WBN P4P Top 10 profiles

1. Floyd Mayweather (43-0, 26 KO's)
Age: 35

Alias: Money

Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Debut: 1996

World Title fights: 20
Title's: WBC super-featherweight champion (OCT 98 - APR 02)
WBC lightweight champion (APR 02 - JUN 04)

WBC light-welterweight champion (JUN 05 - SEP 06)

IBF welterweight champion (APR 06 - OCT 06)

IBO welterweight champion (APR 06 - MAY 07)
WBC welterweight champion (NOV 06 - JUN 08)

WBC light-middlweight champion (MAY 07 - JUL 07)

WBC welterweight champion (SEPT 11 - present)
WBA light-middleweight champion (MAY 12 - present)

2. Nonito Donaire (31-1, 20 KO's)

Age: 30

Alias: The Filipino Flash

Hometown: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines

Debut: 2001

World Title Fights: 10

World Title's: IBF flyweight champion (JUL 07 - APR 09)

WBO bantamweight champion (FEB 11 - NOV 11)

WBC bantamweight champion (FEB 11 - NOV 11)
IBF super-bantamweight champion (JUL 12 - OCT 12)
WBO super-bantamweight champion (FEB 12 - Present)

3. Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KO's)

Age: 39

Alias: Dinamita

Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico

Debut: 1993

World Title Fights: 15

Titles: IBF featherweight champion (FEB 03 - JAN 06)

WBC super-featherweight champion (MAR 07 - MAR 08)

WBO/WBA lighweight champion (FEB 09 - JAN 12)
WBO light-welterweight champion (JUL 12 - Present)

4. Sergio Gabriel Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO's)
Age:37
Alias: Maravilla
Hometown: Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Debut: 1997
World Title Fights: 6
Titles: IBO light-middleweight champion (JUN 03 - NOV 04)
WBO middleweight Champion (APR 10 – JUL 10)
WBC middleweight Champion (APR 10 – JAN 11 & SEP 12 - present)

5. Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KO's)
Age: 34

Alias: Pacman

Hometown: Kibawe, Bukidnon, Phillipines

Debut: 1995

World Title Fights: 19

Titles: WBC flyweight champion (DEC 98 - SEP 99)

IBF super-bantamweight champion (JUN 01 - JUL 03)

WBC super-featherweight champion (MAR 08 - JUN 08)

WBC lightweight champion (JUN 08 - APR 09)
IBO light-welterweight champion (MAY 09 - NOV 09)

WBC light-Middleweight champion (NOV 10 - FEB 11)

WBO welterweight champion (NOV 09 - JUN 12)

6. Wladimir Klitschko (59-3, 51 KO's)

Age:36

Alias: Dr.Steelhammer

Hometown: Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan

Debut: 1996

World Title Fights: 21

Titles: WBO heavyweight champion (OCT 00 - MAR 03)

IBF heavyweight champion (APR 06 - present)

IBO heavyweight champion (APR 06 - present)

WBO heavyweight champion (FEB 08 - present)

WBA heavyweight champion (JUL 11 - present)

7. Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO's)
Age: 28
Alias: S.O.G
Hometown: San Francisco, California, USA
Debut: 2004
World title fights: 6
Titles: WBA super-middleweight champion (2009 - Present)
WBC super-middleweight champion (2011 - Present)

8.Vitali Klitschko (45-2-0, 41 KO's)
Age: 41
Alias: Dr.Ironfist

Hometown: Belovodskoye, Kyrgyzstan

Debut: 1996

World Title Fights: 17

Titles: WBO heavyweight Champion (JUN 99 - APR 00)
WBC heavyweight Champion (APR 04 - DEC 04)
WBC heavyweight champion (OCT 08 - Present)

9. Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO's)
Age: 35
Alias: The Cobra
Hometown: Nottingham, England, UK
Debut: 2002
World Title Fights: 9
Titles: WBC super-middleweight champion (DEC 08 - APR 10) & (NOV 10 - DEC 11)
IBF super-middleweight champion (MAY 12 - Present)

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10.Timothy Bradley (29-0, 12 KO's)
Age: 29

Alias: Desert Storm
Hometown: Palm Springs, California
Debut: 2004
World title fights: 8
Titles: WBC light-welterweight champion (AUG 09-AUG 10)
WBO light-welterweight champion (APR 09 - JUL 12)
WBC light-welterweight champion (JAN 11 - JUL 11)
WBO welterweight champion (JUN 12 - Present)

*World titles and title fights indicates WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO only.

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