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The 16 Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of the 21st Century

by YPB Team

Twenty-five years of best-in-the-world claims, and no two lists put them in the same order.

  1. Floyd Mayweather — ranked #11
    Floyd Mayweather
    Retired at 50-0 with world titles in five weight divisions and a defence nobody solved.
    1000pts
  2. Canelo Alvarez — ranked #22
    Canelo Alvarez
    Mexico's biggest draw and the undisputed super middleweight champion.
    953pts
  3. Wladimir Klitschko — ranked #33
    Wladimir Klitschko
    Held heavyweight titles for most of a decade across two separate reigns.
    900pts
  4. Oleksandr Usyk — ranked #44
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Undisputed cruiserweight champion who moved up and took the undisputed heavyweight title.
    771pts
  5. Terence Crawford — ranked #55
    Terence Crawford
    Undisputed champion at super lightweight and welterweight, switching stances mid-fight.
    680pts
  6. Naoya Inoue — ranked #66
    Naoya Inoue
    Japanese knockout artist who became undisputed champion in two weight classes.
    680pts
  7. Gennadiy Golovkin — ranked #77
    Gennadiy Golovkin
    Middleweight champion with a record run of title defences and a trilogy against Canelo.
    680pts
  8. Juan Manuel Marquez — ranked #88
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Four-division champion and the counterpuncher who knocked Pacquiao out in their fourth meeting.
    680pts
  9. Shane Mosley — ranked #99
    Shane Mosley
    Three-division champion who beat Oscar De La Hoya twice at his peak.
    508pts
  10. Vasiliy Lomachenko — ranked #1010
    Vasiliy Lomachenko
    Two-time Olympic gold medallist who won a world title in his third professional fight.
    400pts
  11. Bernard Hopkins — ranked #1111
    Bernard Hopkins
    Defended the middleweight title twenty times and won a world title at 49.
    400pts
  12. Manny Pacquiao — ranked #1212
    Manny Pacquiao
    The only eight-division world champion in boxing history, and a Philippine senator between fights.
    273pts
  13. Andre Ward — ranked #1313
    Andre Ward
    Retired 32-0 after winning the Super Six tournament and beating Sergey Kovalev twice.
    273pts
  14. Roy Jones Jr. — ranked #1414
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Won titles from middleweight to heavyweight and looked untouchable at his peak.
    273pts
  15. Miguel Cotto — ranked #1515
    Miguel Cotto
    Puerto Rico's four-division champion and a Madison Square Garden main-event fixture.
    273pts
  16. Marco Antonio Barrera — ranked #1616
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Mexican three-division champion known for his trilogy with Erik Morales.
    0pts

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Fifty wins without a loss on one side, eight divisions and eight losses on the other, on the same 21st-century list: https://youpick.best/articles/mayweather-vs-pacquiao-ranked

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