It is just as relevant and telling as any alphabet or other corrupt press' ranking. And it is hard to decide who is annual #1 based on only 1-2 fights during a year. Retrospective is definitely far more reliable and revealing .
Thanks for that TBooze. Quite interesting to see Trinidad and Oscar as #1 p4p guys. Well deserved at the time though. The 80s and 90s top 10 p4p list are stacked with talent. But of a drop off in the late 00's to today
Where the first image posted by TBooze left off: 2006- Floyd Mayweather 2007- Floyd Mayweather 2008- Manny Pacquiao 2009- Manny Pacquiao 2010- Manny Pacquiao 2011- Floyd Mayweather 2012- Floyd Mayweather 2013- Floyd Mayweather 2014- Floyd Mayweather ...bring on May 2nd!
TBooze already posted an image of this but Boxrec has a listing of The Ring ratings top 10 p4p as far back as 1989. http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--2000s http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--1990s http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--1980s Although, TBooze's source may be different than mine since it goes back to 1983. Maybe, he's using a boxing writers association poll?
