Yahoo's Top Ten P4P Rankings

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Points: 317 (20 of 33 first-place votes) Record: 41-0 (25 KOs) Title: None Last outing:: W12 over No. 9 Shane Mosley on May 1 Previous ranking:: 2 Up next: Perhaps late fall bout against No. 2 Manny Pacquiao Analysis: Showed complete game in convincing win over Mosley. 2. Manny Pacquiao Points: 310 (13 of 33 first-place votes) Record: 51-3-2 (38 KOs) Title: WBO welterweight champion Last outing:: W12 over Joshua Clottey on March 13 Previous ranking:: 1 Up next: Perhaps late fall bout vs. No. 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. Analysis:Newly elected Filipino congressman may fight three more times. 3. Paul Williams Points: 234 Record: 39-1 (27 KOs) Title: None Last outing:: TD4 over Kermit Cintron on May 8 Previous ranking:: 4 Up next: Nothing scheduled Analysis: Didn’t help cause for fight with Mayweather or Pacquiao with lackluster performance. 4. Juan Manuel Marquez Points: 159 Record: 50-5-1 (37 KOs) Title: WBA, WBO lightweight champion Last outing:: L12 to No. 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Sept. 19 Previous ranking:: 5 Up next: Vs. Juan Diaz on July 31 in Las Vegas Analysis: Needs big win to reinvigorate his career. 5. Chad Dawson Points: 156 Record: 28-0 (17 KOs) Title: Interim WBC light heavyweight champion Last outing:: W12 over Glen Johnson on Nov. 7 Previous ranking:: 6 Up next: Vs. Jean Pascal on Aug. 14 in Montreal Analysis: Hasn’t faced fighter younger than 39 in more than two years. 6. Sergio Martinez Points: 137 Record: 45-2-2 (24 KOs) Title: WBC, WBO middleweight champion Last outing:: W12 Kelly Pavlik on April 17 Previous ranking:: 8 Up next: May be in mix for bout against No. 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. Analysis: Skilled boxer and entertaining fighter. 7. Wladimir Klitschko Points: 92 Record: 54-3 (48 KOs) Title: IBF, WBO heavyweight champion Last outing:: TKO12 over Eddie Chambers on March 20 Previous ranking:: 7 Up next: Nothing scheduled Analysis: In talks for bout with WBA champion David Haye. 8. Timothy Bradley Points: 70 Record: 25-0 (11 KOs) Title: WBO super lightweight champion Last outing:: W12 Lamont Peterson on Dec. 12 Previous ranking:: 10 Up next: July 17 vs. TBA in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Analysis: Solid all-around fighter in a tough division. 9. Shane Mosley Points: 51 Record: 46-6 (39 KOs) Title: WBA welterweight champion Last outing:: L12 to No. 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1 Previous ranking:: 3 Up next: Nothing scheduled Analysis: Looked all of his 38 years vs. Mayweather. 10. Juan Manuel Lopez Points: 47 Record: 28-0 (25 KOs) Title: WBO featherweight champion Last outing:: TKO7 over Steven Luevano on Jan. 23 Previous ranking:: NR Up next: vs. Bernabe Concepcion on July 10 in Puerto Rico Analysis:Eyeing showdown with WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. Others receiving votes: Vitali Klitschko, 42; Bernard Hopkins, 40; Ivan Calderon, 26; Lucian Bute, 22; Nonito Donaire, 19; Chris John, 13; Celestino Caballero, 12; Fernando Montiel, 11; Andre Ward, 11; Miguel Cotto, 10; Yuriorkis Gamboa, 10; Devon Alexander, 6; Israel Vazquez, 5; Andre Berto, 4; Tomasz Adamek, 4; Arthur Abraham, 3; Ponsaklek Wonjongkam, 2. Voting panel: Raul Alzaga, Primera Hora; Ron Borges, Boston Herald; Steve Cofield, Yahoo! Sports; Dave Cokin, ESPN Radio 1100, Las Vegas; Andrew Eisele, About.com; Doug Fischer, Ring; Scott Fyfe, Sunday Post, Scotland; Thomas Gerbasi, Boxingscene.com; Carlos Gonzalez, Primera Hora; Lee Groves, BoxingScene.com; Thomas Hauser, Seconds Out.com; Keith Idec, Herald News, New Jersey; Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports; Max Kellerman, HBO; Scott Mallon, Boxing Digest; Rich Marotta, Fox Sports; David Mayo, Grand Rapids Press; Franklin McNeil, ESPN; Gunnar Meinhardt, Die Welt; Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News; Marty Mulcahey, MaxBoxing.com; Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters; Peter Owen Nelson, freelance; Brett Okamoto, Las Vegas Sun; Santos Perez, Miami Herald; Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports; Michael Rosenthal, Ring; Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse.com; Tim Smith, New York Daily News; T.K. Stewart, Boxingscene.com; Dave Weinberg, Press of Atlantic City; John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News; George Willis, New York Post.

Comments (20)

ironic...floyd becoming number one by defeating the number three and not the number one. boxing is really crazy. like floyd. really crazy. hahahahaha!

16y ago

boxingfan_123

yahoo ratings? yeah thats yahoo ratings!

16y ago

Wreckless

Yahoo doesn't know sh!t. The two main rankings, Ring and ESPN, got it right

16y ago

trainhard_187

Mayweather beats Shane and is automatically #1.. Pac slaughters the dude that beat Shane in a TKO fashion... Dont get how these P4P rankings work, seems pretty biased anyways..

16y ago

Bahamut_Zero

That list is shit. Where is Donaire?

16y ago

S_H_A_R_K_B_O_Y

No sir. The vote was 15 pac, 13 floyd last fall. What do you mean "some of us complained". Who is "us", and why would this "us' complain about opinions? Hmm maybe he's someone with some push if you know what I mean..

16y ago

Dirk_Diggler_UK

I dont think Ive ever seen a fighter as hyped up on the internet as Paul Williams.

16y ago

roxy

For the record Yahoo put Mayweather #1 when he announced his return. Even though he hadn't fought in a couple years and was scheduled to fight a lightweight/featherweight! Some of us complained to them back then but they had their favorite.

16y ago

Crazylegs77

oh god why is everyone on about Williams in the boxing media

16y ago

Iceta_Lives

wright was a good fighter years ago, he didnt fight for like 2 years up until he fought paul. winky was shot, i give him credit for the margarito win though. as for sergio, he gets credit a win is a win but sergio whooped him badly. quintana is a c level fighter that schooled paul, then paul got lucky in the rematch. so paul's only good, decisive win was margarito a couple years ago. thats not good enough to be the 3rd best fighter in the world period and you know that. but since i have cotto in my sig you wanna argue :rofl: Okay, then why is Martinez fighting Winky Wright? Why does Quintana have a KO loss to ****in Berto of all people while having wins over Winky Wright and Martinez puts that to shame. Here's the thing. You Ricans hype up Lopez's KO win over Ponce De Leon, but if someone sparks one of your fighters out in the first round, it's luck. :rofl:

16y ago

el_malo2039

So having your last four fights against guys ranked in the top five of their division and fighting four times in 2008 doesn't count for anything? I don't think Paul Williams is the most skilled boxer when you look at all the guys on the list. But if Martinez, Wright, and Margarito aren't good fighters then you are just a moron if you think that. And if Martinez does fight Wright instead of avenging his loss to Williams I want people to shut up about that fight being a robbery. He even admitted he lost. wright was a good fighter years ago, he didnt fight for like 2 years up until he fought paul. winky was shot, i give him credit for the margarito win though. as for sergio, he gets credit a win is a win but sergio whooped him badly. quintana is a c level fighter that schooled paul, then paul got lucky in the rematch. so paul's only good, decisive win was margarito a couple years ago. thats not good enough to be the 3rd best fighter in the world period and you know that. but since i have cotto in my sig you wanna argue :rofl:

16y ago

Iceta_Lives

just jumping from weight to weight doesnt make you the 3rd best fighter in the sport. you have to beat good competition. mayweather and pac dont jump around to different weights but they beat good competition. So having your last four fights against guys ranked in the top five of their division and fighting four times in 2008 doesn't count for anything? I don't think Paul Williams is the most skilled boxer when you look at all the guys on the list. But if Martinez, Wright, and Margarito aren't good fighters then you are just a moron if you think that. And if Martinez does fight Wright instead of avenging his loss to Williams I want people to shut up about that fight being a robbery. He even admitted he lost.

16y ago

el_malo2039

really now? this guy jumps weight to weight..thats what POUND FOR POUND MEANS...yea he got gift desicion vs sergio but he got the win its only right for him to be over sergio....good list btw from yahoo just jumping from weight to weight doesnt make you the 3rd best fighter in the sport. you have to beat good competition. mayweather and pac dont jump around to different weights but they beat good competition.

16y ago

mach

In his fight with Shane Mosley, although Floyd Mayweather, Jr. did box brilliantly after being rocked by Mosley early, it was Mosley’s undoing and not Mayweather’s brilliance that won the fight. Mayweather did not do anything spectacular to turn the tide, it was Mosley’s stamina due to the long layoff and age that gave out first that paved the way for Mayweather’s eventual victory.

16y ago

LVfrank

Great list

16y ago

Pacdbest

Paul williams 3rd? for his gifts against martinez and cintron. wtf? I guess they love Black people!! Can U check how many among the Panels are Black?

16y ago

dnjk

It's a good news. That's right.

16y ago

S_H_A_R_K_B_O_Y

PAUL WILLIAMS IS NOT THE 3RD BEST FIGHTER IN THE WORLD IM SORRY JUST NO :rofl: Why the hell did Adamek get only 4 votes but Bhop 40? Bhop was extremely inactive after a very good performance vs Pavlik then had a fight vs a journyman and a shot Roy Jones and didn't look good at all. How can Martinez be below Williams? He beat teh Undisputed MW champ of the world and really he knocked out Cintron and got a disputed loss vs Williams! Just how Pacquiao gets fighter of the decade JUST because of the NAMES on his resume, Williams gets 3rd for winning his last two fights.

16y ago

jone6617

I wouldn't say it was a ''gift'' decision ( the Martinez fight). It wouldn't have been a robbery if either man won and i thought Williams finished stronger. When you consistently fight the best, close fights happen. There keeping him there so he can be the icing on somebodys cake...JMM Mosley & Cotto better than he is.

16y ago

slicksouthpaw16

Paul williams 3rd? for his gifts against martinez and cintron. wtf? I wouldn't say it was a ''gift'' decision ( the Martinez fight). It wouldn't have been a robbery if either man won and i thought Williams finished stronger. When you consistently fight the best, close fights happen.

16y ago