Faulks Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 POUND-FOR-POUND TOP 10 Manny Pacquiao 1. Manny Pacquiao - Welterweight Philippines (50-3-2, 38KOs) Pacquiao destroyed Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas to cement his place at the top of the pound-for-pound tree. Floyd Mayweather should be next, and what a fight that could be. Floyd Mayweather 2. Floyd Mayweather - Welterweight United States (40-0, 25KOs) 'Pretty Boy' returned from a 21-month hiatus with a bang, outclassing Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas to raise the prospect of a mouth-watering clash with Manny Pacquiao. Bernard Hopkins 3. Bernard Hopkins - Light-heavyweight United States (50 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw, 32KOs) Hopkins is still churning out wins six years shy of his 50th birthday, and now wants to fight Britain's world heavyweight champion David Haye. Fellow American Chad Dawson is more likely. Shane Mosley 4. Shane Mosley - Welterweight United States (46-5, 39KOs) Mosley outclassed Antonio Margarito at the age of 37 and will fight young pretender and WBC champion Andre Berto in January. No-one will be surprised if the old man comes out on top. Juan Manuel Marquez 5. Juan Manuel Marquez - Lightweight Mexico (50-5-1, 37KOs) Marquez was destroyed by the returning Floyd Mayweather in September, but size was clearly a factor. Ricky Hatton says Marquez is top of his wish list, that fight could happen in 2010. Miguel Angel Cotto 6. Miguel Cotto - Welterweight Puerto Rico (34-2, 27KOs) Was demolished by Manny Pacquiao, and the suspicion is he has been damaged goods since his defeat by Antonio Margarito, who was subsequently banned, last year. Paul Williams 7. Paul Williams - Middleweight United States (38-1, 27KOs) Williams was involved in one of the best fights of 2009 against Sergio Martinez, and surely two-belt world champion and fellow American Kelly Pavlik must be next. Israel Vazquez 8. Israel Vazquez - Super-bantamweight Mexico (44-4, 32KOs) Vazquez reclaimed his WBC belt from Rafael Marquez in 2007 and nicked the rubber last March. Guess what? He's fighting Marquez for a fourth time in May. Chad Dawson 9. Chad Dawson - Light-heavyweight United States (29-0, 17KOs) What Dawson lacks in box-office, he makes up for in ring smarts. Beat former world champions Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in 2009 - surely Bernard Hopkins is next? Juan Manuel Lopez 10. Juan Manuel Lopez - Featherweight Puerto Rico (27-0, 24KOs) The unbeaten former super-bantamweight world champion has amassed a formidable record and he will step up to challenge WBO featherweight champ Steven Luevano in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 solid list. williams and juanma arent in my top 10 quite yet and i dropped vazquez for inactivity. i would have calderon, hasegawa, caballero in my list instead. so something like this 1. pacman 2. mayweather 3. b-hop 4. sugar shane 5. JMM 6. calderon 7. bad chad 8. cotto 9. caballero 10. hasegawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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