How Many Pound for Pound Champions were there????

[The Next Champ]

I just wanna know how many pound for pound champions in the sport of boxing cause from what it seems to me there weren't many?

[Jim Jeffries]

Well Ring Magazine has only been keeping track since 1989.
Since then it looks like 8, though they have a blank for 91 and 97.
Tyson, Chavez X2, Whitaker X 3, RJJ X 3, DLH, Mosley X 2, Hopkins X 2, FMJ X 3.

[Slotff]

I just wanna know how many pound for pound champions in the sport of boxing cause from what it seems to me there weren't many?

Pound for pound is a fictional ranking and is 100% subjective. Ring Magazine normally has good rankings for this as Gavin said above.

[Thread Stealer]

the ring is the most "official" ranking there is, and that goes back to like 1980 or so.

the myth has it that the term was created for sugar ray robinson, but i've read that it was used before for guys like fitzsimmons, berg, and canzoneri who came before robinson.

i couldn't find any specific article, this was the best i could dig up on the net.

http://www.ibhof.com/tonyc.htm

Tony Canzoneri accomplished more in the ring as a teenager than some fighters do in an entire career. Canzoneri fought for world titles in two divisions before he turned 20 and at the age of 22 was already a two-time champion. By 23, he was considered the best fighter, pound-for-pound, in the world.

ttp://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=226&Itemid=27

Berg returned to the United States and made six successful title defences. He also scored a 10-round decision over Kid Chocolate in a non-title fight. Chocolate, who later won the world featherweight and junior lightweight titles, was unbeaten in 160 amateur and pro fights before meeting Berg. By the year's end, Berg was considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world

[ElGranLuchador]

pound for pound its a fictional rating invented to make the heavyweights more profitable
it has no point system or rules whatsoever
mayweather became p4p by default when rjj lost thats absurd he didnt even beat baldomir by that time
determining the best in the world should be based on a point system like soccer or tennis rankings

[Konstantin]

pound for pound its a fictional rating invented to make the heavyweights more profitable
it has no point system or rules whatsoever
mayweather became p4p by default when rjj lost thats absurd he didnt even beat baldomir by that time
determining the best in the world should be based on a point system like soccer or tennis rankings

Actually Hopkins was considered #1 after Jones for a while until he lost to Taylor, FMJ was number 2. He was lb/lb way before he beat Baldomir...

[grayfist]

An enlightening article on the matter of "Pound for Pound" from HBO:

http://www.hbo.com/boxing/features/h...for_pound.html

[Fox McCloud]

pound for pound its a fictional rating invented to make the heavyweights more profitable
it has no point system or rules whatsoever
mayweather became p4p by default when rjj lost thats absurd he didnt even beat baldomir by that time
determining the best in the world should be based on a point system like soccer or tennis rankings

What Konstantin said...

Mayweather's last fight at #2 was against Gatti...

But he didn't just get it for beating Gatti, Hopkins lost to Taylor, which pushed him up to #1.

Back then, it seemed to be a pretty clear 2 horse race after Jones lost, with Hopkins in the lead.