Hell, I'll do a top 20 if you like.
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Juan Manuel Marquez
3. Bernard Hopkins
4. Shane Mosley
5. Israel Vasquez
6. Rafael Marquez
7. Ivan Calderon
8. Vic Darchinyan
9. Chad Dawson
10. Ricky Hatton
11. Paul Williams
12. Celestino Caballero
13. Miguel Cotto
14. Nate Campbell
15. Antonio Margarito
16. Juan Diaz
17. Juan Manuel Lopez
18. Arthur Abraham
19. Nonito Donaire
20. Kelly Pavlik
Cotto was ranked #4 I think before the Margarito fight. However, the fact is the performance against Jennings does nothing to answer my questions about him. Ignoring the handwrap controversy (which I believe may well have taken place) the fact is I still don't know how he will cope with a guy who he can't knock out & who just keeps coming. I have ranked him higher than Margarito, but has he done enough against Jennings to push him above all those other guys? & as for Berto, like I say he's probably one of my favourite active fighters right now, but there is NO way he is in the P4P top ten, when most don't even consider him in the top 3 in his division.
The fact is the guys at the lower weights have historically not got the credit they should, hence it being pound for pound. If all these fighters were at the same weight I would fancy Ivan Calderon to box rings round half these guys, if anything he's one guy who being at a lower weight lowers his status. If you haven't seen some of these guys fight below 126, you are missing out.
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