Floyd distanced himself as #1 plus/minus rated fighter after his amazing +47 performance vs. Marquez, who drops to a –1. Roy Jones was a +41 in his dominating performance vs. Reggie Johnson in ’99. Vitali Klitschko, follwing his +22 performances in comeback fights vs. Sam Peter and Juan Carlos Gomez is #2. Vitali defends vs. #3 Chris Arreola (+25) Saturday in LA. Six of the 17 listed fighters with an even or plus rating are welterweights- boxing’s deepest weight class.
Plus/minus rating determined by subtracting opponent’s connect pct. from listed fighter’s overall connect pct., which includes jab connect pct. & power punch connect pct.
PLUS/MINUS RATINGS – ACTIVE FIGHTERS
LAST 5 FIGHTS FOR EACH FIGHTER
Fighter Overall Conn. % Opp. Conn. % +/- Rating
MAYWEATHER 47% 15% +32
V. Klitschko 47% 21% +26
Arreola 53% 28% +25
J. Clottey 37% 21% +16
JM Lopez 42% 27% +15
Mosley 35% 22% +13
W. Klitschko 40% 29% +11
Pacquiao 34% 24% +10
Wright 31% 21% +10
Cotto 38% 29% +9
Juan Diaz 35% 27% +8
Dawson 36% 29% +7
Angulo 33% 26% +7
Hopkins 30% 27% +3
Williams 26% 24% +2
Malignaggi 27% 27% even
Margarito 31% 31% even
Marquez 31% 32% -1
Cintron 31% 35% -4
Pavlik 30% 36% -6