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NOTE: The best fighters in the world pound for pound are ranked here on Liverpuncher.com. We believe that ring accomplishments mean more than anything when ranking fighters so we decided to wait for the outcome of many of the big fights before doing another update. Some may rank a fighter based on what they think he has the potential to do, but until that fighter proves what he can do against other elite fighters, he won’t be found on this pound for pound list. These mythical pound for pound boxing rankings always spark up heated debates amongst boxing fans, post your’s up in the forum!
10. Miguel Cotto 32-1 (26
KOs)
Status: welterweight contender
Analysis: Still a threat to many top
welterweights, may fight
Judah
v Clottey winner
What’s next: Needs lots of rest after the
beating he took from Margarito
9. Paul Williams 36-1 (30
KOs)
Status: Jr. Middleweight contender
Analysis: Beat Margarito and other top fighters in two separate weight classes
What’s next: nothing scheduled
8. Ricky Hatton 35-3 (14
KOs)
Status: Ring magazine jr welterweight champion
What’s next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis: Undefeated at 140 pounds and showed improvement in win over Malignaggi
7. Rafael Marquez 37-5 (33
KOs)
Status: Super Bantamweight contender
What’s next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis: Narrow lost in a unification match
keeps him in the top 10
6. Bernard Hopkins 48-5 (32
KOs)
Status: Light heavyweight champion
Analysis: Narrow loss to Calzaghe
doesn’t drop him far, and win over Pavlik keeps him on the list
What’s next: Nothing scheduled.
5. Antonio Margarito 36-3 (15
KOs)
Status: WBA Welterweight Champion
What’s next: Shane Mosley
Analysis: Will be very hard to beat for anyone
in the division
4.
Israel Vazquez 43-4 (31
KOs)
Status: WBC super bantamweight champion.
Analysis: Proved he could hold title after a
win over another elite fighter in Rafael Marquez.
What’s next: nothing scheduled
3. Juan Manuel Marquez 48-4-1 (35
KOs)
Status: Ring Magazine lightweight chamption.
Analysis: Showed he still has plenty left after beating Casamayor
What’s next: Possible fight with Eric Morales or Juan Diaz
2. Joe Calzaghe 44-0, 32
KOs
Status: WBA-WBC-WBO super middleweight
champion and Ring Lightheavywt. Champ
Analysis: Beat two ring legends in a row: Hopkins and Jones Jr.
What’s next: May retire
1. Manny Pacquiao 46-3-2 (35
KOs)
Status: WBC and The Ring super featherweight
champion
Analysis: Beat three top fighters in three separate weight classes - enough said.
What’s next: Plenty of rest after beating Oscar De La Hoya, and possibly Hatton in May.
Just missing the cut, Chad Dawson, Joan
Guzman
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