Category Archives: Boxing
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and the Best Boxers in the World 2013: No. 1 Rankings for Every Weight Class
Floyd Mayweather Is Once Again the Best Boxer in the World
This is our third installment of the best boxers in the world (2011, 2012) and the one that reflects the greatest “transfer of power” – in changes at the top and in number of new best boxers – of the three.
Manny Pacquiao is no longer the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, a “title” he held five straight years (2008-2012).
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. – “Pretty Boy Money” or just plain old “Money” – is once again the best pound-for-pound boxer of all. He was back in 2005-2007, too.
Since Pacquiao and Mayweather are both welterweights, that means Floyd has supplanted Manny as the best welterweight in the world, too.
There is also a new best heavyweight boxer. Wladimir Klitschko (37), the best heavyweight of the past two years, has ceded his reign to his older brother, Vitali (41).
There’s not too much competition in championship heavyweight boxing these days apparently. Sad.
Yoan Pablo Hernandez and Bernard Hopkins (48!) hold on to their respective cruiserweight and light heavyweight positions from last year, rounding out the big boys.
American boxing is hot again. After placing just three boxers in each of the past two years, the U.S. has five boxers dominating their classes in 2013.
Follow @VinGetz| WEIGHT CLASS | TOP WEIGHT | BOXER | COUNTRY | |
| 1. | Pound For Pound | N/A | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | USA |
| 2. | Heavyweight | 200 lbs+ | Vitali Klitschko | Ukraine |
| 3. | Cruiserweight | 200 lbs | Yoan Pablo Hernandez | Cuba |
| 4. | Light Heavyweight | 175 lbs | Bernard Hopkins | USA |
| 5. | Super Middleweight | 168 lbs | Andre Ward | USA |
| 6. | Middleweight | 160 lbs | Sergio Gabriel Martinez | Argentina |
| 7. | Light Middleweight | 154 lbs | Saul Alvarez | Mexico |
| 8. | Welterweight | 147 lbs | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | USA |
| 9. | Light Welterweight | 140 lbs | Lamont Peterson | USA |
| 10. | Lightweight | 135 lbs | Adrien Broner | USA |
| 11. | Super Featherweight | 130 lbs | Yuriorkis Gamboa | Cuba |
| 12. | Featherweight | 126 lbs | Abner Mares | Mexico |
| 13. | Super Bantamweight | 122 lbs | Guillermo Rigondeaux | Cuba |
| 14. | Bantamweight | 118 lbs | Shinsuke Yamanaka | Japan |
| 15. | Super Flyweight | 115 lbs | Juan Carlos Sanchez, Jr. | Thailand |
| 16. | Flyweight | 112 lbs | Juan Francisco Estrada | Mexico |
| 17. | Light Flyweight | 108 lbs | Roman Gonzalez | Nicaragua |
| 18. | Minimumweight | 105 lbs | Katsunari Takayama | Japan |
Thanks to boxrec.com. If you like boxing, that’s a site to check out.
Photo: espn.com
Summer Olympics: Top 20 Countries with the Most Boxing Medals
Muhammad Ali and Teofilo Stevenson, Olympic Gold Medalists for the USA and Cuba, Respectively
So, which countries are the most pugilistic?
The United States, Cuba and the Soviet Union have the most Summer Olympics Boxing medals of any country. The U.S. and Cuba are also way ahead of the pack in terms of Olympic gold.
Here are the top 20 countries with the most Olympic Boxing medals.
Surprises? How about Great Britain and Italy rounding out the top five in total and gold medals? France and South Korea in 12th? And, towards the bottom, Kazakhstan and Thailand making the list?
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| COUNTRY | TOTAL | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | |
| 1. | United States | 108 | 48 | 23 | 37 |
| 2 | Cuba | 63 | 32 | 19 | 12 |
| 3. | Soviet Union | 51 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| 4. | Great Britain | 48 | 14 | 11 | 23 |
| 5. | Italy | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
| 6. | Poland | 43 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 7. | Germany | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| 8. | Romania | 25 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 9. | Argentina | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 10. | Hungary | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 10. | Russia | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| 12. | South Africa | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 12. | France | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 12. | South Korea | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 15. | Bulgaria | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 15. | Canada | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 17 | Finland | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 18. | Kazakhstan | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 18. | East Germany | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 18. | Thailand | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Photo: miamiherald.com
The Best Women Boxers in the World: 2012 No. 1 Rankings
Ijeoma Egbunine of Nigeria is the No. 1 Women's Heavyweight in the World (boxrec.com)
Yesterday, Sports List of the Day checked out the best male boxers in the world (2012), by weight class.
Today, it’s the ladies’ turn. Here are the updated No. 1 rankings in women’s boxing for 2012, courtesy boxrec.com.
There have been a few changes since we last looked back in June of 2011, but Ijeoma Egbunine remains the No. 1 Women’s Heavyweight.
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| 1. | Heavyweight | Ijeoma Egbunine | “The Praise” | Nigeria |
| 2. | Light Heavyweight | Open | Open | Open |
| 3. | Super Middleweight | Zita Zatyko | “The Giant” | Hungary |
| 4. | Middleweight | Christina Hammer | Germany | |
| 5. | Light Middleweight | Hanna Gabriel’s | “La Amazona” | Sweden |
| 6. | Welterweight | Anne Sophie Mathis | France | |
| 7. | Light Welterweight | Myriam Lamare | France | |
| 8. | Lightweight | Erica Anabella Farias | “La Pentera” | Argentina |
| 9. | Super Featherweight | Frida Wallberg | “Golden Girl” | Sweden |
| 10. | Featherweight | Jelena Mrdjenovich | Canada | |
| 11. | Super Bantamweight | Chanttall Martinez | “La Fiera” | Panama |
| 12. | Bantamweight | Janeth Perez | “Cuisilla” | Mexico |
| 13. | Super Flyweight | Ana Maria Torres | “La Guerrera” | Mexico |
| 14. | Flyweight | Mariana Juarez | “Barbie” | Mexico |
| 15. | Light Flyweight | Yesica Yolanda Bopp | “Tuti” | Argentina |
| 16. | Minimumweight | Naoko Fujioka | Japan |
