Eight-division World boxing champion filipino ace Manny "PACMAN" Pacquiao tops "The Ring Magazine list of "100 best fighters in the world" for 2010. This was released on January 4, 2011.
Thia is the fourth time that the Filipino boxing icon got the tops spot in this prestigious list of the so called "Bible of Boxing". Manny also won the number one spot in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Same years he won for the fourth time as BWAA and The Ring "Fighter of tahe Year".
The Ring Magazine is the leading documentation for boxing in the United States.
One of the basis of the magazine for this years selection of Manny was his recent demolition over His Mexican-American fighter Antonio Margarito in November 2010.
As most of us expected, Pacquiao made mincemeat out of Antonio Margarito, who not so long ago everyone was calling the most feared fighter in the world.
Along with everyone else We would have preferred the year ended with a superfight against the next guy on this list, BUT you can not have everything. As it is, Pacquiao comes awfully close."
The "next guy" referred to here is Floyd Mayweather Jr..
For boxing analyst, a long-waited duel of the 2 brawlers can be a "fight of the century" if not of this epic on-going struggle between Manny and Floyd Jr.
Among the causes of disagreements between the two fighters is the allegations of the camp of Floyd Jr. that Manny was using performance-enhancing drugs.
In fifth place also was another Pinoy sensational fighter Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, who defeated three fighters in 2010: Wladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine, Hernan Vargas and Manuel Marquez of Mexico.
Here are the top 25 best fighters of 2010 of The Ring Magazine:
1. Manny Pacquiao
Welterweight 52-3-2 (38)
Last Year’s Ranking: 1
2. Floyd Mayweather
Welterweight 41-0 (25)
Last Year’s Ranking: 2
3. Sergio Martinez
World Middleweight Champion/
Junior Middleweight 46-2-2 (25)
Last Year’s Ranking: 71
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
World Lightweight Champion 52-5-1 (38)
Last Year’s Ranking: 5
5. Nonito Donaire
Junior Bantamweight 23-1 (15)
Last Year’s Ranking: 6
6. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
World Flyweight Champion 76-3-1 (40)
Last Year’s Ranking: 41
7. Fernando Montiel
WBC Bantamweight Titleholder 44-2-2 (34)
Last Year’s Ranking: 21
8. Wladimir Klitschko
World Heavyweight Champion 55-3 (49)
Last Year’s Ranking: 20
9. Timothy Bradlye
Junior Welterweight 26-0 (11)
Last Year’s Ranking: 30
10. Juan Manuel Lopez
Featherweight 30-0 (27)
Last Year’s Ranking: 29
11. Miguel Cotto
12. Vitali Klitschko
13. Hozumi Hasegawa
14. Jean Pascal
15. Bernard Hopkins
16. Paul Williams
17. Shane Mosley
18. Lucian Bute a
19. Chris John
20. Chad Dawson
21. Andre Berto
22. Andre Ward
23. Yuriorkis Gamboa
24. Rafael Marquez
25. Giovani Segura
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