I only became a real boxing head back in 2009 so I don't know much about some of the fights in the couple of years beforehand. Was it in 2007 after he beat De La Hoya?
I only became a real boxing head back in 2009 so I don't know much about some of the fights in the couple of years beforehand. Was it in 2007 after he beat De La Hoya?
2 times, once in 2005 to 2007 I believe and then after Pacquiao got KOd by JMM.
Having said all that, these are Ring ratings, so you could have just checked them out online lol
ringmag rankings prolly has him in the p4p list now like they did canelo and guerrero right before Floyd fight
Nah but WBA has seated him as the interim champ for his incredible win over heralded Josesito Lopez.
Probably around the gattI fight in the summer of 2005..
Hopkins was the #1 fighter once roy jones got knocked out in early 2004.. Hopkins lost to taylor around the same time as floyd beat gatti... That pretty much started the #1 reign for floyd, though he has been p4p since 1998
That is exactly when it happened.
P4P isnt shlt anymore. Doesn't even mean anything. Its all political no a days.
Not politics but poli-tricks!
while true for any belt and their ranking system let alone p4p the top spot still means something to be the p4p king.
he got the p4p top spot the first time because Hopkins lost
he got the it the second time because pac lost
pac got it when Floyd retired
both got it by default
sweetpea is probably the last that got the top spot by knocking off the then current top guy
The vast majority of guys who get to P4P get it when the current #1 loses or looks bad, Puga.
Probably around the gattI fight in the summer of 2005..
Hopkins was the #1 fighter once roy jones got knocked out in early 2004.. Hopkins lost to taylor around the same time as floyd beat gatti... That pretty much started the #1 reign for floyd, though he has been p4p since 1998
The Ring moved him to #1 right after the Gatti fight.
After manny lost to Juan, which you think would make Juan number 1 since he actually beat the best fighter.
But that's flawed logic... Tarver clearly wasn't the best fighter in the world when he clobbered jones, and taylor wasn't #1 after beating hopkins twice.. Plus marquez was turned into a sparring partner by floyd... Hard to have Juan ahead of floyd
berto will be #1 next month so might as well change the rankings right now just to save time
ringmag rankings prolly has him in the p4p list now like they did canelo and guerrero right before Floyd fight
He was once #2 p4p behind roy in 99. I didn't know that.
Floyd been a p4p figher since he was 20
Strange thing is that by 2001 Corrales was ahead of floyd on p4p list.. I think diego was 4 and floyd was 6 or 7.. It's weird to think that was true at one point
Top 10 1998-Present.
#1 2005-2007 (until "retirement")
Then #1 again 2012-Present.
he got the p4p top spot the first time because Hopkins lost
he got the it the second time because pac lost
pac got it when Floyd retired
both got it by default
sweetpea is probably the last that got the top spot by knocking off the then current top guy
Probably around the gattI fight in the summer of 2005..
Hopkins was the #1 fighter once roy jones got knocked out in early 2004.. Hopkins lost to taylor around the same time as floyd beat gatti... That pretty much started the #1 reign for floyd, though he has been p4p since 1998
He was once #2 p4p behind roy in 99. I didn't know that.
Floyd been a p4p figher since he was 20
Probably around the gattI fight in the summer of 2005..
Hopkins was the #1 fighter once roy jones got knocked out in early 2004.. Hopkins lost to taylor around the same time as floyd beat gatti... That pretty much started the #1 reign for floyd, though he has been p4p since 1998