SPORTS SHORTS 221: MANNY PACQUIAO IS RANKED #3 WBC, #3 WBA, #3 IBF, #5 RING, #5 BOXREC, #6 ESPN, #8 TBRB WELTERWEIGHT CONTENDER
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 18 Sep 2021
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao is still ranked higher by the boxing governing bodies and the entities which ranked fighters combining all the boxers rated by the four boxing sanctioning organizations.
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This in spite of the upset loss to Yordenis Ugas of Cuba. The high ranking could only mean that the lawmaker fighter can still be a force to reckon with in the physical as well as the financial viability of his match if in case he decides to make one last fight before retirement.
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Pacquiao is ranked No. 3 WBC, No. 3 WBA, No. 3 IBF, No. 5 The Ring, No. 5 BoxRec, No. 6 ESPN, and No. 8 Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Only the WBO did not rank Pacquiao in its latest rankings.
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Welterweight (147 lbs) champions and contenders:
WBC
Errol Spence Jr. (United States) - champion
1. Shawn Porter (United States)
2. Vergil Ortiz Jr (United States)
3. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
4. Mikey Garcia (United States)
5. Keith Thurman (United States)
6. Danny Garcia (United States)
7. David Avanesyan (Russia)
8. Jaron Ennis (United States)
9. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbekistan)
10. Conor Benn (United Kingdom)
11. Thulani Mbenge (South Africa)
12. Josesito Lopez (United States)
13. Abel Ramos (United States)
14. Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
15. Amir Khan (United Kingdom)
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WBA
Yordenis Ugas (Cuba) - Super champion
Jamal James (United States) - World champion
1. Eimantas Stanionis (Lithuania)
2. Vergil Ortiz (United States) - Gold champion
3. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
4. Abel Ramos (United States)
5. Radzhab Butaev (Russia)
6. Gabriel Maestre (Venezuela)
7. Mykal Fox (United States)
8. Mario Barrios (United States)
9. David Avanesyan (Russia)
10. Alberto Palmetta (Argentina)
11. Jesus Alejandro Ramos (United States)
12. Conor Benn (United Kingdom)
13. Mekhrubon Sanginov (Tajikistan)
14. Johan Gonzalez (Venezuela)
15. Sandy Messaoud (France)
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IBF
Errol Spence Jr. (United States) - champion
1. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbekistan)
2. Shawn Porter (United States)
3. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
4. Jaron Ennis (United States)
5. Custio Clayton (Canada)
6. David Avanesyan (Russia)
7. Keita Obara (Japan)
8. Ivan Golub (Ukraine)
9. Daniyar Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan)
10. Rashidi Ellis (United States)
11. Karen Chukhadzhian (Ukraine)
12. Aram Amirkhanyan (Russia)
13. Connor Benn (United Kingdom)
14. Alexis Rocha (United States)
15. Vergil Ortiz Jr. (United States)
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WBO
Terence Crawford (United States) - champion
1. Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (United States)
2. Shawn Porter (United States)
3. Mikey Garcia (United States)
4. Michael McKinson (United Kingdom)
5. Jaron Ennis (United States)
6. David Avanesyan (Russia)
7. Custio Calyton (Canada)
8. Rashidi Ellis (United States)
9. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbekistan)
10. Lewis Crocker (United Kingdom)
11. Keita Obara (Japan)
12. Ryota Toyoshima (Japan)
13. Janelson Bocachica (United States)
14. Juan Hernan Leal (Argentina)
15. Brian Ceballo (United States)
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BoxRec
1. Errol Spence Jr. (United States)
2. Terence Crawford (United States)
3. Shawn Porter (United States)
4. Yordenis Ugás (Cuba)
5. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
6. Danny Garcia (United States)
7. Kell Brook (United Kingdom)
8. Abel Ramos (United States)
9. Vergil Ortiz Jr. (United States)
10. Josesito Lopez (United States)
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TBRB
1. Errol Spence Jr. (United States)
2. Terence Crawford (United States)
3. Yordenis Ugas (Cuba)
4. Shawn Porter (United States)
5. Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (United States)
6. Danny Garcia (United States)
7. Jaron Ennis (United States)
8. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
9. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbekistan)
10. Jamal James (United States)
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The Ring
1. Errol Spence Jr. (United States)
2. Terence Crawford (United States)
3. Yordenis Ugas (Cuba)
4. Shawn Porter (United States)
5. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
6. Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (United States)
7. Danny Garcia (United States)
8. Jaron Ennis (United States)
9. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbekistan)
10. Eimantas Stanionis (Lithuania)
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ESPN
1. Errol Spence Jr. (United States)
2. Terence Crawford (United States)
3. Yordenis Ugas (Cuba)
4. Shawn Porter (United States)
5. Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (United States)
6. Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)
7. Jaron Ennis (United States)
8. Danny Garcia (United States)
9. Mikey Garcia (United States)
10. Eimantas Stanionis (Lithuania)
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Terence Crawford announced that he will be defending his WBO world welterweight title against Shawn Porter. Crawford explained over ESPN why this fight took a long time to sign and seal.
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“Well, I don’t know what took so long to get the fight done, but originally we was looking forward to securing the Manny Pacquiao and we couldn’t get that fight secured so we had to go on to the next best thing, and that was Shawn Porter. So we’re here now,” Crawford told ESPN.
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Errol Spence Jr. marveled at Pacquiao’s stature as one of the all-time greats in boxing history and the tons of money he would have earned had their fight was not cancelled due to his eye injury.
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“It’s freaking Manny Pacquiao,” said Spence Jr. in an interview over ESPN. “Future Hall of Famer, future legend, undoubtedly top 10 all time. One of the greatest fighters of all time. And I drop out of a fight with him two weeks before the fight? That don’t make sense. Not to mention all the money we would make off pay-per-view.”
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Spence is coping with the fact that he may never be able to fight Pacquiao before he retires from prizefighting. Pacquiao was shocked by Ugas and the Spence-Pacquiao tussle may never happen.
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Contemplating on his frustrations and his fearless calling out of Pacquiao for the past years, Spence is still giving his thumbs down at critics who believe that he didn’t want to fight on the schedule of the match. "I called him out two years ago in the ring. Not like he handpicked me. I been asking to fight him," clarified Spence.
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The highest per-game stats in a single season in NBA history:
Turnovers per game: 5.7 - James Harden (2017)
Free-throws made per game: 10.6 - Jerry West (1966)
3-pointers made per game: 5.3 - Stephen Curry (2021)
Field goals made per game: 20.0 - Wilt Chamberlain (1962)
Minutes per game: 48.5 - Wilt Chamberlain (1962)
Blocks per game: 5.6 - Mark Eaton (1985)
Steals per game: 3.7 - Alvin Robertson (1986)
Rebounds per game: 27.2 - Wilt Chamberlain (1961)
Assists per game: 14.5 - John Stockton (1990)
Points per game: 50.4 - Wilt Chamberlain (1962)
Source: Fadeaway World
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