Ring Mag p4p list 1980 to 2008

THorton13y ago

I just came across this in a search. Somebody must have posted the list from one of the Ring Almanacs. Thought you clowns might find it interesting. 1980 KO Magazine (January) 1 - Roberto Duran 2 - Sugar Ray Leonard 3 - Wilfredo Gomez 4 - Danny Lopez 5 - Pipino Cuevas 6 - Alexis Arguello 7 - Larry Holmes 8 - Wilfred Benitez 9 - Vito Antuofermo/Matt Saad Muhammad (tie) 1981 KO Magazine (January) 1 - Thomas Hearns 2 - Sugar Ray Leonard 3 - Marvin Hagler 4 - Larry Holmes 5 - Alexis Arguello 6 - Wilfredo Gomez 7 - Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 8 - Matt Saad Muhammmad 9 - Wilfred Benitez 10 - Roberto Duran/Aaron Pryor (tie) 1982 KO Magazine 1. Sugar Ray Leonard 2. Alexis Arguello 3. Marvin Hagler 4. Salvador Sanchez 5. Wilfred Benitez 6. Larry Holmes 7. Jeff Chandler 8. Eusebio Pedroza 9. Aaron Pryor 10. Thomas Hearns/Dwight Braxton* (tie) *Dwight Muhammad Qawi 1983 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Aaron Pryor 3. Larry Holmes 4. Michael Spinks 5. Jeff Chandler 6. Thomas Hearns 7. Alexis Arguello 8. Wilfredo Gomez 9. Hector Camacho 10. Eusebio Pedroza 1984 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Aaron Pryor 3. Larry Holmes 4. Eusebio Pedroza 5. Hector Camacho 6. Ray Leonard 6. Jeff Chandler 8. Michael Spinks 9. Thomas Hearns 10. Donald Curry 1985 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Hector Camacho 3. Michael Spinks 4. Donald Curry 5. Thomas Hearns 6. Barry McGuigan 7. Milton McCrory 8. Julio Cesar Chavez 8. Pinklon Thomas 10. Larry Holmes 1986 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Mike Tyson 3. Donald Curry 4. Thomas Hearns 5. Edwin Rosario 6. Azumah Nelson 6. Michael Spinks 8. Evander Holyfield 9. Julio Cesar Chavez 10. Hector Camacho 1987 1. Mike Tyson 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. Sugar Ray Leonard 4. Marvin Hagler 5. Thomas Hearns 6. Michael Nunn 7. Jeff Fenech 8. Azumah Nelson 9. Michael Spinks 10. Edwin Rosario 1988 KO Magazine 1. Mike Tyson 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. Evander Holyfield 4. Ray Leonard 5. Jeff Fenech 6. Michael Nunn 7. Azumah Nelson 8. Jung Koo Chang 9. Buddy McGirt 10. Sumbu Kalambay 1989 1. Mike Tyson 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. Pernell Whitaker 4. Michael Nunn 5. Antonio Esparragoza 6. Meldrick Taylor 7. Azumah Nelson 8. Raul Perez 9. Virgil Hill 10. Marlon Starling 1990 1. Julio Cesar Chavez 2. Pernell Whitaker 3. Michael Nunn 4. Antonio Esparragoza 5. Meldrick Taylor 6. Evander Holyfield 7. Mike Tyson 8. Raul Perez 9. Myung-Woo Yuh 10. Khaosai Galaxy 1991 1. Julio Cesar Chavez (2) 2. Pernell Whitaker 3. Terry Norris 4. Evander Holyfield 5. Meldrick Taylor 6. Riddock Bowe 7. James (Buddy) McGirt 8. Khaosai Galaxy 9. James Toney 10. Sung-Kil Moon 1992 1. Julio Cesar Chavez 2. Pernell Whitaker 3. Terry Norris 4. Orlando Canizales 5. James (Buddy) McGirt 6. Riddick Bowe 7. Azumah Nelson 8. Sung-Kil Moon 9. Julian Jackson 10. James Toney 1993 1. Pernell Whitaker 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. James Toney 4. Michael Carbajal 5. Orlando Canizales 6. Evander Holyfield 7. Ricardo Lopez 8. Roy Jones Jr. 9. Kennedy McKinney 10. Yuri Arbachakov 1994 1. Pernell Whitaker 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Orlando Canizales 4. Ricardo Lopez 5. Humberto Gonzalez 6. Frankie Randall 7. Felix Trinidad 8. Gerald McClellan 9. Miguel Angel Gonzalez 10. Kevin Kelley 1995 1. Pernell Whitaker 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Ricardo Lopez 4. Oscar De La Hoya 5. Felix Trinidad 6. Yuri Arbachakov 7. Kostya Tszyu 8. Riddick Bowe 9. Marco Antonio Barrera 10. Terry Norris 1996 1. Roy Jones Jr. 2. Oscar De La Hoya 3. Pernell Whitaker 4. Felix Trinidad 5. Ricardo Lopez 6. Junior Jones 7. Kostya Tszyu 8. Terry Norris 9. Evander Holyfield 10. Mark Johnson 1997 KO Magazine 1. Oscar De La Hoya 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Felix Trinidad 4. Pernell Whitaker 5. Evander Holyfield 6. Terry Norris 7. Junior Jones 8. Ricardo Lopez 9. Ike Quartey 10. Mark Johnson 1998 1. Oscar De La Hoya 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Evander Holyfield 4. Felix Trinidad 5. Mark Johnson 6. Shane Mosley 7. Ricardo Lopez 8. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 9. Naseem Hamed 10. Johnny Tapia 1999 1. Roy Jones Jr. 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Felix Trinidad 4. Oscar De La Hoya 5. Shane Mosley 6. Mark Johnson 7. Ricardo Lopez 8. Erik Morales 9. Bernard Hopkins 10. Stevie Johnston 2000 1. Shane Mosley 2. Felix Trinidad 3. Roy Jones Jr. 4. Oscar De La Hoya 5. Diego Corrales 6. Naseem Hamed 7. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 8. Lennox Lewis 9. Erik Morales 10. Bernard Hopkins 2001 1. Shane Mosley 2. Bernard Hopkins 3. Roy Jones Jr. 4. Marco Antonio Barrera 5. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 6. Felix Trinidad 7. Oscar De La Hoya 8. Ricardo Lopez 9. Kostya Tszyu 10. Erik Morales 2002 1. Bernard Hopkins 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Marco Antonio Barrera 4. Vernon Forrest 5. Oscar De La Hoya 6. Kostya Tszyu 7. Erik Morales 8. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 9. Lennox Lewis 10. Shane Mosley 2003 1. Roy Jones Jr. 2. Bernard Hopkins 3. Shane Mosley 4. Oscar De La Hoya 5. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 6. Manny Pacquiao 7. Kostya Tszyu 8. Erik Morales 9. James Toney 10. Antonio Tarver 2004 1. Bernard Hopkins 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Kostya Tszyu 4. Ronald (Winky) Wright 5. Manny Pacquiao 6. Juan Manuel Marquez 7. Marco Antonio Barrera 8. Erik Morales 9. Glen Johnson 10. Antonio Tarver 2005 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2. Ronald (Winky) Wright 3. Marco Antonio Barrera 4. Ricky Hatton 5. Manny Pacquiao 6. Erik Morales 7. Juan Manuel Marquez 8. Rafael Marquez 9. Jose Luis Castillo 10. Zab Judah 2006 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Ronald (Winky) Wright 4. Jermain Taylor 5. Bernard Hopkins 6. Marco Antonio Barrera 7. Rafael Marquez 8. Ricky Hatton 9. Jose Luis Castillo 10. Joe Calzaghe 2007 Doug Fischer - Maxboxing.com 1. Floyd Mayweather 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Joe Calzaghe 4. Juan Manuel Marquez 5. Bernard Hopkins 6. Israel Vazquez/Rafael Marquez 8. Miguel Cotto 9. Ivan Calderon 10. Winky Wright 2008 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Juan Manuel Marquez 3. Joe Calzaghe 4. Bernard Hopkins 5. Israel Vazquez 6. Antonio Margarito 7. Rafael Marquez 8. Miguel Cotto 9. Ivan Calderon 10. Ricky Hatton 2009 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Shane Mosley 4. Bernard Hopkins 5. Juan Manuel Marquez 6. Nonito Donaire 7. Miguel Cotto 8. Celestino Caballero 9. Chad Dawson 10. Paul Williams 2010 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Sergio Gabriel Martinez 4. Juan Manuel Marquez 5. Nonito Donaire 6. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 7. Fernando Montiel 8. Wladimir Klitschko 9. Timothy Bradley 10. Juan Manuel Lopez 2011 1. Manny Pacquiao 2 .Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Sergio Gabriel Martinez 4. Nonito Donaire 5. Juan Manuel Marquez 6. Wladimir Klitschko 7. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 8. Timothy Bradley 9. Giovanni Segura 10. Andre Ward

Comments (20)

WESS

I cant begin to tell you what it was like to come home from playing ball and be able to watch Hagler or ARguello, pryor, hearns, leonard, sanchez etc. on a Sat or Sunday afternoon. Yeah I still feel I got to experience the tail end of boxing’s golden years though. But the 80's... man I was just too young to follow it.

13y ago

The_Big_Dunn

I remember Jones, Hoya and Whitaker fighting for the top 3 spots growing up. Early 93-94 is when I started watching and feel I missed out on being a die hard fan in 80's. Being an 82 baby had me missing a lot of golden years of boxing. I cant begin to tell you what it was like to come home from playing ball and be able to watch Hagler or ARguello, pryor, hearns, leonard, sanchez etc. on a Sat or Sunday afternoon.

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WESS

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THorton

Damn Roy Jones Jr, top 10 in '93, then top 3 from 1994-2003. 10 years in the top 10 P4P list, with 9 of them being top 3. GOAT status. Floyd Mayweather Jr, 13 years on the top 10 P4P list. Violation. yep, crazy impressive. Floyd was on nearly from the moment he went pro.

13y ago

ModernTalking

Exactly what I was thinking but Ray was retired most of the 80's but he got the FOTY award. Double standard maybe. Ray retired because of an injury... and he fought the best. Floyd retired for his ducking.

13y ago

ModernTalking

Mayweather on the list since 1998 but Pacquiao got fighter of the decade. LOL Froid problem was he ducked Cotto and Margarito in 07. Had he not ducked them and fought like Mosley he would have won Fighter Of The Decade. I would have been piss if he didn't win it also.

13y ago

Kev

Damn Roy Jones Jr, top 10 in '93, then top 3 from 1994-2003. 10 years in the top 10 P4P list, with 9 of them being top 3. GOAT status. Floyd Mayweather Jr, 13 years on the top 10 P4P list. Violation.

13y ago

PBP

Jones wasn't p4p number one even after beating Toney and Hopkins. Not till 1996...what was significant about that year that would make Jones finally get the nod? Pea hadn't lost. Does anybody remember? Whitaker got dropped after subpar performances in the first fight with Rivera and the fight against Hurtado in which he was about to lose but scored a come from behind KO.

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THorton

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THorton

Now 1980 to 2011. The list is complete and will be updated again shortly.

13y ago

THorton

NO 1987 and 1991? Duran went from #1 to #10 to a nobody from 1980-1982.Updated - thanks for pointing it out!!

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THorton

Aaron Pryor was rated highly for quite a while too.

13y ago

THorton

Nice to see Camacho had a couple of years on the P4P list. Got up high on that list too. Wonder how many more years he would've stayed at that level if he exercised some diligence and self control. Would've could've should've. Sad. Also surprised Pipino Cuevas merited p4p status. I remember my dad and uncles loved that dude but I always thought he was a touch under P4P status. Guess I was wrong.I was pretty shocked to see Camacho that high as well. Not that he shouldn't have been, I just didn't know near as much about him back then.

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MikeRo1972

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THorton

How did Tyson stay on their P4P list for so long his best wins are an old fat former great and a blown up LHW and in 1990 when he gets K.Oed by a journeyman he only drops to 7.Because he ran through his whole division for three street years including Spinks in 91 seconds to win the Linear title who captured it from one of the greatest heavyweights ever in a long line of greats? What kind of question is this anyway? :rofl:

13y ago

THorton

Interesting. So longest time at #1 is Hagler - 4 years Pacquiao - 4 years Whitaker - 3 years Jones - 3 years Mayweather - 3 years Southpaws stay winning.and three completely different styles of southpaw. Isn't Jones also a converted southpaw?

13y ago

Optimistic

Interesting stuff. Good thread.

13y ago

Johannes

Poor Cañizales loses a split D battle to Vazquez and he's dropped completely from the list.:blackeye:

13y ago

White_Knight

Interesting. Thanks for posting them.

13y ago

PBP

Interesting. So longest time at #1 is Hagler - 4 years Pacquiao - 4 years Whitaker - 3 years Jones - 3 years Mayweather - 3 years Southpaws stay winning.

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