Top 10 global stars right now.

[BattlingNelson]

What will the top 10 boxingstars globally look like today?

Pretty difficult because how do you measure stardom?

Is it a question of:
A: how big a gate you make?
B: How big a purse you command?
C: How many people know who you are?
D: Etc.

Plenty of options. I find it impossible to make a list objectively, but from a global perspective with my own undefined subjective criterias, my top 10 boxing stars looks like this:

1: Manny Pacquiao
2: Floyd Mayweather
3: Miguel Cotto
4: Wlad Klitschko
5: Vitali Klitschko
6: Ricky Hatton
7: Bernard Hopkins
8: Arthur Abraham
9: Kelly Pavlik
10: Mikkel Kessler
11: Lucien Bute

Hmm.... looking at it it might be slightly biased towards europeans although I cannot really say who should replace who. Do you?

EDIT: I've put in Hatton at no.6. Everybody else drops one place accordingly.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

6: Bernard Hopkins

[sonnyboyx2]

What will the top 10 boxingstars globally look like today?

Pretty difficult because how do you measure stardom?

Is it a question of:
A: how big a gate you make?
B: How big a purse you command?
C: How many people know who you are?
D: Etc.

Plenty of options. I find it impossible to make a list objectively, but from a global perspective with my own undefined subjective criterias, my top 10 boxing stars looks like this:

1: Manny Pacquiao
2: Floyd Mayweather
3: Miguel Cotto
4: Wlad Klitschko
5: Vitali Klitschko
6: Bernard Hopkins
7: Arthur Abraham
8: Kelly Pavlik
9: Mikkel Kessler
10: Lucien Bute

Hmm.... looking at it it might be slightly biased towards europeans although I cannot really say who should replace who. Do you?

maybe take Bute out and add Haye after his fight with Valuev doing very well on PPV numbers.. even tho there fight was garbage

[BattlingNelson]

Well Bernard is still very well known and he would probably command the biggest purse and draw the biggest crowd of any fighter from middleweight to cruiserweight.

[BattlingNelson]

maybe take Bute out and add Haye after his fight with Valuev doing very well on PPV numbers.. even tho there fight was garbage

Perhaps Haye would fit now after his win, but before that I really wouldn't consider him a huge draw and I don't think he can draw more people than Bute can in Montreal.

Perhaps I should replace Bute with Hatton. That might be more like it IMO.

[Jambo boy]

Good list bat, I'd say Shane Mosely and Marg are better known than Kessler and Bute. But it's just opinion.

Like you stated though it is difficult to look at it objectively

[broxi51]

where is hatton on your list, you really have not thought this through, i am not a fan but he should be 3 at least on the list. everyone knows who hatton is. is you don't even know the top 3 well.

[BattlingNelson]

Good list bat, I'd say Shane Mosely and Marg are better known than Kessler and Bute. But it's just opinion.

Like you stated though it is difficult to look at it objectively

Good points. I didn't put in those 2 because of their shady pasts. It bears down heavily on their star-power IMO.

[dans]

Get Bute out of there. Other than that, pretty good.

[dans]

What about Amir Khan?