ESPN's Latest (4/16/13) P4P Rankings

[puga]

Two? The original Kid Chocolate was a world champion before Mexico or Puerto Rico had their first. Kid Gavilan, another ATG, was a world champion. Sugar Ramos was another. Jose Napoles, yet another Cuban ATG, was a world champion. Kid Paret was a world champion. Pro boxing in Cuba was destroyed shortly after 1960. Cubans have been denied participation in professional boxing for almost 55 years. Those lost decades saw the rise of Mexican and Puerto Rican boxing. I'm certain Cubans would've had their fair share of success.

when did castro take over and when did them guys become champions besides the 2 "kids"?...

[T18Z]

It's 2013 and people STILL using the 'hurr durr Pacquaio lost 2 times now durrr'.

So many people love sucking Bradley's bald head I swear, the guy lost, he isn't an elite fighter, deal with it.

[bojangles1987]

I will never like robberies, but it's almost enough to make me wish Mayweather gets robbed against Guerrero, just to see the outrage from the people who say Bradley beating Pacquiao, "is a FACT, that's the official result, it's a FACT."

Although, I guess that was mainly retaliation for "three well-respected judges scored the fight for Pacquiao, that's all that matters."

[DanboSmitty]

Not a bad list.

[deejd]

Naw, Rigo cracking the list at number six is pretty good, I think. It's really based on only one win. How far can one fight carry you?

Far--if a fighter's record gets trumped up enough in one year of fighting faded, unproven fighters that made the list prior.

[Capncrunch]

Is that Dan Rafael's personal list or a consensus from everybody at ESPN?

Not bad. I have Floyd,
Martinez,
Marquez,
Ward,
Guilli,
Wlad,
Bradley,
Mares,
Nonito,
Pacquiao..

[CubanGuyNYC]

when did castro take over and when did them guys become champions besides the 2 "kids"?...

I know what you're trying to say, but it doesn't really matter. The point is, every one of the fighters I listed were already fighting and established boxers before Castro took over in 1959. They were not a product of the communist system. I don't know when Napoles, Ramos and Paret won their first titles, but they all left Cuba when it became known that Castro was outlawing professional sports.

[Ringlife]

That's a good list.

[Cleto_Reyes]

Mares need to be at 10.

[DARKSEID]

As of today, ESPN ranks the following boxers in their top-ten P4P list:

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2. Andre Ward
3. Juan Manuel Marquez
4. Sergio Martinez
5. Manny Pacquiao
6. Guillermo Rigondeaux
7. Wladimir Klitschko
8. Nonito Donaire
9. Timothy Bradley Jr.
10. Carl Froch

I think that's fairly accurate, but sometimes it's hard to come back from a KO so Pacquaio's days might be over.