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2KSPORTS FAN
December 16th, 2007, 12:14 AM
1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Points: 198 (18 of 20 first-place votes)
Record: 39-0 (25 KOs)
Title: WBC welterweight champion
Last outing: Stopped Ricky Hatton in the 10th on Dec. 8
Last month’s ranking: 1
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis: Clearly the most complete and most gifted fighter in the world

2. Manny Pacquiao
Points: 171 (1 of 20 first-place votes)
Record: 45-3-2 (35 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: Won a unanimous decision over Marco Antonio Barrera on Oct. 6
Last month’s ranking: 2
Up next: Fights No. 6 Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15 in Las Vegas
Analysis: Continues to face top opposition

3. Joe Calzagh
Points: 159 (1 of 20 first-place votes)
Record: 44-0 (32 KOs)
Title: WBA, WBC, WBO super middleweight champion
Last outing: Won unanimous decision over Mikkel Kessler on Nov. 3
Last month’s ranking: 3
Up next: Negotiating for spring bout with No. 5 Bernard Hopkins
Analysis: A win over Hopkins would greatly raise his profile among American fans.

4. Miguel Cotto
Points: 122
Record: 31-0 (25 KOs)
Title: WBA welterweight champion
Last outing: Won unanimous decision over Shane Mosley on Nov. 10
Last month’s ranking: 4
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis: Fans are beginning to clamor for a 2008 match with Mayweather

5. Juan Manuel Marquez
Points: 92
Record: 48-3-1 (35 KOs)
Title: WBC super featherweight champion
Last outing: Won unanimous decision over Rocky Juarez on Nov. 3
Last month’s ranking: 6
Up next: Faces No. 2 Manny Pacquiao on March 15 in Las Vegas
Analysis: Vastly underrated boxer

6. Bernard Hopkins
Points: 91
Record: 48-4 (32 KOs)
Title: Light heavyweight champion
Last outing: Won unanimous decision over No. 10 Winky Wright on July 21
Last month’s ranking: 5
Up next: Negotiating for spring bout with No. 3 Joe Calzaghe
Analysis: Could move into third-spot with win over Calzaghe

7. Israel Vazquez
Points: 60
Record: 42-4 (31 KOs)
Title: WBC super bantamweight champion
Last outing: Stopped Rafael Marquez in probable Fight of the Year on Aug. 5 in Hidalgo, Texas
Last month’s ranking: 7
Up next: Fights rubber match with Marquez on March 1
Analysis: The best of the lower weight fighters (under 126)

8. Kelly Pavlik
Points: 58
Record: 32-0 (29 KOs)
Title: WBC, WBO middleweight champion
Last outing: Won middleweight title with seventh-round TKO of Jermain Taylor on Sept. 29
Last month’s ranking: 9
Up next: Rematch with Taylor on Feb. 16 in Las Vegas
Analysis: Hardest puncher in the top 10

9. Juan Diaz
Points: 32
Record: 33-0 (17 KOs)
Title: IBF, WBA, WBO lightweight champion
Last outing: Unified belts with ninth-round TKO of Julio Diaz on Oct. 13
Last month’s ranking: T10
Up next: Considering bout with mandatory challenger Michael Katsidis
Analysis: Volume puncher always delivers an exciting show

10. Winky Wright
Points: 24
Record: 51-4-1 (25 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: Lost unanimous decision to No. 5 Bernard Hopkins on July 21
Last month’s ranking: T10
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis: Waiting in the wings if negotiations for a Hopkins-Calzaghe fizzle

digitalandroid
December 18th, 2007, 03:10 PM
JMM will go down after he gets knockedout from Pacman

ray_glenn
December 18th, 2007, 03:22 PM
That's actually a pretty decent pound-for-pound list and I agree with most of it, which comes as a surprise seeing as how it comes from a non-boxing site. The only questionable ranking is Joe Calzaghe at number 3... of the guys on that list, I'd only rank him ahead of Pavlik, Juan Diaz, and Winky Wright (and he's only ahead of Pavlik and Diaz because of his experience, not because I think he's an all-around better fighter than either of them).

King-Of-Kings
December 18th, 2007, 04:24 PM
JMM will go down after he gets knockedout from Pacman


ya just like he did after their first fight. pacman got lucky in the first round and after that it was a boxing clinic by marquez.

pacman sucks and needs to fight good fighters and not over the hill fighters.

tell pacman to fight juan guzman, and guzman will make him look like a fool