Paul Williams
25. Antonio Margarito

Any glaring misses, please let me know!

 

i kinda like haye, but he needs to prove a lot more to be considered elite. needs more good wins. mormeck wasn't a great champ. he was ok. remember he was already knocked out cold by bell. then in the rematch, mormeck was out on his feet several times having to run the last 3 rounds just to survive. the dude has major stamina issues. a win over macca would be a solid win.

 

I like your list mate:good Although I might have made room for Gamboa and Calderon possibly?! Its hard to narrow these things down, you did better than me, so fair play :happy

 

That's a good one. I'd replace Margo to Guzman though - and I'd CONSIDER putting on Abraham, Forrest, maybe Donaire and Linares but who to replace? Maybe Woods, Witter. So your top25 rocks. :thumbsup

 

:good I forgot about Linares, Guzman and Abraham! These things are ****ing testing at times!

 

1. Joe Calzaghe
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Miguel Cotto
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Joan Guzman
6. Israel Vasquez
7. Manny Pacquiao
8. Ivan Calderon
9. Juan Diaz
10. Cristian Mijares

- Best boxers. I'll think about the rest later

 

top 25 IN order

1. Mayweather - Could lose the spot from fighting DLH again not a legit contender
2. Calzaghe - Could go #1 if he knocks out Hopkins
3. Pac - Im tipping Marquez to beat him
4. Marquez - See above
5. Hopkins - Again, a shock win over Calzaghe and id put him first
6. Cotto - Steamrollered through the ranks including a VERY CLOSE win over Mosley. Expect him to go higher as years go by.
7. Guzman - I think hes better than Pac and Marquez. Could beat them both to go #1
8. Vasquez - Trilogy decider
9. Diaz - Unififed champion.
10. Calderon - THE MAN in 2 divisions. Who else can claim that ?
11. R.Marquez - see Vasquez
12. Mosley - I gave him the edge against Cotto, but could have gone either way
13. Kessler - Impressive in losing to argueably the best fighter of the generation
14. Pavlik - Rematch with Taylor
15. Mijares - Needs to do more to keep ranking
16. Wright
17. Solis
18. Spinks
19. Forrest
20. Taylor
21. Williams
22. Hatton - Dont actually think he's top25 material, but he's only lost once, and thats to the best.
23. Wlad Klit
24. David Haye
25. John



No Abraham - Biggest joke of a champion ever, will never unify the titles or fight outside germany.

No Dawson - Biggest hypjob ever. He might have talent but has never faced anymore than B-level fighters (once) and has a shaky chin at best.

No Gamboa - Aint done enough yet

No De la Hoya - Gonna lose to Mayweather again but theres an arguement to have him in above someone like Hatton

No Linares - Hasnt done enough yet

No Margarito or Cintron - Just outside.

 

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And what about Dawson?

 

1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Manny Pacquaio
3. Israel Vasquez
4. Joe Calzaghe
5. Miguel Cotto
6. Bernard Hopkins
7. Juan Manuel Marquez
8. Kelly Pavlik
9. Ricky Hatton
10. Ivan Calderon
11. Juan Diaz
12. Wladimir Klitschko
13. Winky Wright
14. Shane Mosley
15. Chris John
16. David Haye
17. Rafael Marquez
18. Mikkel Kessler
19. Jermain Taylor
20. Cristian Mijares
21. Oscar De La Hoya
22. Clinton Woods
23. Junior Witter
24. Paul Williams
25. Antonio Margarito

Thats my list rejigged - same names though - thanks guys for your suggestions.

 

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Joe Calzaghe
4. Miguel Cotto
5. Juan Manuel Marquez
6. Bernard Hopkins
7. Israel Vasquez
8. Juan Diaz
9. Rafael Marquez
10. Ivan Calderon
11. Kelly Pavlik
12. Shane Mosley
13. Juan Guzman
14. Ricky Hatton
15. Cristian Mijares
16. David Haye
17. Wladamir Klitschko
18. Mikkel Kessler
19. Jermain Taylor
20. Martin Castillo
21. Nonito Doniare
22. Chad Dawson
23. Arthur Abraham
24. Paul Williams
25. Oscar De La Hoya

*edit* forgot Winky, between 10-15 for me, Chris John between 15-20 also

 

Best boxers RIGHT NOW, not top ranked (i.e. not necessarily based on who's beaten who, and I'm looking at the moment, not in the past or the future),

1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Ivan Calderon
3. Rafeal Marquez
4. Joe Calzaghe
5. Israel Vasquez
6. Juan Diaz
7. Manny Pacquiao
8. Chris John
9. Juan Manuel Marquez
10. Miguel Cotto
11. Paul Williams
12. Wladimir Klitschko
13. Kelly Pavlik
14. Christian Mijares
15. Hozumi Hasegawa
16. Junior Witter
17. Joan Guzman
18. Ricky Hatton
19. Shane Mosley
20. Chad Dawson
21. David Haye
22. Alexander Munoz
23. Fernando Montiel
24. Arthur Abraham
25. Steven Luevano


Just missing: Jermain Taylor, Nonito Donaire, Celestino Caballero, Cory Spinks, Lucian Bute

Might have forgotten a few as well. Gamboa doesn't qualify yet, IMO, because one thing you NEED to do to be a great boxer is go 12 rounds, and he hasn't come close to proving that yet.

On Calderon so high - the only reason he's not a top 3 guy is because he doesn't have the quality of opposition to face. On pure boxing skill, he's way up there. Same goes for Hasegawa and Munoz.

On Pac so low - he seems to be fading in my eyes, and he's well past his best weight. He's much more vulnerable now than he was a few years ago. Yes, he's a better pure boxer now, but it's not his pure boxing that gets him ranked highly, and he's still a worse pure boxer than most of the guys under him.