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The 16 Greatest Boxers of the 2010s

by YPB Team

Heavyweights came back, welterweights got rich, and one undefeated record kept growing.

  1. Juan Manuel Marquez — ranked #11
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Knocked Pacquiao out cold in December 2012 in their fourth fight.
    1000pts
  2. Errol Spence Jr. — ranked #22
    Errol Spence Jr.
    Took the IBF welterweight title in Sheffield and unified before the decade ended.
    930pts
  3. Floyd Mayweather — ranked #33
    Floyd Mayweather
    Closed the decade 50-0 after beating Pacquiao, Canelo and Conor McGregor.
    930pts
  4. Vasiliy Lomachenko — ranked #44
    Vasiliy Lomachenko
    Won titles in three divisions inside twelve professional fights.
    734pts
  5. Guillermo Rigondeaux — ranked #55
    Guillermo Rigondeaux
    Two-time Olympic champion whose technical style made him unbeatable and unbookable.
    734pts
  6. Terence Crawford — ranked #66
    Terence Crawford
    Became undisputed at super lightweight and then took the WBO welterweight title.
    734pts
  7. Andre Ward — ranked #77
    Andre Ward
    Won the Super Six, moved to light heavyweight, beat Kovalev twice and retired unbeaten.
    636pts
  8. Gennadiy Golovkin — ranked #88
    Gennadiy Golovkin
    Ran up twenty middleweight title defences before the Canelo fights.
    636pts
  9. Wladimir Klitschko — ranked #99
    Wladimir Klitschko
    Dominated the heavyweight division until Tyson Fury beat him in 2015.
    636pts
  10. Tyson Fury — ranked #1010
    Tyson Fury
    Beat Klitschko, left the sport, came back and drew with Deontay Wilder.
    636pts
  11. Naoya Inoue — ranked #1111
    Naoya Inoue
    Won three divisions in the decade and took the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight final.
    636pts
  12. Manny Pacquiao — ranked #1212
    Manny Pacquiao
    Won the WBA welterweight title at 40 and kept headlining Las Vegas throughout the decade.
    382pts
  13. Anthony Joshua — ranked #1313
    Anthony Joshua
    Olympic champion who filled Wembley and unified the heavyweight titles.
    382pts
  14. Canelo Alvarez — ranked #1414
    Canelo Alvarez
    Grew from Mayweather's opponent into the sport's biggest star and a two-fight rival of Golovkin.
    0pts
  15. Sergey Kovalev — ranked #1515
    Sergey Kovalev
    Light heavyweight puncher whose two fights with Ward split the division.
    0pts
  16. Deontay Wilder — ranked #1616
    Deontay Wilder
    Held the WBC heavyweight title for five years on the strength of one punch.
    0pts

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Canelo Alvarez arrived as Mayweather's opponent in 2013 and left the decade as the sport's biggest draw: https://youpick.best/articles/mayweather-vs-pacquiao-ranked

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