Some P4P lists from The Ring (back in the day)

[JUYJUY]

February 1993

1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Pernell Whitaker
3. Terry Norris
4. Evander Holyfield
5. Orlando Canizales
6. Buddy McGirt
7. Azumah Nelson
8. Julian Jackson
9. Sung Kil Moon
10. James Toney


December 1993

1. Pernell Whitaker
2. Julio Cesar Chavez
3. Terry Norris
4. James Toney
5. Michael Carbajal
6. Evander Holyfield
7. Buddy McGirt
8. Roy Jones Jr
9. Orlando Canizales
10. Ricardo Lopez


October 1994

1. Pernell Whitaker
2. James Toney
3. Julio Cesar Chavez
4. Roy Jones Jr
5. Gerald McClellan
6. Terry Norris
7. Ricardo Lopez
8. Orlando Canizales
9. Humberto Gonzalez
10. Michael Moorer


May 1995

1. Roy Jones Jr
2. Nigel Benn
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Julio Cesar Chavez
5. Ricardo Lopez
6. Humberto Gonzalez
7. Wilfredo Vasquez
8. Julio Cesar Vasquez
9. Jorge Fernando Castro
10. Orlando Canizales


September 1996

1. Roy Jones Jr
2. Pernell Whitaker
3. Oscar De La Hoya
4. Felix Trinidad
5. Marco Antonio Berrera
6. Ricardo Lopez
7. Kostya Tszyu
8. Rid**** Bowe
9. Terry Norris
10. Mike Tyson


September 1998

1. Oscar De La Hoya
2. Roy Jones Jr
3. Evander Holyfield
4. Felix Trinidad
5. Mark Johnson
6. Pernell Whitaker
7. Naseem Hamed
8. Johnny Tapia
9. Ricardo Lopez
10. Bernard Hopkins


June 2001

1. Felix Trinidad
2. Shane Mosley
3. Roy Jones Jr
4. Naseem Hamed
5. Floyd Mayweather
6. Oscar De La Hoya
7. Kostya Tszyu
8. Erik Morales
9. Zab Judah
10. Fernando Vargas



(Edit- can anyone post some from the 1980's please, off the top of my head I remember Thomas Hearns was #1 and Ray Leonard #2 before first Leonard-Hearns fight, I remember Mike Tyson was #1 in 1987 and Michael Nunn #4 in 1989 for example, but I've lost all my really old editions of The Ring, help)

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

Interesting stuff man...

September 1996
5. Marco Antonio Barrera

I didn't realise he was so respected back in 1996', I didn't think anyone really took to much notice of him untill the 1st Morales fight.

It must have been his TKO win over Kennedy McKinney that boosted him up the rankings?

[jabsRstiff]

Interesting stuff man...

September 1996
5. Marco Antonio Barrera

I didn't realise he was so respected back in 1996', I didn't think anyone really took to much notice of him untill the 1st Morales fight.

It must have been his TKO win over Kennedy McKinney that boosted him up the rankings?

I had him rated very high back then. He was really tearing everybody up...besides McKinney.
Then, he fought Junior Jones...& came tumbling down. Serious upset.

[scap]

Man I hated Orlando Canizales!

[jabsRstiff]

Canizales LOOKED brilliant. But, he fought a slew of ordinary guys. He did some sweet-looking stuff in there (see his moves against Seabrooks), but you have to wonder if he'd show the same against an elite guy.
We never got to see him against a real name fighter until after he passed his peak.

[scap]

Anybody remember how Terry Norris kept trying to get the much smaller Ceasar Chavez to fight him? I was young and dumb and always thought that JCC was a ***** for not giving Norris his shot but as I aged a bit I realized that if I was to label either man a ***** it would have been the other way around.

[jabsRstiff]

JuyJuy....

Please show the Ring lb4lb ratings that once had McClellan as high as #3, as you have claimed.
I, myself, don't remember him making it that high.

[jabsRstiff]

Anybody remember how Terry Norris kept trying to get the much smaller Ceasar Chavez to fight him? I was young and dumb and always thought that JCC was a ***** for not giving Norris his shot but as I aged a bit I realized that if I was to label either man a ***** it would have been the other way around.

That's why I despised Norris, & loved it when Simon Brown knocked him silly.
I was tired of hearing a 154lber calling out a 140lber....to settle who was the lb4lb best.

[Cockyb]

alot of eye openers there! wel interesting lists!

i know Nigel Benn was respected but number 2 p4p!?? yo dats abit xtra init!?

i rated his skills aswel but stil number 2 p4p!?

u c how james toney was almost at the top, with rjj creeping up, then suddenly rjj is number1 and james toney no where to b seen lol! rjj did outclass him in da fight, but toney was weight drained.

nice post juyjuy

[kbpoetree]

the september 98 looks best to me....