Modern Pound-For-Pound Fighters Ranked From ‘GOAT’ To ‘Not A Boxer’

Boxing's pound-for-pound kings have been ranked, with Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao named GOATs of the modern era, while Oscar De La Hoya is classed as 'Overrated'.

However in the 'Overrated' tier sits De La Hoya, the man Mayweather surpassed as boxing's biggest box-office draw. A multi-weight champ, De La Hoya nonetheless lost more than he won against his fellow greats and often underwhelmed on the biggest stage.

Joe's fellow Brit Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton falls down into the 'Average' category - simply because pound-for-pound competition is so strong: all of these boxers are still of a very high standard.

The full SPORTbible rankings are below.

All-Time Great: Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Roy Jones

Elite: Canelo Alvarez, Vasyl Lomachenko, Gennady Golovkin, Bernard Hopkins, Marco Antonio Barrera, Andre Ward

Underrated: Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk, Joe Calzaghe, Chocolatito Gonzalez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Winky Wright

Good: Naoya Inoue, Errol Spence, Felix Trinidad, Erik Morales, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Sergio Martinez, Nonito Donaire, Kostya Tszyu

Overrated: Oscar De La Hoya, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Mikey Garcia, Antonio Margarito

Average: Ricky Hatton, Jermain Taylor, Tim Bradley, Israel Vazquez, Vernon Forrest

Not A Boxer: Adrien Broner

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