The PPV Era is purely business and some says it launch the death of the sport. Best fighters are hardly fighting the best in their prime. Every boxer is considered a cash cow and being milked for maximum revenue.
Fighters that debuted from 1980s until now belongs to this era as most of their big fights are covered through PPV and with business implications rather that historical greatness.
01. Manny Pacquiao 1995
02. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1996
03. Roy Jones Jr. 1989
04. Pernell Whitaker 1984
05. Bernard Hopkins 1988
06. Evander Holyfield 1983
07. Oscar De La Hoya 1992
08. Julio Cesar Chavez 1980
09. Lennox Lewis 1989
10. Canelo Alvarez 2005
11. Felix Trinidad 1990
12. Erik Morales 1993
13. Juan Manuel Marquez 1993
14. Marco Antonio Barrera 1989
15. Joe Calzaghe 1993
16. Andre Ward 2004
17. Ricardo Lopez 1985
18. Roman Gonzalez 2005
19 .Mike Tyson 1985
20. Wladimir Klitschko 1996
21. Shane Mosley 1993
22. Vitali Klitschko 1996
23. James Toney 1988
24. Gennady Golovkin 2006
25. Nonito Donaire 2001
26. Winky Wright 1990
27. Miguel Cotto 2001
28. Kostya Tszyu 1992
29. Khaosai Galaxy 1980
30. Tyson Fury 2008
They say boxing is dead but you look at the quality of the top 25 boxers and still we do not have Mccallum, Hatton, Wonjongkam, Martinez, Rafa Marquez, Tarver, Vazquez, etc
Great fughin point
Boxing will never die
But it will always be on a roller coaster ride unfortunately
The PPV Era is purely business and some says it launch the death of the sport. Best fighters are hardly fighting the best in their prime. Every boxer is considered a cash cow and being milked for maximum revenue.
Fighters that debuted from 1980s until now belongs to this era as most of their big fights are covered through PPV and with business implications rather that historical greatness.
01. Manny Pacquiao 1995
02. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1996
03. Roy Jones Jr. 1989
04. Pernell Whitaker 1984
05. Bernard Hopkins 1988
06. Evander Holyfield 1983
07. Oscar De La Hoya 1992
08. Julio Cesar Chavez 1980
09. Lennox Lewis 1989
10. Canelo Alvarez 2005
11. Felix Trinidad 1990
12. Erik Morales 1993
13. Juan Manuel Marquez 1993
14. Marco Antonio Barrera 1989
15. Joe Calzaghe 1993
16. Andre Ward 2004
17. Ricardo Lopez 1985
18. Roman Gonzalez 2005
19 .Mike Tyson 1985
20. Wladimir Klitschko 1996
21. Shane Mosley 1993
22. Vitali Klitschko 1996
23. James Toney 1988
24. Gennady Golovkin 2006
25. Nonito Donaire 2001
26. Winky Wright 1990
27. Miguel Cotto 2001
28. Kostya Tszyu 1992
29. Khaosai Galaxy 1980
30. Tyson Fury 2008
Suck it Triple Queer groupies, remembered how an idiot claimed Boratville had more supporters wordwide
hahaha PPV numbers, Twitter, Facebook & Instagram followers differ !
They say boxing is dead but you look at the quality of the top 25 boxers and still we do not have Mccallum, Hatton, Wonjongkam, Martinez, Rafa Marquez, Tarver, Vazquez, etc
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao
Roy Jones
Parnell Whitaker
Julio Cesar Chavez
Parnell Whitaker
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Juan Manuel Marquez
Mike Tyson
Winky Wright
Felix Trinidad
Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Ricardo Lopez
Shane Mosley
Oscar de la Hoya
Wladimir Klitchko
Canelo Alvarez
Miguel Cotto
Joe Calzaghe
Andre Ward
Vasyl Lomachenko
James toney
Chocolatito
Gennady Golovkin
Oleksandr Usyk
Vital Klitchko
Nonito Donaire
Mike mccalum
Solid list, I’d have a similar core of names but obviously in a somewhat different order.
My top 5 would be:
1. Jones Jr
2. Mayweather
3. Pacquiao
4. Hopkins
5. Whitaker
One guy I feel you may have overlooked is Mike McCallum, pretty sure he debuted in the early 80’s. If it was late 70’s my bad...
I’d also have Loma on the list and James Toney way higher, but overall good list.