Best American fighters P4P active right now...

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I'm putting my list together right now but I'm interested to see who the best American fighters are in people's minds right now... Just looking for a top 10.



This was kinda tough...

1. Kelly Pavlik
2. Bernard Hopkins
3. Winky Wright
4. Oscar Delahoya
5. Nate Cambell
6. Paulie Malignaggi
7. Shane Mosley
8. Jermain Taylor
9. Juan Diaz
10. Paul Williams
11. Chad Dawson
12. Steve Cunningham
13. Andre Berto

Ok, I did 13 cuz I wanted Andre Berto on there

[Fenster]

1. POWDERPUFF MALIGNAGGI
2. SERGIO MORA
3. JEFF LACY
4. PETER MANFREDO Jr
5. CORY SPINKS
6. ZAB JUDAH
7. FISHNETS DE LA HOYA
8. SHANE MOSLEY
9. PAUL WILLIAMS
10. ANTONIO TARVER

Definitive.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

1. POWDERPUFF MALIGNAGGI
2. SERGIO MORA
3. JEFF LACY
4. PETER MANFREDO Jr
5. CORY SPINKS
6. ZAB JUDAH
7. FISHNETS DE LA HOYA
8. SHANE MOSLEY
9. PAUL WILLIAMS
10. ANTONIO TARVER

Definitive.

Hell has officially frozen over.....

[boozeboxer]

POB I think you did a list so that you could make an argument for Pavlik to be at the top of it.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

POB I think you did a list so that you could make an argument for Pavlik to be at the top of it.

LOL, ya got me

[Fenster]

In all seriousness, Powderpuff Malignaggi is a SHOCKING omission from your list, POB.

Don't you know this man got his face crushed by Cotto. Got his face caved in by Cotto. Got his face mashed by Cotto.

Grounds to qualify a great fighter if ever there was one. Fact.

[Bomp]

I'm putting my list together right now but I'm interested to see who the best American fighters are in people's minds right now... Just looking for a top 10.



This was kinda tough...

1. Kelly Pavlik
2. Bernard Hopkins
3. Winky Wright
4. Oscar Delahoya
5. Nate Cambell
6. Paulie Malignaggi
7. Shane Mosley
8. Jermain Taylor
9. Juan Diaz
10. Paul Williams
11. Chad Dawson
12. Steve Cunningham
13. Andre Berto

Ok, I did 13 cuz I wanted Andre Berto on there

It's certainly a transition stage in US boxing (UK as well). There's no stand out on the list but Pavlik and Williams are on the way up IMO.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I'm putting my list together right now but I'm interested to see who the best American fighters are in people's minds right now... Just looking for a top 10.



This was kinda tough...

1. Kelly Pavlik
2. Bernard Hopkins
3. Winky Wright
4. Oscar Delahoya
5. Nate Cambell
6. Paulie Malignaggi
7. Shane Mosley
8. Jermain Taylor
9. Juan Diaz
10. Paul Williams
11. Chad Dawson
12. Steve Cunningham
13. Andre Berto

Ok, I did 13 cuz I wanted Andre Berto on there

It's certainly a transition stage in US boxing (UK as well). There's no stand out on the list but Pavlik and Williams are on the way up IMO.

Pavlik is definitly the centerpiece of American boxing today

[CutMeMick]

I'll give it a shot... Damn! this was hard to do and quite sad if I'm honest.

1. Pavs
2. Hopkins
3. ODLH
4. Winky
5. Nate
6. BCD
7. SSM
8. Williams
9. Paulie
10. Baby Bull
11. Luevano
12. Guerrero
13. JT
14. Tarver
15. Cunningham

Sorry but because Bertos fought well against weak opposition and has captured a belt that DOES NOT give him P4P on my list. I would say he's somewhere on there from 16-20.

[SweetPea]

Here's an interesting question.... when's the last time that the highest rated American fighter ranked so low on the PFP list?

Whether you think Pavlik is #1 or BHop or Winky or whoever, I think we'd all agree that the top American fighter is no higher than about #5 PFP. When's the last time that no American fighter was in the Top 2 or 3? Going back in time, you've got Mayweather, Jones, and Whitaker... one of those 3 was in the top 2-3 for the past 20 years or so. Before that, Tyson, Lenoard, Hagler, etc.

[Chino]

American fighters, you mean, residents of the USA but not necessarily of race, right?

Oh boy, I hope I didn't open Pandora's Box.

[CutMeMick]

Here's an interesting question.... when's the last time that the highest rated American fighter ranked so low on the PFP list?

Whether you think Pavlik is #1 or BHop or Winky or whoever, I think we'd all agree that the top American fighter is no higher than about #5 PFP. When's the last time that no American fighter was in the Top 2 or 3? Going back in time, you've got Mayweather, Jones, and Whitaker... one of those 3 was in the top 2-3 for the past 20 years or so. Before that, Tyson, Lenoard, Hagler, etc.

You bring up an excellent point.

Number 1 P4P through the yrs: Tyson, JCC, Pernell, RJJ, ODLH, SSM, Hopkins, PBF, Pac