 |  | ||
Saddo Boxing’s Official Pound 4 Pound Top 10 ListBy Michael Jarvis January 24th, 2006 All Boxing DebatesSaddo’s Official Pound 4 Pound List as of April the 15th, 2006:  Image made by forum member steady_E 1: “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather. Continuing to work his way through the ranks at each weight within reach Little Floyd cements his status with another big win over Zab Judah. Impressively still running on an undefeated record of 36 wins with 24 knokckouts & always besting the competition, Floyd muscles his way in to the 147 mark. Floyd has effectively answered quite a few questions pertaining to his chin & his ability to maintain the weights succesfully as he continues to rise to the occassion. Now that Floyd has defeated Judah, the public outcry for a worthy opponent continues to be heard. Names of would be conquerors are all over each and every website at the mere click of the mouse…Ricky Hatton, Antonio Margarito, & Miquel Cotto to name a few. A career defining win against any of the top 10 Welters or Light Welters would solidify Mayweather’s title as “The Man to Beat” even furthuer. Can Floyd continue to rise above them all or will he fall to the ground like a star that’s been on top for far too long? We shall see people…we shall see. 2: Ronald “Winky” Wright. Let’s face it…Wright has worked hard to get to where he is and being in the #2 spot on a P4P list aint all that bad. Look for Wright to turn heads against Jermain Taylor or one of the top 10 in the up coming months. Beating the man that beat the man would do a lot for Wright’s status and that time has come as Wright has now landed the shot at Hopkin’s belts via Taylor. Wright’s career has been riddled with missed opportunities…so he and we can finally see if he can rise to the occassion this one last time. 3: Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao has done a hell of a lot over the past 5 years and he just keeps on trucking. In winning or losing he’s gained a shat load of fans. After beating the likes of Hussein, Velazquez, Lucero, and the great Marco Antonio Barrera he has stamped his name on the Super Bantamweight division and his grip on the Featherweight division seems to now be tightening as he just evened the score against Erik Morales with an impressive knockdown drag out fight that resulted in the first knock out loss of Morales glorious career. Pac moves up one spot as he jumps up another step in class with a match against Oscar Larios, a third fight in the Morales wars, and a possible rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera. 4: Marco Antonio Barrera. The Baby Faced Assasin has jumped leaps and bounds up through the weight classes and he has never turned down an offer taking on anyone and everyone that was ignorant enough to call his name. The two time conqueror of Morales needs a showdown with Marquez or possibley a rematch with the infamous Manny Pacquiao to cement his name in pound for pound history. Barrera constantly betters himself with each outting and like a fine wine he seems to just age gracefully. You can’t help but develop a taste for him. We gave Pac the bump over MAB due to the fact that he just keeps conquering and stepping up the opposition. Let’s see if Pac can hold out. 5: Joe Calzaghe. Joe Calzaghe has dominated his division from the get go and now takes a huge leap in our P4P Rankings! As an amatuer Calzaghe was nothing short of amazing…what he did Saturday March 3rd, 2006 was the accomplishment of his lifetime. His professional career consists of running undefeated in 41 fights with 31 ko’s starting in 1993. That says it all. Joe just passed the turning point of his career by defeating world wide recognized top Super Middleweight IBF Title holder Jeff Lacy. The American public and world media has no other choice than to respect and recognize the Pride of Wales as the Undisputed Unified Super Middleweight Man of the Hour…he’s all that and that much more. 6: Ricky Hatton. Hatton, a lot like Floyd, has done a lot…but that nagging question has always been out there…who has Hatton done a lot against? Well…he beat Kostya Tszyu and he beat Maussa pretty damned convincingly…so that my friends equates to who and also a lot. Even though he has an undefeated record and always besting the competition, many showed him little respect…well he’s got it now. 7: Jose Luis Castillo. No explanation needed here. Look at the record and this guy has to make a splash in the P4P division. With wins over the best in his division and around the bend against the likes of Corrales, Casamayor, Johnston, Lazcano, Diaz, and a really really close one to Floyd…there aint much room to argue here. Castillo’s exciting, powerful, and really hard to beat. Awaiting the outcome of the next Castillo Corrales fight will dicatate Castillo’s rightful place. 8: Rafael Marquez. Rafael Marquez is one of the best kept secrets in boxing. The Marquez brothers have both skyrocketed to fame in the last 3 or 4 years…but it’s Rafael, with his blistering knockout power, that is finally starting to gain prestige. To see Marquez in form and on point is almost amazing. He currently runs a record of 38 fights, 35 wins with 31 knockouts, and 3 losses. Not too bad. He’s brought a lot of recognition to the almost ignored Bantamweight division in recent years and he has defended his IBF strap seven times in a row. Again…not bad. 9: Jermain Taylor. After winning two decisions over Super Champion Bernard Hopkins and dominating everyone that he has faced to date…it’s high time that Jermain be moved onto our list. Young, marketable, skilled, and powerful Jermain has cut an impressive record of 25 wins with 17 knockouts against names like Hopkins, Joppy, Eduord, Cuevas, and Marquez. Outside of Winky Wright, Arthur Abraham, and Felix Sturm it seems that there is no competition out there for Taylor in the middleweight division…those three names in themselves will prove to be enough to cement Taylor’s name in the books if he shuts the door convincingly. Taylor’s next fight will be against #2 P4P’er Winky Wright so we shall see how that comes out. It’s hard not to pull for Jermain Taylor. 10: Chris John. Chris John is the recent conqueror of Juan Manuel Marquez. What else can be said about this undefeated orthodox fighter that took the boxing world by storm after shutting out Marquez? Granted…not a lot of us know much about the gent other than the fact that he’s Indonesian and that’s primarily where he fights…I had my reservations on stamping his name on our P4P list…but he did just be a P4P’r…so I guess that’s reason enough. This is the sites Official P4P list compilied and updated by the sites members. If you want to be part of making this Pound for Pound list please put your opinions on this board…. Forums 100 favourite fighters 100 Gary Mason There we have it, Iron Mike gets the win, thanks to everyone who voted. Related Boxing Articles...
| |||
 |  |  |
| Saddo Boxing’s Official Pound 4 Pound Top 10 List Boxing News - © Saddo Boxing.com |
 |
|
