is it actually possible for a heavyweight to ever be the p4p #1??

[jahmez]

Bilbos exactly right. The Ring magazine's writers invented the mythical title of P4P #1 for Sugar Ray Robinson based on professional opinion not formulae. It was in their professional opinion that in a hypothetical bout where both fighters would come in at the same weight class SRR's current skill and style would defeat his contemporaries. SRR's current dominance of his own weight class was also a major deciding factor because it was also in their professional opinion that you would have to look outside the Welterweight division for fighters that could defeat him. This factor seems to have been forgotten in present day arguments and is instead overlooked by which fighter has beaten fighters from outside their own weight class. Though this is impressive I think more attention should also be placed on fighters who dominate in their own weightclass than those who choose to fight opponents at dubious "catchweights" whilst seemingly avoiding perfectly suitable candidates, contenders and champions who are right in front of them.

[rjj tszyu]

The klitschkos, especially vitali, have pretty much done whatever they humanly can to be considered one of the worlds greatest fighters yet they hardly ever seem to get a mention in the p4p rankings.

Its almost always that the lower the weight you fight at the better chance you have of making these rankings. Sure the lower the weight the more punches you throw and receive thats simple genetics. But surely with such a vast array of people actually calculating these rankings someone would actually devise the simple solution that the bigger you become the harder you can hit therefore you dont need to engage in these out and out wars.

Ive not actually researched the whole ring magazine thing with a great deal but has there ever actually been a p4p #1 who weighed more than 154pounds at any point??

As far as being above 154lbs, Roy Jones dominated the p4p rankings for years and was above that weight.