{"id":52546,"date":"2015-05-11T20:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T01:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52546"},"modified":"2015-05-11T21:16:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T02:16:48","slug":"travis-flemings-top-20-pound-for-pound-list-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52546","title":{"rendered":"Travis Fleming\u2019s Top 20 Pound For Pound List May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dImages_10538566_10154558774175471_2162515233449925278_n\"<\/a>By Travis Fleming (Who else would it be by?)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last time I posted my rankings was in early March, so here is my updated pound for pound list as of May 3, 2015.<\/p>\n

Note: Andre Ward has been left off of the list due to being inactive for over a year. Juan Manuel Marquez and Carl Froch are still listed as they have been inactive for just under a year, next month’s list will have them omitted. Miguel Cotto remains listed as he is scheduled to face Daniel Geale on June 6. <\/p>\n

1. Floyd Mayweather, JR.<\/strong><\/em>
\n 2. Guillermo Rigondeaux<\/strong><\/em>
\n 3. Roman Gonzalez<\/strong><\/em>
\n 4. Manny Pacquiao<\/strong><\/em>
\n 5. Timothy Bradley<\/strong><\/em>
\n 6. Juan Manuel Marquez<\/strong><\/em>
\n 7. Sergey Kovalev<\/strong><\/em>
\n 8. Terrence Crawford<\/strong><\/em>
\n 9. Wladimir Klitschko<\/strong><\/em>
\n 10. Saul Alvarez<\/strong><\/em>
\n 11. Gennady “GGG\u201d Golovkin<\/strong><\/em>
\n 12. Carl Froch<\/strong><\/em>
\n 13. Miguel Cotto<\/strong><\/em>
\n 14. Nicholas Walters<\/strong><\/em>
\n 15. Juan Francisco Estrada<\/strong><\/em>
\n 16. Erislandy Lara<\/strong><\/em>
\n 17. Danny Garcia<\/strong><\/em>
\n 18. Marcos Maidana<\/strong><\/em>
\n 19. Amir Khan<\/strong><\/em>
\n 20. Keith Thurman<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Just missed list:<\/span>
\nNaoya Inoue<\/strong><\/em>
\n Carl Frampton<\/strong><\/em>
\n Demetrius Andrade<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is just one scribes personal list, and in reality, a case can be made for many different fighters for #5-#20 and an argument can be made to place certain fighters higher or lower than my personal ranking. All in all, I took into account recent quality wins, obvious top level skill sets and established high level operators. Some fighters were skilled enough to be higher but were new to the elite level and lacked the overall body of work to be placed higher.<\/p>\n

Let the hate emails and posts begin\u2026 We welcome them all at Ringside Report \u201cThe Heart of Boxing\u201d.<\/p>\n

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