Comments Thread For: Closing 2009 - BoxingScene’s Pound for Pound Top Ten

[amayseng]

he is atop his division but yet to meet his potential.
he can be superior in so many ways with his physical gifts.

back to williams, ok if we give him a one point win it is against a guy lower in a lighter weight division who before that fight wasnt top two. that says what?
i think pavlik destroys williams.
after williams being unable to adapt to a straight left to the body and a right hook for 5 rounds, getting hit and rocked as he had so many times by a non power punching 154 lber, they are afraid of pavlik.

[amayseng]

its not fair, mayweather jr. should be in number 1 spot wth

until he fights and beats pacman then he will never be in that number one spot.

noway and no how

[DrewWoodside]

By Cliff Rold - With the significant results for the year tallied, and the anticipation for 2010 already building, this marks the final look at the top fighters in the sport for this year.

Not much has changed since Manny Pacquiao’s Welterweight win over Miguel Cotto provided the last shake up, but there has been enough in December to merit some shifts in the ratings. While others move, only one departs.

Exiting the top ten is Cotto. It is no insult to Cotto. The Puerto Rican star has faced a tougher field of comp over the last few years than almost anyone in the sport and deserves full credit for it, but the reality is he has also taken full punishment in the ring. Resume does not, in this case, overcome the combination of the performances of another and two brutal stoppage losses in Cotto’s last four fights. [Click Here To Read More]

About time Vazquez/R. Marquez dropped out.

[crold1]

About time Vazquez/R. Marquez dropped out.

They've been out since earlier this year. They got grace for their third fight for a little over a year...then they returned and it looked like whatever they had at the elite level was left in the ring.

I personally think letting the two face off, with dulled reflexes and age, for a fourth time is sadism.

[Leo Pradun]

I dono u gota have a heavyweight in that list. The Klitschkos have deserved a spot. If Wlad had a more active year he would have made the list his recent victories have been dominating

[crold1]

I dono u gota have a heavyweight in that list. The Klitschkos have deserved a spot. If Wlad had a more active year he would have made the list his recent victories have been dominating

Don't have to have a Heavy. Why? There are seventeen weight classes. ALL of the other sixteen are better than Heavyweight by a LOT. It stands to reason those classes would have better fighters.

[DrewWoodside]

They've been out since earlier this year. They got grace for their third fight for a little over a year...then they returned and it looked like whatever they had at the elite level was left in the ring.

I personally think letting the two face off, with dulled reflexes and age, for a fourth time is sadism.

Yup, there's something a little twisted at this stage about them beating eachother like heavybags a 4th time. In this odd situation.. they match up too well. Neither able to make short work or dodge a punch. Just a prolonged beating that's really not worth it. We got it the first 3 times.

[crold1]

Yup, there's something a little twisted at this stage about them beating eachother like heavybags a 4th time. In this odd situation.. they match up too well. Neither able to make short work or dodge a punch. Just a prolonged beating that's really not worth it. We got it the first 3 times.

Agreed. If they must continue fighting, match them with young guys who need the rub and who have the speed to get them out of there sooner. These two will bludgeon each other worse with slowed reflexes and the beating will be sustained on both sides if one doesn't get the other early. We all know how such things end years down the road.

[Mr. Chago]

wtf? williams at #4? he just edged off a win that many thought martinez should have won. yea it was close but martinez still won.

Martinez won the fight for me...

[chinoy]

WTF....you dont know Hasegawa but you would put calderon ahead of him? what kind of a statement is that? how can you put calderon ahead of him if you dont even know hasegawa....

I think Bradley should be higher...I don't know Hasegawa but I think I'd put Calderon ahead of him as well...and I'd still have Cotto on the list...