The Ring Magazine Top 10 fighters of the 21st Century

[SouthpawRight]

A quarter of the way in The Ring has made their Top 10 list in their latest monthly edition.

https://rtfight.com/news/ring-top-10-p4p-21st-century-usyk-floyd-lomachenko

1. Floyd Mayweather

2. Manny Pacquiao

3. Terence Crawford

4. Oleksandr Usyk

5. Naoya Inoue

6. Roman Gonzalez

7. Bernard Hopkins

8. Vasyl Lomachenko

9. Andre Ward

10. Saul Alvarez


Thoughts?

75 years to go I see these 5 getting pushed out of this top 10

[IronDanHamza]

75 years to go I see these 5 getting pushed out of this top 10

You never know, they all could.

75 years is a long time.

The Top 10 list from 1900-1925 would have looked totally different to the one in 2000.

[SouthpawRight]

You never know, they all could.

75 years is a long time.

The Top 10 list from 1900-1925 would have looked totally different to the one in 2000.

these guys positions could change but I think they're better bets for a guarunteed top 10 of the century

1. Floyd
2. TBud
3. Bernard
4. Naoya
5. manny

Say Naoya whoops Junto and Jesse then both become all time greats in the future

it'd cement his spot

[IronDanHamza]

these guys positions could change but I think they're better bets for a guarunteed top 10 of the century

1. Floyd
2. TBud
3. Bernard
4. Naoya
5. manny

Say Naoya whoops Junto and Jesse then both become all time greats in the future

it'd cement his spot

Possibly yes but there's 75 years left. There could easily be another 10 ATG's in that time.

I'd expect only Mayweather and Pacquaio standing the test of time if I had to bet.

[SouthpawRight]

Possibly yes but there's 75 years left. There could easily be another 10 ATG's in that time.

I'd expect only Mayweather and Pacquaio standing the test of time if I had to bet.

Bernard too

49 oldest guy to become champ

mythical in his own right

TBud has one of the greatest wins ever but overall record lacks breadth

[IronDanHamza]

Bernard too

49 oldest guy to become champ

mythical in his own right

TBud has one of the greatest wins ever but overall record lacks breadth

Nah, don't think so.

Hopkins is already 7 now, what's the chances that in 75 years 3 more won't come in?

Crawford's a great fighter but his resume isn't strong enough, I doubt history will look back on it with that kind of kindness.

[SouthpawRight]

1. Floyd top 10 all time
2. Manny top 14 all time
3. TBud top 27 all time
4. Naoya
5. Bernard
6. Andre
7. Usyk
8. Saul
9. Vasyl
10. Roman

TBud is just shy of the Floyd Sugar Leonard level when it comes to boxing ability

[The Big Dunn]

A quarter of the way in The Ring has made their Top 10 list in their latest monthly edition.

https://rtfight.com/news/ring-top-10-p4p-21st-century-usyk-floyd-lomachenko

1. Floyd Mayweather

2. Manny Pacquiao

3. Terence Crawford

4. Oleksandr Usyk

5. Naoya Inoue

6. Roman Gonzalez

7. Bernard Hopkins

8. Vasyl Lomachenko

9. Andre Ward

10. Saul Alvarez


Thoughts?

Lomachenko in over JMM isn’t right imo.

[dannnnn]

Surprisingly good list. Nice to see Gonzalez and Lomachenko getting their due credit. I agree with the shouts for Marquez being on there, I'd probably switch him in for Ward.

Maybe I'm biased but I've never felt Ward was as great as advertised. The beneficiary of some very lenient refereeing at times (Kessler fight could have been a DQ loss), clearly lost to Kovalev, then retired early.

The rest I'm fine with, though I would perhaps bump Usyk up to third above Crawford. Both great fighters, obviously, but I just feel Usyk has bested the tougher opponents overall.

[dan_cov]

I think Inoue & Lomachenko are too high, not even top 10.

Who is missing or sort of bordering? Marquez, Cotto, Froch, Wlad, Sergio Martinez, Bivol? Estrada, Lara, GGG

I think I'd have it more like;

1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Manny Pacquaio
3. Oleksandr Usyk
4. Roman Gonzalez
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. Andre Ward - Feels a little bit high
7. Dmitry Bivol
8. Canelo Alvarez
9. Carl Froch
10. Juan Manuel Marquez

That was difficult I feel bad leaving some out - not sure why its a silly list that means feck all.
It doesn't feel right me leaving out Lara, especially & frankly it comes down to nothing but him being robbed. Why should we/I punish fighters for this? If it isn't for 2 robberies in particular the guys probably right up there with a strong case for as high as maybe even #3 or something