Ring Magazine Pound For Pound Ratings 1999 and 2009

[Stoppage]

Damn. Three fighters are still in it today.

[Ray*]

Yes. This board is full of novice fans.

Since most of you have only known about mayweather the last couple of years and most of you basically only get to hear how overrated he is and how he doesnt fight anyone, at the time, floyd mayweather was sort of a prodigy of sorts.

One person already started talking about a "faded" hernandez but in reality he was undefeated at that weight in particular, and was a seasoned champ at that point. Mayweather was basically thought of as being rushed into that fight and it could potentially ruin him because many thought he wasnt ready.

it wasnt just the fact that he won but the way he won. Mayweather basically started taking all comers with just 2 years under his belt.

Think about the most recent pros we have had, or the ones at the top now, how many of them can say within 2-3 years within starting their careers, they have had a legit title run in dominant fashion?

thats why mayweather was ranked number 2 at that time because his run was amazing considering how young he was.

Anyone who wasnt taking the sport serious at that time isnt going to know about all that because he didint get the attention at that time.

Am actually amaze and begin to doubt how many people actually follow boxing, It seems people only started following boxing in 2006 while jumping on a bandwagon.

[Kevin Jesus]

A lot of posters here are just haters, they don't really know why they hate a fighter they just do it.

[Easy-E]

Oh, by the way....

2005

1.Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2.Ronald (Winky) Wright
3.Marco Antonio Barrera
4.Ricky Hatton
5.Manny Pacquiao
6.Erik Morales
7.Juan Manuel Marquez
8.Rafael Marquez
9.Jose Luis Castillo
10.Zab Judah

Bull****, we all know Floyd doesnt face good opposition.

[IMDAZED]

Am actually amaze and begin to doubt how many people actually follow boxing, It seems people only started following boxing in 2006 while jumping on a bandwagon.

Stew, you're not shocked are you? I thought I'd be a newbie when I joined these boards since I'm still somewhat young but apparently not. I guarantee 90% of posters here began watching the sport after 2000.

[Easy-E]

Ganero faught a really strong LW in DLH. DLH was ripping him apart with uppercuts, no shame in losing to Oscar and that was his only defeat when he went on to face Mayweather. I never understood how he was faded when the guy was 32.

He was faded because he lost to FMJ.
Just like Hatton, who before the fight had the best chance to beat floyd, was a blown up light welter after Floyd beat him.
Corrales was going to blow Floyd out of the water, but he was weight drained after the fight.
It goes on and on.

[-EX-]

Stew, you're not shocked are you? I thought I'd be a newbie when I joined these boards since I'm still somewhat young but apparently not. I guarantee 90% of posters here began watching the sport after 2000.

I'm not afraid to admit I didn't start following the sport religiously until 2004...

But there are plenty of good posters who haven't started watching boxing unitl 2000 or later...

I've seen nuthuggers and ****** people over the age of 25 on here...

[ИATAS]

October of 1999:
1. Roy Jones
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Felix Trinidad
4. Oscar De La Hoya
5. Shane Mosley
6. Mark Johnson
7. Ricardo Lopez
8. Erik Morales
9. Bernard Hopkins
10. Steve Johnston

Remarkable that 10 years later 3 of the names are still on the list.

[Doctor_Tenma]

He was faded because he lost to FMJ.
Just like Hatton, who before the fight had the best chance to beat floyd, was a blown up light welter after Floyd beat him.
Corrales was going to blow Floyd out of the water, but he was weight drained after the fight.
It goes on and on.

Ganero Hernandez being faded is as lame of an excuse as Corrales being weight drained.

[Al Haymon]

Stew, you're not shocked are you? I thought I'd be a newbie when I joined these boards since I'm still somewhat young but apparently not. I guarantee 90% of posters here began watching the sport after 2000.

What really crystallized it for me was the thread that asked about the greatest referee of ALL TIME.

Guys were posting Weeks, Cortez, Smoger, etc.

SERIOUSLY.