By Fox Doucette One of my duties for this site is to submit a monthly pound-for-pound ratings list so that our Fearless Leader can compile it into a staff-written top ten list. After taking a long, hard look at who I had where and why, I dropped Manny Pacquiao all the way to fifth (behind, in order, Mayweather, Marquez, Bute, and Andre Ward). Mayweather is #1 for what should … [Read more...]
All Hail PFP King Wlad?
by Christopher Mooney Wladimir Klitschko is a pound-for-pound top 10 boxer. Or, if you’re a fan of Jeopardy, “sentences about boxing rankings, that you thought you’d never utter in your own lifetime?” The big Russian sneaked into the fabled list this weekend - which probably says more for the lack of bankable superstar fighters in the sport at the minute (lots of … [Read more...]
Dafs’ Pound-4-Pound Update (Part 2)
We now enter the creme de la creme, the best crop of fighters in the sport. Part 1 included fighters from #25 to #11, ranging from fighters on the rise, on the way down, and some who managed to keep their places. The top 10 is dominated by American fighters, but will an American top the rankings? It's time to find out.#10 Bernard Hopkins (USA) (51-5-1, 32 KO) [Light … [Read more...]
Dafs’ Pound-4-Pound Update (Part 1)
The Ring have told us "to expect major shake-ups" in their pound-4-pound ratings in the coming months, so I thought I'd weigh-in with my personal mythical rankings. I'll rank twenty-five of the world's best fighters for you to agree, or most probably disagree and wave your fists at the computer screen in anger. Three of the best is the fighter's three best victories or draws … [Read more...]
The BTBC’s Top 10 Pound-4-Pound
Just in case something happens later on to ruin our list, here's our current and consensus Pound-4-Pound list as voted by the members of the BTBC (www.boxingtimes.com): … [Read more...]