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By Alphonso Costello (photo credit to box-latino)
 
Boxing’s pound-for-pound champion is a mythological concept much like the NCAA college football national championship. Pound-for-pound is a term used to describe the world’s best fighters regardless of weight. Just like the college football national championship, the media selects the pound-for-pound king.
 
I have compiled the definitive top ten pound-for-pound list by using a comprehensive blend of complex mathematical formulas, computer generated ratings and human judgment.
 
Results updated through Oct.18
 
1. Antonio Margarito (33-4, 24 KO’s)
WBO Welterweight Champion
Margarito is the Most Feared Man in Boxing and for good reason. He defeated a fighter with 178 career wins. Pretty Boy Floyd’s last five opponents totaled that amount. Margarito’s superior resume makes him the true pound-for-pound champion.
 
2. Emanuel Augustus (33-27-6, 18 KO’s)
Junior Welterweight
The best 27-loss fighter in the world today. Take away every bad decision that went against him and he would be the best fighter with 24 losses.
 
3. Bobby “The Sniper” Pacquiao (27-11-3, 12 KO’s)
WBC Continental Americas Super Featherweight Champion
There wasn’t enough room for two Pacquiao’s on this list. Bobby is on the list instead of his older brother Manny because he did something that big brother couldn’t do, and that’s reducing another man to tears. “The Sniper” decisioned Carlos Hernandez in October 2005, reducing the former world champion to tears. He followed it up by knocking out former featherweight champ Kevin Kelley in June 2006.
 
4. Sergio Mora (19-0, 4 KO’s)
Middleweight
There hasn’t been a fighter with this much charisma, sex appeal and street cred to come out of East Los Angeles since the “Golden Boy” Art Aragon.
 
5. Zahir Raheem (27-2, 16 KO’s)
Lightweight
Raheem is the only person to whip a hung over Erik Morales and not get famous.
 
6. John Ruiz (41-6-1, 28 KO’s)
Heavyweight
Ruiz is a true throw back fighter bringing back the jab-and-grab style not seen since the days of Lou Thesz, Gorgeous George and “Classy” Freddie Blassie.
 
7. Daniel Santos (30-3-1, 21 KO’s)
Jr. Middleweight
Santos has done something Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scared to do and that’s step into a ring with Antonio Margarito. And thanks to an accidental head butt, Santos defeated Margarito by technical decision. He also holds a victory over Yory Boy Campas.
 
8. Nate Campbell (29-5-1, 24 KO’s)
Lightweight
Not the best fighter in his division by any means, but not the smartest either.
 
9. Jorge Fernando Castro (129-11-3, 89 KO’s)
Light Heavyweight
A pound-for-pound list without Castro would be pointless. 129-career wins is more than enough to earn him pound-for-pound recognition. But what really earned him a spot on the list were his losses to Roy Jones Jr., Terry Norris and Roberto Duran.
 
10. Eric “Butterbean” Esch (75-7-4, 56 KO’s)
Heavyweight
No one can match Butterbean pound-by-pound. He leads all active heavyweights in wins and knockouts. Plus, he is the only man to knockout “Brawl for All” champion and former 7-time world tag-team champion Bart Gunn.
 
MISSING THE CUT:
 
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (36-0, 24 KO’s)
Welterweight
Fighting a 35-year old journeyman with nine career loses wasn’t enough to crack the top ten.
 
Juan Diaz (30-0, 15 KO’s)
WBA Lightweight Champion
Diaz’s 15 knockouts nearly match the number of career victories that Sergio Mora has compiled. The 23-year-old ‘Baby Bull’ happens to be three years younger than Mora.
 
Hector Camacho Jr. (42-2-1, 24 KO’s)
Super Middleweight
Has maintained a very fine record against weak opposition.
 
Ike Quartey (37-3-1, 31 KO’s)
Jr. Middleweight
I’m surprised Quartey didn’t retire and go into seclusion after the Vernon Forrest debacle. He is virtually undefeated with disputed decisions to Jose Luis Lopez, Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas and Vernon Forrest. His record should read 41-0, but this hard luck fighter can’t get a break.
 
Joel Casamayor (34-3-1, 21KO’s)
WBC Lightweight Champion
Another fighter that is virtually undefeated. Casamayor out pointed a welterweight for the lightweight title. Nice.

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