ESPN top 25 P4P last 25 years

ESPN is doing top 25 in the last 25 years.. will update the op as the rest come out http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14922956/ranking-top-25-pound-pound-boxers-25-years 25. Terry Norris 47-9, 31 KOs From 1990-97, Norris had three separate reigns as WBC junior middleweight champion and made 16 title defenses. 24. Gennady Golovkin 34-0, 31 KOs Golovkin has won 21 consecutive fights by knockout and made 15 consecutive title defenses, both of which are more than any other current champion in boxing. 23. Winky Wright 51-6-1, 25 KOs In his career, Wright won every major version of the junior middleweight title, starting with the WBO version in 1996 and culminating with a 2004 victory over Shane Mosley for the WBC, WBA and lineal titles. 22. Naseem Hamed 36-1, 31 KOs Hamed made 15 defenses of his WBO featherweight title from 1995-2000, the third most in featherweight division history. 21. Miguel Cotto 40-5, 33 KOs Cotto is the only Puerto Rican fighter in history to win world titles in four different weight classes. 20. Roman Gonzalez 44-0, 38 KOs Gonzalez is one of two fighters from Nicaragua to win world titles in three different weight classes, joining Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello. 19. Wladimir Klitschko 64-4, 53 KOs Klitschko made 18 heavyweight title defenses from 2006-2015, the third most in heavyweight history. 18. Erik Morales 52-9, 36 KOs Morales won titles in four different weight classes, tied with Juan Manuel Marquez and Jorge Arce for the most among Mexican boxers. 17. Andre Ward 29-0, 15 KOs Ward is one of two American fighters in the past 25 years to win Olympic gold and a world title in boxing (Oscar De La Hoya). but who was david reid, guess they forgot 16. James Toney 76-10-3, 46 KOs Toney was named the Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the BWAA in 1991 and 2003, joining Evander Holyfield, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as fighters to win the award twice in the past 25 years. 15. Shane Mosley 49-9-1, 41 KOs Mosley is the only man to defeat Oscar De La Hoya twice, both times winning lineal world titles (welterweight in 2000 and junior middleweight in 2003). 14. Joe Calzaghe 46-0, 32 KOs From 1997 to 2008, Calzaghe made 21 title defenses, tied for the most in super middleweight history and tied for third-most in boxing history. 13. Marco Antonio Barrera 67-7, 44 KOs Barrera's trilogy bouts with Erik Morales resulted in two Fights of the Year as nominated by the BWAA in 2000 for their first bout and 2004 for their third. 12. Lennox Lewis 41-2-1, 32 KOs Lewis won the lineal heavyweight title in 1998, becoming the first British-born boxer to become the lineal world heavyweight champion since Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897. 11. Felix Trinidad 42-3, 35 KOs Trinidad made 15 defenses of his IBF welterweight title from 1993 to 2000, the second-most in welterweight division history. 10. Ricardo Lopez 51-0-1, 38 KOs Lopez finished his career with a record of 25-0-1 (19 KOs) in world title fights, including 21 consecutive title defenses from 1990-1999. 9. Juan Manuel Marquez 56-7-1, 40 KOs Marquez was involved in the RING Magazine and BWAA 2009 Fight of the Year against Juan Diaz and 2012 Fight of the Year against Manny Pacquiao. 8. Pernell Whitaker 40-4-1, 17 KOs Whitaker won the lineal and WBC welterweight champion from Buddy McGirt in 1993 and made eight title defenses from 1993-1997. 7. Evander Holyfield 44-10-2, 29 KOs Holyfield is the only fighter in history to win a portion of the World Heavyweight Championship four times. 6. Oscar De La Hoya 39-6, 30 KOs De La Hoya won world titles in 6 different divisions, more than any American boxer in history. 5. Julio Cesar Chavez 107-6-2, 86 KOs From 1989-1993, Chavez made 12 defenses of his WBC junior welterweight title, the most in that division's history 4. Roy Jones Jr. 62-9, 45 KOs Jones Jr. was named Fighter of the Decade for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America, amassing a record of 36-1 with 14 title fight wins. 3. Bernard Hopkins 55-7-2, 32 KOs Hopkins had the longest reign as world middleweight champion (10 years, 2 months and 17 days), making a middleweight record 20 consecutive title defenses. 2. Manny Pacquiao 57-6-2, 38 KOs Pacquiao has won world titles in eight different divisions, more than any boxer in history. 1. Floyd Mayweather 49-0-0. 26 KOs TBE

Comments (20)

hes 16th... Ah! Good call. When I originally opened the link I didn't see #20 - #16

10y ago

ShoulderRoll

Should JMM be ranked above Morales and Barrera? I think both were better than him but he does have the KO win over Pacquiao which is huge.

10y ago

HanzGruber

No James Toney blows my mind because the years have to be 1990 - 2015 since 2016 hasn't completed. His win over Michael Nunn is arguably the greatest win from 1990 - 2015. Toney IMO deserves to be in over a lot of these names. hes 16th...

10y ago

No_Tomorrow

10y ago

b00g13man

That GGG inclusion was terrible. I would have preferred Froch as he beat everyone at SMW not called Andre Ward. ****ing travesty that Froch was left out.

10y ago

Kev

That GGG inclusion was terrible. I would have preferred Froch as he beat everyone at SMW not called Andre Ward. It was criminal of ESPN to leave out Froch in favor of some currently popular KO artists with limited resumes.

10y ago

Kev

From '93 to '03 Roy Jones Jr was one of the best fighters in every single one of those years. Although it was really in '94 when Roy became #2 P4P, held that spot for 2 years cause Pernell was #1. Then in 96 Roy finally got the #1 spot. But Roy was to 10 P4P from '93 to '03, that's 10 years of the 25 years this list covers, which makes sense. Pacquiao has been a top 10 P4P fighter 12 years of those 25 years, '03-'15 (13 years at the end of 2016). Mayweather has been in the top 10 P4P list for 16 years of those 25 years, '98-'07, '09-'15. So at least ESPN got the top 3 correct.

10y ago

deathofaclown

No Froch or did i miss that? He's more deserving than GGG, and i'm a GGG fan but he hasn't beaten any top fighters. Good to see Calzaghe in there, i thought he would be ignored but he's actually higher than i thought he would be. A win over a prime undefeated Kessler and beating Hopkins are good achievements. Erik Morales is way too low in that list.

10y ago

ShoulderRoll

That GGG inclusion was terrible. I would have preferred Froch as he beat everyone at SMW not called Andre Ward. I agree with your take on Froch. Certainly more deserving than GGG.

10y ago

Cinci_Champ

if its only about who is better andre ward should be way farther up on the list. i mean i get it its top 25 its subjective but i mean good grief talk about underrating one of our eras greatest fighters

10y ago

Johnwoo8686

That GGG inclusion was terrible. I would have preferred Froch as he beat everyone at SMW not called Andre Ward. That is true. Froch has accomplished more than GGG.

10y ago

Cobra_

That GGG inclusion was terrible. I would have preferred Froch as he beat everyone at SMW not called Andre Ward.

10y ago

Kagami_Taiga

Whelp at least they got the top 4 right.

10y ago

Johnwoo8686

wow manny is actually second lol They actually hinted at who was the number one guy when they were discussing why Roy Jones wasn't number one. Just go to EPSN.COM/Boxing and look at the Roy Jones video.

10y ago

The_Big_Dunn

wow manny is actually second lol I thought ESPN would do same as you and put him #1 for the attention. Manny deserves to be #2.

10y ago

HanzGruber

wow manny is actually second lol

10y ago

ShoulderRoll

Duran was 1-2 vs. SRL, 0-1 vs. Hearns, and 0-1 vs. Hagler. 1-4 vs. the rest of the Big 4 combined. But he's consistently ranked ahead of them in all-time rankings. I've never understood this. In Duran's case he was an all-time great at lightweight and still managed to move up in weight and be competitive against the bigger SRL and Hagler. That's why he is thought of so highly. And obviously resume matters even if the goofs at ESPN don't want to admit it.

10y ago

Johnwoo8686

Duran was 1-2 vs. SRL, 0-1 vs. Hearns, and 0-1 vs. Hagler. 1-4 vs. the rest of the Big 4 combined. But he's consistently ranked ahead of them in all-time rankings. I've never understood this. Most people have Leonard ranked number one of the big four. Although he fought fewer times than any of them he did beat all 3 of the others in the big four.

10y ago

HanzGruber

According to his tweet, it is wrong to put Hopkins ahead of Roy Jones. not based on accomplishments doe

10y ago

The_Gambler1981

Longevity may have placed him there, but prime for prime, Jones rules over the entire list. There was about a 5 year window where he looked almost unbeatable Yea if you are going by the strict interpretation that it is a who beats who regardless of size list at their best in the last 25 years I think Roy would have to be 1 or 2.

10y ago