Top #2 P4P = Mega Fight... But when next?

[Bozbay]

When do you guys think the top 2 pound for pound boxers will meet again? When they happen to collide on one night, it's usually a special and highly anticipated one.

I would say Canelo vs GGG or Ward vs GGG (if they were to happen).

[UNBIASED BOXING]

When do you guys think the top 2 pound for pound boxers will meet again? When they happen to collide on one night, it's usually a special and highly anticipated one.

I would say Canelo vs GGG or Ward vs GGG (if they were to happen).

...or Ward vs Kovalev.


But lets be real, I think Roman, Rigondeaux, and Lomachenko all have potential to be up there. In fact, Roman is already up there, and Rigondeaux would be as well if not for the fact that it's been about 9-10 months since he last fought. So I could see a potential Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko fight being that, unless they fight now when Lomachenko still doesn't have a wide number of wins under his belt.

[NEETzsche]

ward and kovalev are in most people's top 5; if they keep winning and others drop out, then they could plausibly be #1 and #2 sometime soon. i kind of feel like lomachenko-rigondeaux should be a fight between the #1 and #2, but they just don't have the pro credentials at this point

[-PBP-]

Not for a while. Chocolito is #2 and with fights with Viloria, Estrada and Inoue potentially on the table there is no looking back assuming he wins them all.

[Larry the boss]

Mega fights only happen every 20 years or so

[Bozbay]

Mega fights only happen every 20 years or so

Usually a Mega fights happen every 10 years or so, but I agree that the top #2 P4P meet much less frequently than that.

[Bozbay]

...or Ward vs Kovalev.


But lets be real, I think Roman, Rigondeaux, and Lomachenko all have potential to be up there. In fact, Roman is already up there, and Rigondeaux would be as well if not for the fact that it's been about 9-10 months since he last fought. So I could see a potential Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko fight being that, unless they fight now when Lomachenko still doesn't have a wide number of wins under his belt.

Ward vs Kovalev for sure but I didn't mention it purely because I do not believe the fight will happen.

[-PBP-]

Usually a Mega fights happen every 10 years or so, but I agree that the top #2 P4P meet much less frequently than that.

1993: Whitaker vs. Chavez
2015: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

That's the only two times since the Ring started tracking the list. Hopkins vs. Jones would have been the 3rd around 2002 but they couldn't agree on purse split.

[boliodogs]

Pound for pound is just a matter of personal opinion of how good someone THINKS a fighter is. It can't be proven and is seldom agreed on by all fans or boxing writers or rating places. Lots of people didn't have Mayweather and Pacquiao as 1 and 2 when they fought. Right now I think GGG is the best pound for pound with Gonzalez 2nd. Lots of posters think GGG doesn't belong in the top 10 pound for pound but I make my own choices. Gonzalez and GGG can never fight each other. Canelo won't be considered pound for pound number 2 by the majority no matter how well he performs in the Cotto fight. It was just a coincidence that Mayweather and Pacquiao were both fighting as welterweights and were both rated by many as the 1st and 2nd best pound for pound. It will probably never happen again. There are so many good fighters in so many different weight classes that the odds are very high against the 1st best and the 2nd best fighting in the same weight class.

[New England]

...or Ward vs Kovalev.


But lets be real, I think Roman, Rigondeaux, and Lomachenko all have potential to be up there. In fact, Roman is already up there, and Rigondeaux would be as well if not for the fact that it's been about 9-10 months since he last fought. So I could see a potential Rigondeaux vs Lomachenko fight being that, unless they fight now when Lomachenko still doesn't have a wide number of wins under his belt.

i love me some rigondeaux, but he looked a bit old against the japanese fella.

he's a tiny guy and he had one of the longest and most robust amateur careers of all time. he's not going to be on top for much longer.