Ring Magazine pound for pound

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This table lists the current pound-for-pound rankings of The Ring magazine (the self-proclaimed "Bible of Boxing", owned by Golden Boy Promotions Inc.), which some boxing experts and fans regard as an authoritative source for ranking the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.^[1] Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been ranked number-one in The Ring's P4P rankings from 2005 to 2008. He was preceded by Bernard Hopkins, who was in turn preceded by Roy Jones Jr.

[edit] Top 10 Rankings

Rank	Fighter	Record	"The Ring" weight class	Titles held at the moment
1	Manny Pacquiao	46-3-2 (35 KO)	Junior lightweight	WBC Super Featherweight Champion, WBC Emeritus Champion The Ring Junior Lightweight Champion
2	Joe Calzaghe	45-0 (32 KO)	Super middleweight Light heavyweight	WBA, WBC and WBO Super Middleweight Champion ("Undisputed") The Ring Super Middleweight Champion, WBO Super Champion The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion
3	Juan Manuel Márquez	48-4-1 (35 KO)	Junior lightweight
4	Bernard Hopkins	48-5-1-1 (32 KO)	Light heavyweight	WBC Emeritus Champion, WBO Super Champion
5	Israel Vázquez	43-4 (31 KO)	Junior featherweight	WBC Super Bantamweight Champion The Ring Junior Featherweight Champion
6	Miguel Ángel Cotto	32-0 (26 KO)	Welterweight	WBA Welterweight Champion
7	Kelly Pavlik	34-0 (30 KO)	Middleweight	WBC and WBO Middleweight Champion ("Undisputed") The Ring Middleweight Champion
8	Cristian Mijares	35-3-2 (14 KO)	Junior bantamweight	WBA and WBC Super Flyweight Champion ("Undisputed")
9	Rafael Márquez	37-5 (33 KO)	Junior featherweight
10	Ricky Hatton	44-1 (31 KO)	Junior welterweight	IBO Junior Welterweight Champion The Ring Junior Welterweight Champion