1) Floyd Mayweather Jr - Quite simply, the best there is. Don't know how he'll fare at 140, but prior to that, was the most complete fighter in the game. Try to muscle him, he'll outslick you. Try to outslick him and he'll muscle you.

2)Erik Morales - Great chin, great heart, great tools, great fights = great fighter.

3) Juan Manuel Marquez - Only recently achieved long overdue recognition, but has quietly beat up on every decent featherweight (who would fight him)in the world for the last 7 years.

4) Great performances against Casamayor (both fights) and Frietas have confirmed that he is the real deal. Now that he has put his personal troubles behind him, would love to see a rematch at 140 with Floyd.

5) Oscar De La Hoya - The beautiful thing about pound for pound lists is that weight doesn't matter - and weight is precisely the reason he lost to Hopkins. If Hopkins was a natural 147 pounder, I don't think he could live with DLH's hand and foot speed, or power at that weight.

6) Felix Trinidad - Blistering display against Mayorga confirmed one thing : Tito is back. Devastating combinations, awesome hand speed, and great heart make Felix one of the best in the business. Would be much better suited at 154. No one could live with him there.

7) Pac-Man - Manny's display in that first round against Marquez showed how awesome a puncher he is, evenly though he was clearly outfought for the rest of the fight. The destruction of Barrera was masterly.

Kostya Tszyu - He's in here more on reputation than anything else at the moment. After November 6 it could be a different story. But, the facts remain - Tszyu has beaten every decent 140 pound fighter in the last 7 years.

9) Bernard Hopkins - A freak of nature who gets better with age and has ruled the middleweights for a decade. Would be rated higher if a) the middleweights of the last 10 years not been so god-awful and b) his most notable wins were against smaller guys moving up. Hopkins could have guaranteed his legacy by moving up and fighting the Benn's, Jones (again) and Calzaghes..... But he never did.

10) Miguel Cotto - Premature I know. But this kid is boxings future, and I think, at this moment in time, he's beat any Junior Welterweight on the planet, aside from Tszyu. Again, my perception of Tszyu may be changed drastically after his next fight.