Quote Originally Posted by valdosta
If people look through the divisions division by division there's not 10 guys definantely better than Pavlik. Anyways here is my list.

1 Floyd Mayweather
2 Manny Pacquiao
3 Joe Calzaghe
4 Bernard Hopkins
5 Juan Manuel Marquez
6 Miguel Cotto
7 Kelly Pavlik
8 Israel Vasquez
9 Rafael Marquez
10 Christian Mijares
What has Mijares done to warrant a place in the top 10? He beat Jorge Arce the Arturo Gatti of the flyweights, that don't make somebody p4p.

Ivan Calderon is undefeated, unlike Mijares, and a two weight world champ. Mijares isn't even in the top 20. Kessler, Taylor, Mosely, Juan Diaz, Juan Guzman, De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Calderon all without a doubt have better resumes.

I'd even put David Haye above Mijares, and Wlad Klitschko. Mijares has one win over a name opponent and that was against an exciting but limited B Level fighter. Arce is not even a top 30 p4p star so how does decisioning him put someone in the top 10?

Rest of the list is ok but Pavlik isn't quite top 10 yet. I completely agree with you regarding his potential and I think he will prove himself to be a top 10 p4p fighter in time but as of yet he hasn't made a signle world title defense yet.

His win over Taylor was spectacular and exciting but when creating a fair p4p list you cannot put someone based on media attention but on merit. Guys like Juan Diaz, Ivan Calderon and even Ricky Hatton have all won multiple world titles and made numerous succesful defenses hence they rate above him for now.

As to the original question, will he make the top 10 if he beats Taylor again, I'm not sure possibly for a while but it depends on other results. Certainly if he wins again he will have proven beyond doubt that he is for real and that the middleweight division has a genuine new star.