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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
Manny Pacquiao and the Best Boxers in the World 2012: No. 1 Rankings for Every Weight Class
Manny Pacquiao: Best Boxer in the World Pound for Pound (mp8.ph)
Not long ago, Sports List of the Day gave you the best boxers of 2011.
It’s time for an update. Here are the best boxers of 2012: the current No. 1 rankings according to boxrec.com.
Manny Pacquiao is still the best boxer in the world, pound for pound, and has been since 2008 (see: best pound for pound boxers since 1980).
Tomorrow, we’ll check out the latest women’s rankings.
Follow me on Twitter @VinGetz.
| 1. | Pound for Pound | N/A | Manny Pacquiao | Phillipines |
| 2. | Heavyweight | 200 lbs+ | Wladimir 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 | Miguel Angel Cotto | Puerto Rico |
| 8. | Welterweight | 147 lbs | Manny Pacquiao | Phillipines |
| 9. | Light Welterweight | 140 lbs | Timothy Bradley | USA |
| 10. | Lightweight | 135 lbs | Juan Manuel Marquez | Mexico |
| 11. | Super Featherweight | 130 lbs | Takashi Uchiyama | Japan |
| 12. | Featherweight | 126 lbs | Yuriorkis Gamboa | Cuba |
| 13. | Super Bantamweight | 122 lbs | Nonito Donaire | Phillipines |
| 14. | Bantamweight | 118 lbs | Abner Mares | Mexico |
| 15. | Super Flyweight | 115 lbs | Tepparith Singwancha | Thailand |
| 16. | Flyweight | 112 lbs | Brian Viloria | Phillipines |
| 17. | Light Flyweight | 108 lbs | Roman Gonzalez | Nicaragua |
| 18. | Minimumweight | 105 lbs | Nkosinathi Joyi | South Africa |
UFC Signs On With FOX Sports for 7-Year Deal: Current and Longest Reigning UFC Champion from Every Weight Division
Anderson Silva, Current UFC Middleweight Champion and Longest Reigning UFC Champion Ever (Getty)
The UFC has officially arrived. That’s not to say the MMA organization hasn’t grown wildly popular over the past decade, but now it has cemented a place on network television for the next seven years.
The UFC and FOX Sports have inked a seven-year deal that will televise UFC events on FOX’s main network channel, as well as FX and Fuel TV. See the press conference here.
According to Bleacher Report,
“The deal plans to bring four major events to the main FOX network, as well as 32 live fights and two runs of “The Ultimate Fighter” a year to the FX network. Plans also include to bring pre- and post-fight coverage, as well as other UFC programming, to Fuel TV.
One of the biggest changes, however, is to the format of the promotion’s reality show, “The Ultimate Fighter”.
“‘The Ultimate Fighter’ will be live on FX,” says White, with plans to rebrand the show as “The Ultimate Fighter Live”.”
For Matt Juul‘s full article on the agreement, click this must-read.
Now a lot of fans are in the know on UFC champion history, but now that the UFC is hitting the mainstream airwaves, here’s a primer for the muggles: the current and longest reigning champions from all seven weight divisions.
Heavyweight (206 – 265 lbs.)
Current: Cain Velasquez – 300 days +
Longest: Brock Lesnar – 707 days
Light Heavyweight (186 – 205 lbs.)
Current: Jon Jones – 150 days +
Longest: Tito Ortiz – 1,260 days
Middleweight (171 – 185 lbs.)
Current: Anderson Silva – 1,750 days +
Longest: Anderson Silva – 1,750 days +
Welterweight (156 – 170 lbs.)
Current: Georges St. Pierre – 1,200 days +
Longest: Georges St. Pierre – 1,200 days +
Lightweight (146 – 155 lbs.)
Current: Frankie Edgar – 500 days +
Longest: B.J. Penn – 812 days
Featherweight (136 – 145 lbs.)
Current: Jose Aldo – 250 days +
Longest: Jose Aldo – 250 days +
Bantamweight (126-135 lbs.)
Current: Dominick Cruz – 250 days +
Longest: Dominick Cruz – 250 days +
