And at what weight? We all know that the lighter weights rarely get the spotlight at least compared to the higher weights, so I was wondering, at what weight was the lightest #1 P4P fighter at and who was this fighter? And if we never got anyone below say 130 or 126, who do you think made a strong case for being top dog at the time but somehow never made it to the top of the list? edit: ok, so I removed the "Ring magazine" part so as not to limit the criteria. although as far as I know, that only ads KO magazine, I don;t know of any other publication that ran P4P lists...
I think that he was ranked in the Top 5 p4p at one point, despite the level of competition but you're right...He never reached the top slot. I believe the correct answer to this question would be Manny Pacquiao, who was fighting at 130-135lbs when Mayweather retired and vacated the number one position in the p4p rankings. Whitaker and Chavez were both full fledged junior welterweights and welterweights when they reached the top slot, as was Mayweather.
Finito was ranked as high as #3 but he was never #1. Was Duran ever #1 during his 135 days? If not, then it must be Pacquiao immediately after Floyd "retired".
Probably Carbajal, but I wouldn't bet on it. Finito never made it to #1. Not 100% sure that Carbajal ever did either. Edit: looks like Carbajal only made it to #3. They only started ranking pound for pound in 1989, so there isn't a huge pool to choose from. Based on year end ratings, looks like it's a tie between Julio Cesar Chavez and Pacquiao at 140.
thanks for the input guys :good I didn't know that, that's too bad. are there any small fighters before that you feel could have been considered the best p4p during their time? I'm thinking duran during his LW reign but that's only because I don't know much of the pre 70's fighters.
What about Morales and Barrera. I know they got pretty high back in their 122-126 days. Didnt Morales skyrocket as soon as he beat Pac?
I think Barrera was #3 when he faced Pac the 1st time. I think Morales got as high as 5 or 6 after he beat Pac.
Yey he was at #3 for a while and the only reason he didnt go higher was cause he had names like a prime Jones,Whittaker,Chavez and later ODLH to contend with. Some thought he was #1 but your right he didnt have the level of competition as most of those guys did (Jones comp was a little better). Im thinking Gomez(122) was #1 for a brief period of time, but when he was in his prime the Ring wasnt doing regular pfp rankings just annualy.
Its pretty well known that at one time Eder Jofre(118) was considered the best pfp fighter in his prime during the 1960s. They didnt do know pfp rankings in magazines then,but he was heralded as the best.
