If Floyd returns then he should still rank #1. And I don't even like the racist disrespectful little bastard.
With no Floyd my list goes like this.
#1. GGG in a tie with Chocolatito
#2. Kovalev
#3. Canelo
#4. Wilder. Why because he still improving with better opponents.
And Ward a distant 5th or 6th. Inactivity and mostly weak opposition as of late drop his stock in my opinion.
What an awful list
Floyd hasnt fought the best in a long time.
To keep it short, he beat a tough maidana twice , but maidana wasnt top 25 p4p
Floyd beat a popular but shot pac who really didnt deserve to be in the top 10-15 p4p.
And he beat berto who is shot to shht and hadnt won any big fights in his career
Ward hasnt won a signifigant fight in over 3 yrs and was on a long layoff. His last big fight was froch . That dawson. Fight was a sham, he was a dead man walking.you cant give credit for a guy doing what everyone expected to a drained fighter. Your'e not p4p based off of potential . Fact is ward hasnt done squat.
GGG is undefeated and has beat some solid fighters but no p4p top guys or big names.
Fact is he is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Once again you dont get ranked based off of potential.
Gonzalez
Kovalev
And rigo are more deserving
If Floyd returns then he should still rank #1. And I don't even like the racist disrespectful little bastard.
With no Floyd my list goes like this.
#1. GGG in a tie with Chocolatito
#2. Kovalev
#3. Canelo
#4. Wilder. Why because he still improving with better opponents.
And Ward a distant 5th or 6th. Inactivity and mostly weak opposition as of late drop his stock in my opinion.
No. Why the **** is Golovkin more hyped than Kovalev? Kovalev is a bigger better version of Golovkin with a better resume.
Stylistically they're very different - only real similarity is they're both technically sound and knock MFers out - but yeah - bet HBO wishes they had put the same backing into Kovalev from the start as they did into GGG - and Kovalevs personality is an easier sell than GGGs rather bland, crafted media persona too.
Floyd is retired.
There is no plausible way anyone could have GGG ahead of Kov on the p4p ranking, no matter what criteria you use, unless its blowing GGG.
The winner of ward/kov IMO is the best p4p boxer.
kov
ward
gonzalez
Floyd is retired.
We'll talk about Ward after Kovalev.
Ward has done nothing in the past couple years.
Kovalev, Gonzales and GGG should be considered on the top right now.
GGG will hopefully get the Canelo fight and prove that he is elite.
Fantastic bit of sense here, well spoken.
Floyd = retired
Ward = not active enough recently
GGG, Kovalev and Gonzalez done everything right.
Up and coming. Joshua and Beterbiev
If Floyd ain't retired he has to be #1 still. Ward - well, IDK - certainly if he beats Kovalev, but really he's not yet proved he's still at that level, personally - yeah, I think he's still got it, but time will tell. GGG - and I do think he is exceptional - still needs to actually prove it against elite opposition, and for me even if he beats the snot outta Canelo, he won't have done so - but aside from Kovalev and Chocolatito, I can't really justify putting anyone above him either.
So - for the sake of argument cos I really think P4P lists are a bunch of subjective crap:
Floyd
Choco
Kovalev
GGG
Ward