Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
‘Money’ still top dog in the boxing world
With my own pound for pound rankings showing Filipino’s Manny
Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire at number one and number two respectively, it makes me wonder
whether Floyd Mayweather really does deserve to be pushed down to number three
as a result of his inactivity.
The 34 year-old has proven time and time again to be one of
the most elusive fighters of all time, slick and hard to hit, with one of the
fastest right hands in the fight game ever.
With seven fights in the last seven years though since the ‘Pretty
Boy’ demolished Arturo Gatti in six painful rounds, should the fact that an
obviously super-gifted fighter has outside the ring distractions hamper his rating
even if he has never lost or officially retired.
For my ‘Money,’ Floyd is without question the best fighter
in the world but as he has developed more and more outside factors dragging him
away from boxing, Manny Pacquiao has continued to fight two or three times a
year, racking up title after title, breaking record after record and even with
three defeats on his record and Donaire with one, both have overtaken the
five-weight world title holder.
Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) now has the opportunity to show
the whole world who the number one fighter is when he challenges Victor Ortiz
for his WBC welterweight crown on September 17th and could return to
the summit of the P4P rankings with a convincing victory in Las Vegas.
The debate will never fully end though without getting the two
fighters to share a ring and hopefully in 2012 the biggest fight in a
generation can happen and the score will be settled once and for all.
But for me, at this moment, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the top fighter in the world, even though the rankings don't say it.
But for me, at this moment, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the top fighter in the world, even though the rankings don't say it.