List of fights between two The Ring pound for pound boxers
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Since 1989, The Ring has started naming the top 10 pound for pound best boxers in the world.[1] This list features fights where the boxers involved were in the active top 10 list at the time of their fight.
2020–present
| Fight name and Rank | Date | World title(s) | Result |
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| (#4) Errol Spence Jr. vs. (#3) Terence Crawford | Jul 29, 2023 | Spence Jr.'s WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF welterweight titles | Crawford wins via 9th–round TKO |
| Crawford's WBO welterweight title | |||
| Vacant The Ring welterweight title |
2010–2019
| Fight name and Rank | Date | World title(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| (#10) Errol Spence Jr. vs. (#7) Mikey Garcia | Mar 16, 2019 | Spence Jr.'s IBF welterweight title | Spence Jr. wins via UD (120-107, 120-108, 120-108) |
| (#3) Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. (#4) Guillermo Rigondeaux | Dec 9, 2017 | Lomachenko's WBO super featherweight title | Lomachenko wins via 6th–round RTD |
| (#7) Canelo Álvarez vs. (#2) Gennady Golovkin | Sep 16, 2017 | Álvarez's The Ring middleweight title | Split draw (118-110, 113-115, 114-114) |
| Golovkin's WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF middleweight titles | |||
| (#1) Andre Ward vs. (#2) Sergey Kovalev II | Jun 17, 2017 | Ward's WBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO light heavyweight titles | Ward wins via 8th–round TKO |
| Vacant The Ring light heavyweight title | |||
| (#2) Sergey Kovalev vs. (#4) Andre Ward | Nov 19, 2016 | Kovalev's WBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO light heavyweight titles | Ward wins via UD (114-113, 114-113, 114-113) |
| (#7) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#9) Timothy Bradley III | Apr 12, 2016 | – | Pacquiao wins via UD (116-110, 116-110, 116-110) |
| (#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#3) Manny Pacquiao | May 2, 2015 | Mayweather Jr.'s WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles | Mayweather Jr. wins via UD (116-112, 116-112, 118-110) |
| Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title | |||
| (#7) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#3) Timothy Bradley II | Apr 12, 2014 | Bradley's WBO welterweight title | Pacquiao wins via UD (116-112, 116-112, 118-110) |
| (#8) Timothy Bradley vs. (#3) Juan Manuel Márquez | Oct 12, 2013 | Bradley's WBO welterweight title | Bradley wins via SD (113-115, 115-113, 116-112) |
| (#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#9) Canelo Álvarez | Sep 14, 2013 | Mayweather Jr.'s WBA (Super) light middleweight title | Mayweather Jr. wins via MD (114-114, 116-112, 117-111) |
| Álvarez's WBC and The Ring light middleweight titles | |||
| (#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#8) Robert Guerrero | May 4, 2013 | Mayweather Jr.'s WBC welterweight title | Mayweather Jr. wins via UD (117-111, 117-111, 117-111) |
| (#2) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#6) Juan Manuel Márquez IV | Dec 8, 2012 | – | Márquez wins via 6th–round KO |
| (#2) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#8) Timothy Bradley | Jun 9, 2012 | Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title | Bradley wins via SD (113-115, 115-113, 115-113) |
| (#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#5) Juan Manuel Márquez III | Nov 12, 2011 | Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title | Pacquiao wins via MD (114-114, 115-113, 116-112) |
| (#7) Fernando Montiel vs. (#5) Nonito Donaire | Feb 19, 2011 | Montiel's WBC and WBO bantamweight titles | Donaire wins via 2nd–round TKO
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| (#6) Sergio Martínez vs. (#5) Paul Williams II | Nov 20, 2010 | Martínez's WBC and The Ring middleweight titles | Martínez wins via 2nd–round KO |
| (#2) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#3) Shane Mosley | May 1, 2010 | – | Mayweather Jr. wins via UD (119-109, 119-109, 118-110) |
2000–2009
| Fight name and Rank | Date | World title(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| (#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#7) Miguel Cotto | Nov 14, 2009 | Cotto's WBO welterweight title | Pacquiao wins via 12th–round TKO
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| (#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#8) Ricky Hatton | May 2, 2009 | Hatton's The Ring light welterweight title | Pacquiao wins via 2nd–round KO |
| (#7) Kelly Pavlik vs. (#4) Bernard Hopkins | Oct 18, 2008 | – | Hopkins wins via UD (119-106, 118-108, 117-109) |
| (#4) Bernard Hopkins vs. (#5) Joe Calzaghe | Apr 19, 2008 | Hopkins' The Ring light heavyweight title | Calzaghe wins via SD (113-114, 115-112, 116-111) |
| (#3) Juan Manuel Márquez vs. (#2) Manny Pacquiao II | Mar 15, 2008 | Márquez's WBC super featherweight title | Pacquiao wins via SD (112-115, 115-112, 114-113) |
| Vacant The Ring super featherweight title | |||
| (#6) Israel Vázquez vs. (#10) Rafael Márquez III | Mar 1, 2008 | Vázquez's WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles | Vázquez wins via SD (114-111, 111-114, 113-112) |
| (#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#8) Ricky Hatton | Dec 8, 2007 | Mayweather Jr.'s WBC and The Ring welterweight titles | Mayweather Jr. wins via 10th–round TKO |
| (#6) Bernard Hopkins vs. (#5) Winky Wright | Jul 21, 2007 | Hopkins' The Ring light heavyweight title | Hopkins wins via UD (116-112, 117-111, 117-111) |
| (#6) Érik Morales vs. (#5) Manny Pacquiao II
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Jan 21, 2006
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– | Pacquiao wins via 10th–round TKO |
| (#9) Jermain Taylor vs. (#10) Bernard Hopkins II | Dec 3, 2005 | Taylor's WBA (Undisputed), WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles | Taylor wins via UD (115-113, 115-113, 115-113) |
| (#8) Érik Morales vs. (#5) Manny Pacquiao
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Mar 19, 2005
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– | Morales wins via UD (115-113, 115-113, 115-113) |
| (#9) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#1) Bernard Hopkins | Sep 18, 2004 | De La Hoya's WBO middleweight title | Hopkins wins via 9th–round KO |
| Hopkins' WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles | |||
| (#1) Roy Jones Jr. vs. (#10) Antonio Tarver II | May 15, 2004 | Jones Jr.'s WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring light heavyweight titles | Tarver wins via 2nd–round TKO |
| (#5) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#10) Shane Mosley II | Sep 13, 2003 | De La Hoya's WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring light middleweight titles | Mosley wins via UD (115-113, 115-113, 115-113) |
| (#4) Érik Morales II
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Jun 22, 2002
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Morales' WBC featherweight title | Barrera wins via UD (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) |
| Vacant The Ring featherweight title | |||
| (#2) Félix Trinidad vs. (#10) Bernard Hopkins | Sep 29, 2001 | Trinidad's WBA middleweight title | Hopkins wins via 12th–round TKO |
| Hopkins' WBC and IBF middleweight title | |||
| Vacant The Ring middleweight title | |||
| (#7) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#5) Diego Corrales | Jan 20, 2001 | Mayweather Jr.'s WBC super featherweight title | Mayweather Jr. wins via 10th–round TKO |
| (#4) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#5) Shane Mosley | Jun 17, 2000 | De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title | Mosley wins via SD (116-112, 113-115, 115-113) |
1990–1999
| Fight name and Rank | Date | World title(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| (#1) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#4) Félix Trinidad | Sep 18, 1999 | De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title | Trinidad wins via MD (114–114, 115–114, 115–113) |
| Trinidad's IBF welterweight title | |||
| (#2) Pernell Whitaker vs. (#3) Oscar De La Hoya | Apr 12, 1997 | Whitaker's WBC welterweight title | De La Hoya wins via UD (116-110, 116-110, 115-111) |
| (#3) James Toney vs. (#8) Roy Jones Jr. | Nov 18, 1994 | Toney's IBF super middleweight title | Jones Jr. wins via UD (119-108, 117-110, 118-109) |
| (#2) Pernell Whitaker vs. (#1) Julio César Chávez | Sep 10, 1993 | Whitaker's WBC welterweight title | Majority draw (115–113, 115–115, 115–115) |
| (#5) Buddy McGirt vs. (#2) Pernell Whitaker | Mar 6, 1993 | McGirt's WBC welterweight title | Whitaker wins via UD (117-111, 115-114, 115-113) |
| (#4) Evander Holyfield vs. (#6) Riddick Bowe | Nov 13, 1992 | Holyfield's WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles | Bowe wins via UD (115-112, 117-110, 117-110) |
| (#3) Pernell Whitaker vs. (#7) Azumah Nelson | May 19, 1990 | Whitaker's WBC and IBF lightweight titles | Whitaker wins via UD (116-114, 116-111, 115-113) |
| (#4) Michael Nunn vs. (#10) Marlon Starling | Apr 14, 1990 | Nunn's IBF middleweight title | Nunn wins via MD (114-114, 117-111, 118-110) |
| (#2) Julio César Chávez vs. (#6) Meldrick Taylor | Mar 17, 1990 | Chávez's WBC light welterweight title | Chávez wins via 12th–round TKO
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| Taylor's IBF light welterweight title |
See also
References
- ^ Gray, Tom (November 10, 2015). "The Ring Pound for Pound history: From "Iron" Mike to "Chocolatito"". The Ring. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.