Golovkin officially surpasses Ward as ESPN's #1 Pound for Pound

[therealpugilist]

Could you imagine if Mayweather had been rated #1 after getting 1 razor thin decision over a good fighter and having an lackluster resume otherwise?

The dude was criticized for having almost entirely undebatable wins against many of the best fighters in and around his weight. Fighters who themselves will go on to be in the HOF whereas Lemule, Macklin, Murray, Geale etc will not.

...by the same people who have GGG top 1-5 the past 2 years

hypocrites...GGG hasnt moved up, gained lineage

Floyd mayweather was a 3 division champion and 2 times lineal in 3 weight classes by fight 36 and in his mid 20s..yet he was a coward doe....a ducker...dont fight nobody...yet at the time he beat more champions, hall of famers, with more legit title defenses...he had 11 at 130 and 135 alone..all lineal.


the hypetrain for GGG is crazy....why is the media trying so hard to make him a great fighter? he has to prove it in the ring like everyone else

mayweather had a better resume than this guy by his mid 20s and fought another 10 years adding to his legacy......they gabe him no credit the whole while lol

[Ray Corso]

Is ESPN the go to Bible now of boxing!

I was on a lot of those early ESPN boxing shows out of Tottawa NJ Ice Palace and they didn't now what they were doing then. A very young and green Al Bernstein was the announcer then, as he is now other promotions.

ESPN was NEVER the all know all see for boxing most prople who grew up listening to Don Dumphy would shut the volume off the ESPN broadcasts.

Ray

[OnePunch]

Exactly I don't even have dude in my top 10.

that says alot more about YOU than it says about GGG......

[OnePunch]

ESPN. They're known for their P4P list are they? I thought not, TBRB is where it's at.

until they have a rating you disagree with. Then you will say they are ignorant hacks who DKSAB.........

[bigjavi973]

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...ovkin-new-no-1

This should be interesting.

Weird to be honest.

Ward has a win over a top p4p fighter.

GGG does not cuz jacobs wasnt a top p4p fighter.

[Madison Boxing]

long overdue. got to say i think espn are putting out the best rankings these days so i go by them. ring magazine isnt what it used to be.

[Robbie Barrett]

until they have a rating you disagree with. Then you will say they are ignorant hacks who DKSAB.........

Don't try and accuse me of what you'd do.

You come across as more grumpy everyday. Lil' G not being what he's made out to be really got to you didn't it.

[bigjavi973]

Weird to be honest.

Ward has a win over a top p4p fighter.

GGG does not cuz jacobs wasnt a top p4p fighter.

scratch that its even worse...

go to the link and look at who's their top 10 each writer... someone has wilder in the top 10

[Zaryu]

that says alot more about YOU than it says about GGG......

You have just quoted my immediate thoughts when I read that post

[bigjavi973]

ESPN. They're known for their P4P list are they? I thought not, TBRB is where it's at.

yup

TBRB p4p list:

1. Andre Ward
2. Sergey Kovalev
3. Roman Gonzalez
4. Manny Pacquiao
5. Terence Crawford *
6. Gennady Golovkin
7. Vasyl Lomachenko
8. Naoya Inoue
9. Leo Santa Cruz
10. Shinsuke Yamanaka

http://www.tbrb.org/p4p/