BOXING SCENE ELEVATES PACQUIAO TO NO. 1 WITH MAYWEATHER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 19 Mar 2008
The respected internet site Boxing Scene has elevated Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao to No.1 in its pound-for-pound list alongside undefeated Floyd Mayweather despite the fact that boxing writer Cliff Rold even admitted having Juan Manuel Marquez ?edging Pacquiao out? in their rematch last Sunday, Manila Time.
Rold who is a member of Ring Magazine?s ratings advisory panel and the Boxing Writers Association of America however noted that ?with two fighters that good and that close, the official verdict must stand.?
Boxing Scene said that ?no matter how you slice it? Pacquiao was a ?fighter for the ages? being the only boxer to win WBC world titles at 112 and 130 pounds and with the 122 IBF super bantamweight title in-between Pacquiao was ?the only one to pull off that hat-trick.?
Rold said ?Pacquiao?s blend of scale climbing and pressure fighting is as close to Henry Armstrong as today?s fans may ever get.? He reminded fight fans that Pacquiao had beaten Mexican legends Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales who are ?locks for the Hall of Fame? as well as Marquez who he said, ?merits strong consideration based on aesthetic evidence.?
Now Pacquiao heads up the scale in pursuit of a potential record fourth legitimate world title and will have to beat a solid contender and titlist David Diaz and, Rold maintains ?will be favored to do so.? This means that Pacquiao who started his career at 108 pounds has ?crossed a threshold of eight current and four classic weight classes and has improved along the way? wrote Rold.
The Pacquiao piece concluded, ?depending on what comes after and if he defeats Diaz, Pacquiao could easily have this spot (No.1 on Pound-for-Pound) to himself by the end of the year."
Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.
Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:
Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh To headline historic “Legacy Nights” Inaugural Pro Boxing event in El Salvador
Tue, 16 Sep 2025Smarts over power
By Joaquin Henson, Tue, 16 Sep 2025HALL OF FAME FLIES FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR TWO-DIVISION CHAMPION RICKY HATTON
Tue, 16 Sep 2025Kazakhstan tops the medal table at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 thanks to victory in the final bout of the competition
Tue, 16 Sep 2025THRILLA IN MANILA GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 13: JOE FRAZIER’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS AN AMATEUR FIGHTER
By Maloney L. Samaco, Mon, 15 Sep 2025A New King, A New Challenger: Turki Alalshikh Proposes Crawford-Benavidez While Canelo Alvarez Faces Defeat with Humility
By Dong Secuya, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Highly Questionable Title Eliminator
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Yoseline Perez Earns Silver Medal at Inaugural World Boxing Championships
Mon, 15 Sep 202521-year-old Filipino wins at Germany rapid chess tournament
By Marlon Bernardino, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Nagoya Nightmare: Naoya Inoue Notches One-Sided Decision over Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Mon, 15 Sep 2025Inoue’s Philippine Connection: Which Pinoy Super Bantamweight Could Challenge “The Monster?”
By Carlos Costa, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Yoseline Perez Advances to the Finals at the World Boxing Championships Perez Set to Face Chinese Taipei’s Hsiao-Wen Huang for 54-Kilogram World Title
Mon, 15 Sep 2025Canelo Gets Outboxed, Loses Undisputed Title to Crawford
By Carlos Costa, Sun, 14 Sep 2025A Masterpiece of Boxing: Terence Crawford Dethrones Canelo Alvarez in Historic Showdown
By Dong Secuya, Sun, 14 Sep 2025LEWIS CROCKER IS CROWNED THE NEW IBF WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION
Sun, 14 Sep 2025