ESPN Reveals It's Pound 4 Pound Rankings Of Last 25 Years *Updated* #1 revealed on 3rd page!!!!!!!!!

[Newzz]

Wait... This nikka has Chacalito is 20?

Why the fukk is his ass on this list... When the fukk did the lower Weights become so popular... Oh I get it.... Hbo... Get the fukk out of here

I still can't get over the fact that he's ranked #1 P4P in the world

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Fat Dan didn't vote for BATB but voted for choclatito and lil g? Shameful

 

[Big Boss]

Fat Dan didn't vote for BATB but voted for choclatito and lil g? Shameful

 

[DunedinShark24]

How the hell has this list missed Rocky Marciano? The Brockton Blockbuster was 49-0 with 43 via KO..... SMH......

 

[Columbo]

Espn kinda fukked up. Theyre putting fights that are older then 25 years in their 3 top fights. 25 years ago it was 1991, with that said Holyfield should be lower. I dont even know where to begin with this list actually.

Im not even gonna analyze it, espn doesnt know sh*t about boxing

 

[itsyoung!!]

So there's 15 spots left.




Holyfield
Vitali
Mosley
Barrera
Tyson
Bowe
Lewis
Roy
Hopkins
Floyd
Manny
Pernell
Oscar
Chavez Sr
Trinidad
Marquez





I got 16 names

Sergio Martinez ?
Canelo Alveraz ? I dont see how GGG makes this list but Canelo wouldnt

 

[itsyoung!!]

So the top five is going to be Mayweather (who's going to be #1), Pacquiao, Roy, Bernard Hopkins, and Pernel, but in what order? Personally I got it 1-Mayweather, 2-Roy, 3-Whitaker, 4-Pac, 5-Hopkins.

Extremely surprised to see Rafael have GGG on his list over Bradley, though there was no doubt in my mind that GGG was going to make ESPN's list. They need the clicks/talk so he had to make the list because him being on there will generate conversation. I don't look at it as any different than Steph Curry being above Isiah, Wade, etc., on the all-time NBA lists.

Edited, had Chavez instead of Pernel

theirs this guy named Mike Tyson as well

 

[satireprod]

If ESPN tries to rank Pacquaio higher than Floyd

 

[SuikodenII]

theirs this guy named Mike Tyson as well

80s Tyson, no question




...then 1990 came along and it was all downhill from there

 

[mr. smoke weed]

This is a joke. I wish we had someone with clout (@Jae) to fire shots at these fukkboys on twitter and actually get their attention.

Embarrassment to the sport.

 

[Jae]

Let me go back and re-read the thread brehs. Your girl been working like a Hebrew slave lately.

 

[Newzz]

#P4Prank: No. 5 of past 25 years

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Julio Cesar-Chavez makes the top 5 (2:17)

ESPN's Dan Rafael and Brian Campbell explain why Julio Cesar-Chavez ranks fifth in the pound-for-pound top 25 of the past 25 years. (2:17)

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Nos. 25-16
Thurs., March 31 Nos. 15-11
Fri., April 1 Nos. 10-6
Mon., April 4 No. 5
Tues., April 5 No. 4
Wed., April 6 No. 3
Thurs., April 7 No. 2
Fri., April 8 No. 1
Manny Pacquiao, unquestionably one of the best boxers of his generation, says his third meeting with Timothy Bradley Jr. on April 9 will be the final fight of his career. If that's the case, then it's time to assess Pacquiao's place in boxing history.

ESPN asked its panel of boxing experts to rank the top 25 pound-for-pound boxers of the past 25 years. The results will be unveiled over eight days on ESPN.com, Facebook (ESPN Boxing) and Twitter (@ESPNBoxing) and counted down from No. 25 to No. 1, which will be announced on the eve of Pacquiao-Bradley III. Fans can use the hashtag #P4Prank to join the discussion and follow along.

Is Pacquiao the No. 1 P4P boxer since 1991? Here is the fighter ranked at No. 5:

Coming Tuesday: No. 4

5. Julio Cesar Chavez

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• Record: 107-6-2, 86 KOs | Years active: 1980-2005
  
  
• Weight classes: Junior lightweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight
  
  
• Titles: 6
  
  
• Top 3 signature wins: Edwin Rosario, TKO11, 1987; Roger Mayweather, TKO10, 1989; Meldrick Taylor, TKO12, 1990
  

Stats & Info: From 1989-1993, Chavez made 12 defenses of his WBC junior welterweight title, the most in that division's history.

ESPN's take: The last years of his career may have been tarnished by losses to some inferior fighters but in his prime Chavez was a fearsome and merciless body puncher, an uncanny slipper of punches and the antithesis of what used to be known, in admiration, as a "Mexican fighter." Never a face-first brawler, Chavez had a built-in radar for avoiding punches and getting inside on an opponent to deliver his deadly left hook to the liver. At his best, Chavez was a joy to watch, although sometimes the subtlety of his style was lost on fans who came only to see knockouts. His relentlessness forced Mayweather to give up his title on his stool, his magnetism drew 135,000 fans to Estadio Azteca to watch him fight an overmatched Greg Haugen and his tenacity allowed him to outlast Meldrick Taylor in a fight he was just seconds away from losing. Stepped into the void left behind after Mike Tyson got knocked out by Buster Douglas, and later, went to jail, to become the premier attraction in boxing from 1990 to 1994, bridging the gap until the rise of Oscar de la Hoya, his two-time conqueror. Undoubtedly the greatest fighter in the history of Mexico, a country that has produced dozens of excellent world champions. -- Wally Matthews


#P4Prank: Chavez makes the top five

 

[Skip b]

If ESPN tries to rank Pacquaio higher than Floyd

ESPN went into contract with HBO, before cotto mayweather with the belief that Floyd/Haymon would be a main staple, Espn has had it out for fm so it wouldn't surprise me....But that's why fukk boys like ggg are on the list

 

[satireprod]

ESPN went into contract with HBO, before cotto mayweather with the belief that Floyd/Haymon would be a main staple, Espn has had it out for fm so it wouldn't surprise me....But that's why fukk boys like ggg are on the list

I agree which makes this list look funny in the light

 

[THE MACHINE]

#P4Prank: No. 5 of past 25 years

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Julio Cesar-Chavez makes the top 5 (2:17)

ESPN's Dan Rafael and Brian Campbell explain why Julio Cesar-Chavez ranks fifth in the pound-for-pound top 25 of the past 25 years. (2:17)

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3:48 PM ET

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Nos. 25-16
Thurs., March 31 Nos. 15-11
Fri., April 1 Nos. 10-6
Mon., April 4 No. 5
Tues., April 5 No. 4
Wed., April 6 No. 3
Thurs., April 7 No. 2
Fri., April 8 No. 1
Manny Pacquiao, unquestionably one of the best boxers of his generation, says his third meeting with Timothy Bradley Jr. on April 9 will be the final fight of his career. If that's the case, then it's time to assess Pacquiao's place in boxing history.

ESPN asked its panel of boxing experts to rank the top 25 pound-for-pound boxers of the past 25 years. The results will be unveiled over eight days on ESPN.com, Facebook (ESPN Boxing) and Twitter (@ESPNBoxing) and counted down from No. 25 to No. 1, which will be announced on the eve of Pacquiao-Bradley III. Fans can use the hashtag #P4Prank to join the discussion and follow along.

Is Pacquiao the No. 1 P4P boxer since 1991? Here is the fighter ranked at No. 5:

Coming Tuesday: No. 4

5. Julio Cesar Chavez

The Ring Magazine/Getty Images

• Record: 107-6-2, 86 KOs | Years active: 1980-2005
  
  
• Weight classes: Junior lightweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight
  
  
• Titles: 6
  
  
• Top 3 signature wins: Edwin Rosario, TKO11, 1987; Roger Mayweather, TKO10, 1989; Meldrick Taylor, TKO12, 1990

Stats & Info: From 1989-1993, Chavez made 12 defenses of his WBC junior welterweight title, the most in that division's history.

ESPN's take: The last years of his career may have been tarnished by losses to some inferior fighters but in his prime Chavez was a fearsome and merciless body puncher, an uncanny slipper of punches and the antithesis of what used to be known, in admiration, as a "Mexican fighter." Never a face-first brawler, Chavez had a built-in radar for avoiding punches and getting inside on an opponent to deliver his deadly left hook to the liver. At his best, Chavez was a joy to watch, although sometimes the subtlety of his style was lost on fans who came only to see knockouts. His relentlessness forced Mayweather to give up his title on his stool, his magnetism drew 135,000 fans to Estadio Azteca to watch him fight an overmatched Greg Haugen and his tenacity allowed him to outlast Meldrick Taylor in a fight he was just seconds away from losing. Stepped into the void left behind after Mike Tyson got knocked out by Buster Douglas, and later, went to jail, to become the premier attraction in boxing from 1990 to 1994, bridging the gap until the rise of Oscar de la Hoya, his two-time conqueror. Undoubtedly the greatest fighter in the history of Mexico, a country that has produced dozens of excellent world champions. -- Wally Matthews


#P4Prank: Chavez makes the top five

Why wouldn't they announce 2 and 1 the same day? It's going to be anticlimactic as fukk after they announce #2 because the world will know who number 1 is.