KO/Ring end of year pound for pound polls;


January 1980

1: Duran
2: Leonard
3: Gomez
4: Danny Lopez
5: Cuevas
6: Arguello
7: Holmes
8: Benitez
9: Antuofermo
9: Matt Saad Muhammad


Jan 81

1: Hearns
2: Leonard
3: Hagler
4: Holmes
5: Arguello
6: Gomez
7: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
8: Matt Saad Muhammmad
9: Benitez
10: Duran
10: Pryor


Jan 82

1: Leonard
2: Arguello
3: Hagler
4: Sanchez
5: Benitez
6: Holmes
7: Chandler
8: Pedroza
9: Pryor
10: Hearns
10: Qawi


Dec 83

1: Hagler
2: Pryor
3: Holmes
4: Spinks
5: Chandler
6: Hearns
7: Arguello
8: Gomez
9: Camacho
10: Pedroza


Dec 84

1: Hagler
2: Pryor
3: Holmes
4: Pedroza
5: Camacho
6: Chandler
6: Leonard
8: Spinks
9: Hearns
10: Curry


Dec 85

1: Hagler
2: Camacho
3: Spinks
4: Curry
5: Hearns
6: McGuigan
7: Milton McCrory
8: Pinklon Thomas
8: JCC
10: Holmes


Dec 86

1: Hagler
2: Tyson
3: Curry
4: Hearns
5: Rosario
6: Nelson
6: Spinks
8: Holyfield
9: JCC
10: Camacho


No poll in 87


Dec 88

1: Tyson
2: JCC
3: Holyfield
4: SRL
5: Fenech
6: Nunn
7: Nelson
8: Jung Koo Chang
9: McGirt
10: Kalambay


Dec 89

1: Tyson
2: JCC
3: Taylor
4: Nunn
5: Holyfield
6: Whitaker
7: SRL
8: Fenech
9: Nelson
10: Starling


Dec 90

1: JCC
2: Whitaker
3: Tyson
4: Taylor
5: Douglas
6: Brown
7: Nunn
8: Holyfield
9: Humberto Gonzales
10: Norris


Dec 91

1: JCC
2: Whitaker
3: Holyfield
4: Tyson
5: Taylor
6: McCallum
7: Hearns
8: Galaxy
9: Norris
10: Kyun Park


Dec 92

1: JCC
2: Norris
3: Whitaker
4: McGirt
5: Bowe
6: Nelson
7: Barkley
7: Canizales
9: Jackson
10: RJJ
10: Lewis
10: McCallum


Dec 93

1: Whitaker
2: JCC
3: Norris
4: Toney
5: Carbajal
6: Holyfield
7: McGirt
8: RJJ
9: Canizales
10: Lopez


Dec 94

1: Whitaker
2: Toney
3: RJJ
4. Randall
5: McClellan
6: Lopez
7: Canizales
8: Gonzales
9: Trinidad
10: Kelley


Dec 95

1: RJJ
2: Whitaker
3: DLH
4: Trinidad
5: Barrera
6: Bowe
7: Lopez
8: Chavez
9: Quartey
10: Hamed

These are all from Ring magazine;


Feb 1993

1: JCC
2: Whitaker
3: Norris
4: Holyfield
5: Canizales
6: McGirt
7: Nelson
8: Julian Jackson
9: Kil Moon
10: Toney


Sept 96

1: RJJ
2: Whitaker
3: DLH
4: Trinidad
5: Barrera
6: Lopez
7: Tszyu
8: Bowe
9: Norris
10: Tyson


Sept 98

1: DLH
2: RJJ
3: Holyfield
4: Trinidad
5: Mark Johnson
6: Whitaker
7: Hamed
8: Tapia
9: Lopez
10: Hopkins


June 01

1: Trinidad
2: Mosley
3: RJJ
4: Hamed
5: Mayweather
6: DLH
7: Tszyu
8: Morales
9: Judah
10: Vargas


June 03

1: Hopkins
2: RJJ
3: Barrera
4: DLH
5: Tszyu
6: Morales
7: Mayweather
8: Mayorga
9: Lewis
10: Forrest

I suppose thank you for yet another look into the past. :D

no nigel benn in any p4p list?

Nice bit of BOXING HISTORY there JuyJuy. :rolleyes:

no nigel benn in any p4p list?
He really couldn't of been.

1988 - imfamously almost stopped by Logan
1989 - imfamously rope-a-doped by Watson
1990 - imfamously defeated by arch-rival Eubank
1991 - held no title at all
1992 - worst performance to date (vs. Malinga, pre-Tibbs)
1993 - rocked by Gent in slugfest, lacklustre vs Eubank
1994 - only fought twice, very lacklustre vs Giminez
1995 - looked worst than ever against Nardiello and Perez

He really couldn't of been.

1988 - imfamously almost stopped by Logan
1989 - imfamously rope-a-doped by Watson
1990 - imfamously defeated by arch-rival Eubank
1991 - held no title at all
1992 - worst performance to date (vs. Malinga, pre-Tibbs)
1993 - rocked by Gent in slugfest, lacklustre vs Eubank
1994 - only fought twice, very lacklustre vs Giminez
1995 - looked worst than ever against Nardiello and Perez


so why didnt u go farther back and post a p4p list with him at #1 if he was there at all.

If Galvano, Piper and Wharton all happened in one year then Benn would definately be one of the best fighters of that year - he was flawless in those fights.. but because he was British, they'd probably throw in Barkley and McClellan ahead of Benn instead :cool:

my real concernt here is a serious lack of chris "simply the best" eubank. surely if he was simply the best, he would be one at least one p4p list??

also, i dont get why they have hw's on the list. dont they understand the purpose of the p4p sysmtem??

my real concernt here is a serious lack of chris "simply the best" eubank. surely if he was simply the best, he would be one at least one p4p list??
1990 - left severely hospitalised by Benn
1991 - hardly did anything v Sherry, severely hospitalised from Watson rematch
1992 - looked awful v Malinga, hardly did anything v Thornton
1993 - looked worse than ever against Benn
1994 - brilliant v Rocchigiani/Wharton, hardly did anything v Amaral/Schommer
1995 - retired

If Jarvis, Essett, Rocchigiani and Wharton were all in the same year, Eubank would have to be rated as one of the best fighters of that year. I suppose 1990 is debatable, but he only won two rounds against Benn (round one and round five).

KO Magazine was very kind to Eubank though, he was their boy. They did features on him all the time and referred to him as "the game's great showman".