The march towards marquee stardom continues for reigning consensus featherweight king Manny Pacquiao.
Yesterday, the Ring Magazine, considered as the ?Bible of Boxing,? upgraded the southpaw Pacquiao as the no. 5 pound-for-pound best fighter in the planet for the month of March, up a notch from his no. 6 billing just last month.
The pound-for-pound system of rankings classifies the best boxers in all weight divisions, as ranked by Ring Magazine?s expert writers and columnists.
Early this month, Ring Magazine editor-in-chief Nigel Collins visited the country to award Pacquiao his Ring belt, indicative of his top billing as the finest featherweight boxer in the world.
WBC light-heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr. remains the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world, followed by WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins, WBC lightweight boss Floyd Mayweather, Golden Boy Oscar De la Hoya and Pacquiao.
