Mayweather, Pacquiao fail to make top 10 in fighters’ list

I've always thought that fighters from the past are overrated in comparison to recent fighters. There is like one fighter post 90 in the top 17 (Whitaker). So in 25 years of boxing (1990-2015), on an approximately 100 years span, only guy can make the top 17 ? Pacquiao is the only 8 division champ. May won 10 world titles in 5 division and is still undefeated, and imo is in the top 3 for the best defense in history (with Sweet Pea and Pep). They are the two best fighters of the last 25 years but can't crack the top 17 ? I don't know... That doesnt mean much. Manny is the only 8 division champ because there are way more weight classes now than before. Also back then there was only one championship belt to win, now there is like 5 for each division. the list is actually pretty good placement for both fighters imo I would put manny at 22 and floyd 23.

It's silly to compare a guy like Greb to anyone from the current era. There isn't even footage of him fighting. The only footage we have is of him sloppily shadow oxing and sparring.

Interesting, thanks for posting. I was just looking at the list, side by side with the Ring's recent list. Placing - Yahoo - Ring 1 - SRR - SRR 2 - Armstrong - Armstrong 3 - Ali - Ali 4 - Greb - Duran 5 - Duran - Luis 6 - Louis *Tied - Leonard 7 - Pep *Tied - Pep 8 - Leonard - Moore 9 - B.Leonard - Chavez 10 - Langford - Charles Both list in agreement in regards to the top 3. Is the bold Julio Ceasar Chaver Sr?

No one who knows what they're talking about should have either guy in the top 10. Whoever wins the fight will probably crack the top 20.

Interesting, thanks for posting. I was just looking at the list, side by side with the Ring's recent list. Placing - Yahoo - Ring 1 - SRR - SRR 2 - Armstrong - Armstrong 3 - Ali - Ali 4 - Greb - Duran 5 - Duran - Luis 6 - Louis *Tied - Leonard 7 - Pep *Tied - Pep 8 - Leonard - Moore 9 - B.Leonard - Chavez 10 - Langford - Charles Both list in agreement in regards to the top 3.

I've always thought that fighters from the past are overrated in comparison to recent fighters. There is like one fighter post 90 in the top 17 (Whitaker). So in 25 years of boxing (1990-2015), on an approximately 100 years span, only guy can make the top 17 ? Pacquiao is the only 8 division champ. May won 10 world titles in 5 division and is still undefeated, and imo is in the top 3 for the best defense in history (with Sweet Pea and Pep). They are the two best fighters of the last 25 years but can't crack the top 17 ? I don't know...

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sports/2015/04/27/mayweather-pacquiao-fail-make-top-10-fighters-list-404587 By Edri K. Aznar FLOYD Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are undoubtedly the two best boxers of this era. But how do these two fair well with the other all-time greats of the sweet science. Yahoo! Sports recently did a poll on an All-Time Top 25 list, and asked a panel of boxing experts to give 15 boxers who they think deserved to be on the list. Some of the experts that were in the panel are Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole, HBO broadcasters Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman, Al Berstein and Steve Farhood of Showtime, Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame founder Rich Marotta and promoter Lou DiBella. Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs) got 15 votes and was ranked at No. 19, while Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) ranked three spots lower at No. 22 with 12 votes. He was tied with welterweight and middle weight champion Charles Burley (83-12-2, 50 KOs). Most experts still believe that Sugar Ray Robinson (173-19-6, 108 KOs) is still the best with 164 votes, followed by Henry Armstrong (151-21-9, 101 KOs) with 148 votes and Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs) at No. 3 with 127 votes. Harry Greb (107-8-3, 48 KOs) is fourth, followed by Roberto Duran (103-16, 70 KOs) at fifth, Joe Louis (66-3, 52 KOs) and Willie Pep (229-11-1, 65 KOs) were tied at sixth, followed Sugar Ray Leonard (36-3-1, 25 KOs), Billy Leonard (89-6-1, 70 KOs) and Sam Langford (179-30-39, 128 KOs) at eighth, ninth and 10th, respectively. Archie Moore (185-23-10, 131 KOs), Ezzard Charles (93-25-1, 52 KOs), Joe Gans (145-10-16, 100 KOs), Barney Ross (72-4-3, 22 KOs), Jack Johnson (55-11-8, 35 KOs), Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1, 17 KOs), Gene Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KOs) and Jack Dempsey (54-6-9, 44 KOs) are ranked 11th to 18th. Only problem I have is boxing and jim lampley being considered and expert on it.