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SPORTS TRIVIA 3: POUND FOR POUND RANKINGS By Maloney L. Samaco PhilBoxing.com Tue, 02 Oct 2018 Pound for pound is a ranking used in boxing to determine who the better fighters are relative to their respective weights. Since these fighters do not compete directly, choosing the best fighter pound for pound is subjective, and ratings vary from one organization to another. The ranking may be based on several criteria including "quality of opposition", and other factors like the excitement the fighter brings to the fans or how famous they are. This is an attempt to determine who would win if all those boxers who were ranked were of the same weight category. The term was used to describe fabled fighters like Benny Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson who were widely considered to be the most legendary fighters of their time to recognize them from the more popular heavyweight champions. Since 1990, The Ring magazine has maintained a pound for pound ranking of boxers which is the most popular of all the rankings. Other associations and sports website followed. Here are the present pound-for-pound rankings: The Ring 1. Vasyl Lomachenko 2. Terence Crawford 3. Canelo ?lvarez 4. Gennady Golovkin 5. Oleksandr Usyk 6. Mikey Garcia 7. Naoya Inoue 8. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 9. Errol Spence Jr. 10. Donnie Nietes Boxing Writers Association of America 1. Vasyl Lomachenko 2. Terence Crawford 3. Gennady Golovkin 4. Mikey Garcia 5. Errol Spence Jr. 6. Naoya Inoue 7. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 8. Oleksandr Usyk 9. Canelo ?lvarez 10. Anthony Joshua Transnational Boxing Rankings Board 1. Vasyl Lomachenko 2. Terence Crawford 3. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 4. Oleksandr Usyk 5. Mikey Garcia 6. Canelo Alvarez 7. Naoya Inoue 8. Gennady Golovkin 9. Leo Santa Cruz 10. Anthony Joshua ESPN 1. Vasyl Lomachenko 2. Terence Crawford 3. Gennady Golovkin 4. Mikey Garcia 5. Errol Spence Jr. 6. Naoya Inoue 7. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 8. Oleksandr Usyk 9. Anthony Joshua 10. Deontay Wilder BoxRec 1. Terence Crawford 2. Canelo Alvarez 3. Gennady Golovkin 4. Vasyl Lomachenko 5. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 6. Luis Nery 7. Oleksandr Usyk 8. Anthony Joshua 9. Leo Santa Cruz 10. Miguel Berchelt Boxing Scene 1. Terence Crawford 2. Vasyl Lomachenko 3. Mikey Garcia 4. Saul Alvarez 5. Oleksandr Usyk 6. Srisaket Sor Rungivisai 7. Gennady Golovkin 8. Naoya Inoue 9. Errol Spence Jr. 10. Leo Santa Cruz Photo: Pound for pound fighers Vasyl Lomachenko (L) and Terence Crawford pose with their promoter Top Rank's Bob Arum. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Maloney L. Samaco. |
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