Write On Sports LLC - "Pound For Pound" by Sam Kirtley

Pound For Pound

2007-02-13 10:30:01 | By: Sam Kirtley

Boxing Daily hasn't done a list of who we think are the best pound for pound fighters in the world in while, so here's an update:

At Number One I still have to go with the welterweight "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather. With a record of (37 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws, 24KOs) and being a world champion at four different weights he has got to be my number one. He says he wants to retire after his huge fight with Oscar De La Hoya in June, but I am hoping that Floyd will fight Ricky Hatton soon, and then he can retire.

Editor's Note - the links in this article contain highlights regarding the boxers listed. The highlights are accompanied by music that contains some explicit lyrics (i.e. if you're at your office, you may want to turn the music down).Floyd Mayweather Boxing Highlights

My Number two is the featherweight, but former two weight world champion, Manny Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, has a record of (42-3-2, 34KOs) and he won his rubber match against Erik Morales with style. I would say Manny Pacquiao is near his best at the moment and hopefully we can see a rematch against Marco Antonio Barrera soon.

Marco Antonio Barrera is the Boxing Daily No.3 holding an amazing boxing record of (63-4, 42KOs) and the WBC super featherweight crown. Anyone who said that his career was finished was proven wrong with Barrera's impressive victory over Morales and then Rocky Juarez in September.

After completely outclassing Ike Quartey, the WBC and WBA light middleweight champion, Winky Wright is the 5th best pound for pound fighter in the world. I would like to see a rematch between Wright and Jermain Taylor who is the Boxing Daily Number Six.

As the undisputed middleweight champion, Jermain Taylor has to be in my top ten. He continued his great boxing record of (26-0-1, 17KOs) when he defending his belts against Kassim Ouma. It would be really good to see if Taylor could fight Joe Calzaghe, although this would mean that either Joe Calzaghe losing weight or Taylor gaining weight.

WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is Boxing Daily's number six. He has dominated the super middleweight division for about a decade and is set to meet Peter Manfredo in Cardiff in April. As I said, I would like to see him fight Jermain Taylor or possibly Mikkel Kessler.

Joe Calzaghe Boxing Highlights

Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton comes in at number seven for me. Although he easily beat Juan Urango for the IBF belt, it was not a great display. If he can beat Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo, and more importantly Floyd Mayweather, Hatton will go much higher in my list, probably to the number one spot.

Ricky "The Hitman" Hattan Boxing Highlights

At number eight is Oscar De La Hoya, a world boxing champion in six different weights. He takes a record of 38-4, 30KOs into his fight with Floyd Mayweather in May. He surprised many people with his awesome display against Ricardo Mayorga, perhaps he can produce a similar performance against Mayweather.

The number nine is Bernard Hopkins (47-4-1, 32KOs) showed he was far from finished with his win over Ricardo Mayorga. Hopkins now wants to fight WBC Heavyweight champion, Oleg Maskaev, who I think he would beat.

Finally at number ten is IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez. This guy has held to IBF belt since 2003 and he has shown the boxing world in he seven title defences that he can fight and box his way to a win.

Well that's the Boxing Daily Top Ten Pound for Pound fighters at the moment.

What's your top ten?

What do you think of the Boxing Daily Top Ten?

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