Mayweather to be dropped from The Ring’s Pound-for-Pound ratings if he doesn’t sign to fight by 5/1
April 28th, 2011
By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be dropped from The Ring’s pound-for-pound ratings unless Mayweather signs to fight someone by May 1st. Mayweather hasn’t been active as of late since his dominating performance against Shane Mosley last year in May. Thus he’ll be dropped from the Ring’s pound-for-pound ratings unless Mayweather signs for a fight within the next few days. The chances of that happening is slim and none, and I highly doubt that Mayweather is losing any sleep over this.
This is strictly for boxing fans that are into following records and such. Mayweather will remain a huge pay-per-view star and will be a problem for whoever he’s matched up against next. Hopefully, Mayweather can sign to fight Pacquiao soon so that this fight can be completed once and for all. Mayweather is considered by many to be the best fighter in boxing.
Pacquiao has taken advantage of Mayweather’s long lapses between fights in the past two years by moving into the Ring’s number #1 spot by beating fighters like Miguel Cotto (* with a catch weight), Ricky Hatton, Antonio Margarito (* with a catch weight) and Joshua Clottey. Pacquiao is now fighting 39-year-old Shane Mosley next month on May 7th. Mosley has looked like a shell of his former self in his last two fights.
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@DGme3
The future Cintron/Manny fight is just a possibility and at WW,If Sergio is willing to come down there,will accomodated when he can prove that he can sell PPV.
@DFG
Look at it this way. Manny wanted no part JMM when he was coming off of a fight of the year performance against Diaz. What happens? Mayweather fights him instead. Shane was coming off of his stellar destruction of Cheato when Roach said he was too good. A lot of people said Floyd wouldn’t step up to the plate to fight Mosley too but look what happened. If History teaches us anything, it’s that it always repeats itself. So if you think for a minute Floyd wouldn’t step up to face Sergio (yet another dangerous fighter soaring from big victories) then you are mistaken.
The payoff (as we all know Floyd cares about most) would be phenomenal. Because, with the exception of a few fans who sometimes let hope and optimism get in the way of their better judgment, most fans know a real challenge when they see it.
Size was only an issue once Sergio started annihilating fighters. Once he knocked Williams out cold and completely dismantled Dzinziruk who was widely, and I mean widely considered to be a very tough challenge for Martinez, then came the whole size issue/trend. The size issue is just a cop out by fans (like you) who are afraid for their favorite fighters.
He’s not ‘demanding’ anything, he’s ‘challenging’. That’s what real fighters do. A pampered Canadian champion like Bute wants no part of Martinez, trust me on that. I’d love to see that fight though. Sergio would knock Bute to the canvus.
Ward is occupied with the Super Six. Oh and Angulo who? You mean the same Angulo who lost to Cintron after Cintron was GIFTED a draw against none other than Martinez? Oh yeah that Angulo. Please… Sergio would cut him down to ‘size’ no pun intended.
And while we’re on Cintron, didn’t you just hear Arum saying that Cintron could be a future opponent for Manny. Remind me, what weight does Cintron fight at, how tall is he and what is his reach? Save your time. He fights at Jr. Middleweight, is 1 inch taller than Martinez and has only a 1 inch reach difference. But still no Sergio right? Right… I forgot, Martinez is too big.
to be considered for p4p shouldn’t you be fighting as gainst the best on a regular basis, not once a year against guys who are past their best?, sugar ray robinson used to fight up to 8 times a year at his best
Even if Money is not on the pound for pound list, it doesn’t matter anyway. We know who the best is, When Floyd comes back he’ll dominate… But honestly Floyd is just a waste of talent, his actions outside of the ring are severly hurting his legacy. He will be back though!
Dont think he will be to bothered,its only an opinion !
His legal issues may retire him, but he will have legal fees. He will box spadorfa and people will pay fir it.
@Attention*****Don’t listen to that BIG NOSE because his a FAKE!. His a PACTARD, I’m the real BIG NOSE and I’m a Boxing fan.
HAHAHAHA!Its funny how pinoys hide their faces to write in others peoples ALIAS.All pinoys must be PUSS*’S!
Attention! says:
April 29, 2011 at 10:15 am
Pacquiao has already been voted on and approved by the majority of Las Vegas officials to receive his own star on the LAS VEGAS WALk OF FAME.Congratulation Manny Pacquiao!!!
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floyd has his one too! but at the NEVADA STATE PRISON WALK OF SHAME lol!!!
GOOD!!. Mayweather should have been dropped from the p4p rankings last year. Mayweather is an inactive CHUMP!!.
who said that floyd is not active?….WTF… he’s still active, after he beat SSM last year, he runaway from IRS, he beat his ex-girlfriend and then his bodyguard.
Floyd and Pacman should both be drop. Sergio Martinez should be on top.
I agree 100%………..it is such a waste of time to be listed on any rankings if you are not fighting.
Goodbye Floyda, its better for to be jailed if you dont fight Manny!
I’ve heard rumours he already has an opponent signed ready to announce pre-pac/mosely bout,
anyone who has any information on who/when tweet me @ INDYBOXING
well if he doesnt fight how does he expect to be ranked! he acts as though boxing revolves around him but it dnt! ppl just think your a coward floyd! i use to respect floyd as he would fight any1 but now with the pacman saga! im bored
floyd should have been dropped from p4p list before. fighting bloated jmm is not worthy of being on the list.
This is right floyd fights are far and in between, he is not consistent and a top p4p boxer should have 2-3 fights a year. Drop Floyd now he doesn;t belong on the list he is not worthy
A boxer who has been inactive for one (1) year should really be dropped from the ratings. Ratings of athletes are for active players, otherwise, if inactive and retired players are still included, then you will have a meaningless rating which the younger readers may not understand at all. If Mayweather is no longer in the list and he would still opt not to fight, pretty soon he will be forgotten and that will really hurt him. So he better fight soon and hopefully fights Pacquiao before the world forgets him.
ive been a boxing puglist for 13 years no and every single p4p be,s in this type of possition. should he or should he not be p4p. pacs a small guy and all u want is him fighting bigger and better. wise up people pac is amazin so is floyd. but us spreading this nasty habbit telling them to fight stronger tougher and two weight divion above is sick.
Both Mayweather and Pacman should be droped from the P4P list until they prove them self with someone in there prime and Ideal weight!
moneymay the best boxer today
Dont matter. PBF will always be P4P #1 until PED Pac takes the tests and proves different
for all of you stupid people talking about catch weight against pacman,don’t you realize that most of pacman’s opponent were and are bigger and taller than him.furthermore this site is full of envy and hatred.
The entirety of the FAILippines just came at this news… Now they can talk sh1t for ever.
hahahahaha….hey chris it just shows that you are one pathetic wanabee writer…please you don’t have the talent to be a writer! how can you think highly of mayweather? he fought mosley 7 yrs. after his prime…he fought a bloated lightweight in marquez…at a catchweight…he made marquez go up in weight then to make sure he wins he came two pounds over the agreed weight…now where I come from…that is called cheating!!!and you think your idol is the best???well maybe he is if we are talking about a 100 meter dash competition!!!hahahahaha…
Oh PBF will not fight before 05/01/2011 so I suspect JCC Jr. will move into the #2 spot. As Anonymous stated the only reason the little dude is there is because PBF retired! BTW, how soon we forget after PBF dominated the then #1 ranked WW SSM whom Roach clearly ducked because he said was too good,is the fact everyone said the little guy was #1 but BARELY!
If SSM goes the distance and wins, the congressman retires and goes back to making his wife and jump-offs share the same sack as usual!
This writer forgot to mention that Floyd’s two fights when he came back and before his VACATION/RETIREMENT are against Mosley
that the writer implied old and the other is against Marquez (*with a catchweight)+ Cheated.
who cbout them cares about them wanting to take the champ off the list this is real funny mayweather fight once a year and still make more money then pacquiao hahahahahahahah
Let mayweather vanished in p4p list. sergio martinez for no.2!
Yeah, maybe Fraud is not losing any sleep coz’ he’s a fraud afterall…but sure you do Chrissy…LOL
Yeah mayweather didn’t loose any sleep over but you cryed yourself to sleep last night didnt you Chrissy Poo
” once he comes back and totally dominates Pacquiao or Ortiz? Like that’s a forgone conclusion? Mayweather does not want to fight Pacquiao. Here’s what Mayweather has done in the last several years. Won(?) a split decision over Oscar, whom Pacquiao crushed. Beat Ricky “sitting duck” Hatton in nine rounds, Pacquiao took a round and a half, Beat Marquez, who I guess was the smallest fighter he could find. I’ll give him credit for taking on Mosley, who everyone else seems to think is over the hill but who hurt Mayweather badly in the first round before getting swamped.
If Pacqiao really wants to fight Floyd he should take a dive in the Mosley fight and claim he’s lost vision in his left eye and may lost a lung to asbestosis. Then Mayweather would leap at a chance to fight him.
If your not in the game your not on the P4P list.
pugilistprik says:
April 28, 2011 at 3:59 pm
At anonymous-fighting the best? is that what Floyd has done? who has he fought a W.W.? Who has the bigger names a W.W.?????
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Does the names Mosley and De La Hoya, both destined for the boxing hall of fame.
Question for you did/is fighting them has his best?
Answer: No. He made De La Hoya drain down to 150 lbs after being out of boxing for 2 years, and he waited to fight Mosley when he’s become a senior citizen.
Pacquiao is the catch-weight champion of the Arum’s world. Big deal.
why drop him out of p4p list. in fact he’s very much active and recently beat his wife, a guard…
i’m sure he’ll try and redeem with a well plan prison break
@ leisu
Just who do you think Cotto, Clotty, and Margarita are; nothing more than average fighters who beat-up each other. The real reason that Mayweather did not fight them was because none of them have ever been able to generate big PPV numbers. He opted to fight were the money was. That is the same reason that Pacquiao has not tried to unify any of his fake catch-weight titles by fighting legitimate contenders, but opted to fight old man Mosley because of his PPV appeal. It’s about the money. So get off that lame excuse by trying to make Mayweather look bad for not fighting a couple of stiffs who are nothing more than journey-man fighters. That has been Arums strategy in building the false image of Pacquiao. Now he’s on a mission to fight everyone of Mayweather’s leftovers and try to beat them worse than he thinking somehow that this make Pacquiao better. Pacquaio just needs to stop make excuses and take that 40 million dollar blood test.
Could making 60 million dollars in his last two fights be reason enough for his inacivity. Think about it…….Somebody gives you a million dollars on Sunday; you probably won’t show up for work on Monday. And you won’t be sweating no job, just like Mayweather ain’t sweating Pacquiao. 41 and 0.
Hey Mr.Williams at least Paquiao fought Margarito, Cotto and Clottey! Catchweight or not your boy Mayweather never even considered getting in the ring with any of them! Mayweather is a very talented fighter, it’s a shame that is greatest talent is his defense outside of the ring! Until he fights some of the fighters like a Sergio Martinez who not only called Pac out but also Mayweather (funny how Mayweather fans only remember him calling out Pac) his record is only as good as his last fight! He fought a good fight any there are still many good challenges for him to take out there!! Fix your personal issues, stop wasting that talent , no more excuses , no more ducking, keep your mouth shut and prove it in the ring!!
I find it really interesting* that you have managed to turn an article supposedly about Pink Floyd into an article of hate against Paquiao. You are a very intelligent** lady, Chrissie.
*predictable
**as intelligent as the Mayflower Boys
i’ve been looking for the past couple of weeks to get to know alla about Pacquaio and Floyd Fans in the web. Guest what i found? Almost all the Floyd fans looked so stupid when they covering they master for being the coward. LOL…..
‘Bout time.
thats meaningless,but has to be done I suppose.
@ DGme3
You’re nuts if you think Mayweather will agree to fight Martinez. And as great as Martinez is right now, he is obviously only challenging guys like Floyd and Pac because of the size advantage he will have and of course the payday. Martinez must realize he has virtually no fanbase and must prove himself a ppv draw before he can make demands of Floyd or Pac. It’s interesting how Martinez talks about how great he is while never considering moving up in weight (like pacquiao) to fight a guy like Bute or Ward. I dont think he even wants a piece of Angulo at this point.
Save all the accolades and awards! Floyd is by far the better fighter,but not to say Manny doesn’t have a punchers chance. The rankings by writers mean next to nothing like all these trinket belts.If or when they fight Mayweather going into the fight a betting favorite and rightfully so.
@Marcos
I agree. There’s a golden opportunity here for Mayweather to go after yet another fighter that Manny turned down. Manny made a fatal error not fighting Mosley while he was still soaring from the Cheato victory. He may be making the same mistake if Mayweather takes on Martinez. Martinez vs. Mayweather would smash the PPV buys Manny vs. Shane gets. And that fight would leave absolutely no question as to who the real P4P King is whether it be Sergio or Mayweather. I win for either would trump any move Manny makes for a long time.
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good that floyds off but…. i dont think nonito should be number 3. he should be like 5 or 6. he really hasnt done much to be up there in his young pro career.
MAYWEATHER sign up to fight Sergio Martinez asap!!! just Do It!!
YES YES YES he should be removed if he is not fighting whats the point because if a fighter wants that spot and he is not fighting than how do you get there !!!!!!
As big of ego Mayweather has this will difenitely bother him once they take him out of the P4P list.
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You only get dropped when you deserve to be dropped the ring is doing the right thing here….
How is this a surprise? If Floyd fought, he would rightly deserve his place as no.1 or 2 on the p4p list. However as he’s dodging pacquiao more impressively than keano dodged bullets in the matrix he needs to be taken off and put on a new list of coward convicts with no heart that shoulder roll and right cross women for kicks.
Mayweather needs to change his advisers deliquent friends. He´s definitely with the bad company especially with 10 cents, that man is a bad news. Few years back 10 cents holiday vacation resort is jail, and Floyd advisers maybe making him more popular and earning him more money, but his legacy is going down the hill sooner than his fans want to be.
At anonymous-fighting the best? is that what Floyd has done? who has he fought a W.W.? Who has the bigger names a W.W.?????
Sergio Martinez should be the new P4P KING!!!
Mayweather is a fake, coward and joke to the boxing world!!
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CAN MANNY FANS PLEASE ANSWER WHY IS THE SO CALLED P4P KING FIGHTING A A PERSON LIKE SHANE THATS NOT EVEN ON THE P4P LIST AND WHO IS MANNY GOING TO FIGHT NEXT
The only reason Pacquiao is p4p is that Floyd retired when he did. Floyd Mayweather GAVE the p4p title to Manny Pacquiao! What has Manny done since he got #1 ? Who has he beat? Floyds leftovers? He is still doing that! hahaha..lol..rofl! Clottey? Who is he? Cheato? Never was! Catch weights and golden oldies! If you are the “best” then you should fight the best! Are Clottey, Margo, and Shane the very best out there? Gmab…
its about time he gets dropped off the rankings. chris you seem like a floyd nutt hugger along with the rest of his pbf losers. like mayweather you seem to only think statistically, because someone has been beaten a couple of times or if floyd has beaten his opponent, then that suggests that if someone has lost to that fighter, he doesnt deserve to fight floyd because he already beaten the person he lost to. every one should know that anything can happen in boxing and that one punch can change the whole outcome of the fight. we will never truly see the full potential of floyd because of his ducking ways and not fighting top fighters.
WHO IS MANNY GOING TO FIGHT NEXT
Today is a very busy day for Floyd Mayweather Jr. He is to face a judge in a court of law for serious felony charges for beatin’ up his “Baby Moma,” in front of their children, and stealing her iPhone.
Floydiots would tend to follow Floyd, and glorify his actions in some way, because they want to be just like Floyd! The only difference, he has the money to cover the court costs!
Sounds like Floyd is really enjoying his vacation, he even posts his winnings, from bets on the NBA playoffs! so the IRS can see it!
Manny Pacquiao will be on the Jimmy Kimmel Show tonight! Possibly singing another boring duet with somebody! But, hey this sounds more for fun than hearing the outcome of someone beatin up his “Baby Moma!”
To Floydiots, being in court is much more fun than making an appearence on the Jimmy Kimmel Show! They wouldn’t take a $50 million dollars for it either!
@churbg; why do you want him to fight Manny and he is smaller than Marquez and Hatton?
My praise to Chris. He is not been drinking Kool Aid for quite a while, since he stops negating too much on Pacquiao. In doing so, his article is more objective to read. Keep on, bro.
I agree he should be removed from the list of P4P fighters for inactivity.But it still doesn’t change the fact he’s the best around!The list is a popularity title bestowed upon a fighter by writers it means nothing on paper or in reality.The rankings do not represent the actual reality,it reflects their opinion of him and his place in the sport.But ask any of them who is the best fighter around regardless of any list and it will be Floyd.
Why even discuss the P4P ratings? What’s the point? Who cares? The only thing that matters is what happens in the ring.
@ truth
Oh yea, that really hurts coming from you. You dont know anything about boxing your a pacfan not a boxing fan. Pacquiao hasn’t fought anyone good in years! Pacquiao fought Margacheto and would not fight Martinez. Now he’s fighting Mosley and still says Martinez is to big. Margacheto and Mosley both wiegh more than Martinez when there not in the ring.
Margacheto couldn’t even beat Roberto Garcia and you call that a good fight for manny?!
@ American,
You’re just plain stupid. Yup, that’s the word I was looking for with your type of thinking.
THANKS @ AMERICAN LETS SEE WHO MANNY FIGHTS NEXT IT SHOULD BE MARTINEZ IF NOT MAYWEATHER
@churbg -
I agree with you 100%! How in the hell would Floyd beat Pacquiao if he has NO offense to beat Pacquiao? Yes, he has some offense, but not enough to beat Pacquiao. The fight would likely go to decision at the worst for Pacquia, and the decision would go to Pacquiao because of his offense. My thought is, Pacquiao would TKO if not KO maywather.
I think the new King should be Sergio Martinez and second place Nonito Donaire, but I really dont think Pacquiao should be a the top.
Now all they need to do is drop Manny Pacquiao a few numbers. Pacquiao wont step up and fight anyone good. I still cant believe he’s fight Sugar Old Mosley!!!
Who f’n cares. He’s now irrelevent to the sport. Boxing fans don’t give a $h1t:
“Floyd Mayweather goes out and makes money for Floyd Mayweather. When it’s all said and done and my career is over, the fans don’t come pay my bills, the fans don’t put my kids through college, and the fans don’t put my kids through private school, I do. Through my hard work.”
WHY CANT MANNY FIGHT MARTINEZ WHY FLOYD HAS TO FIGHT HIM LETS SEE WHO MANNY FIGHTS NEXT AFTER SHANE ALL YOU MANNY FANS ANSWER ME WHO WILL MANNY FIGHT NEXT IF NOT FLOYD
Does everyone remember last year, when Floyd topped Manny on Yahoo Sports boxing P4P list, (after his fight with Mosely?) Floydiots celebrated and acted like Yahoo was the most legitimate P4P boxing source!! Then, when Floyd was dropped back to no. 2, the Floydiots degraded and labeled Yahoo’s P4P rankings a joke!! Well Floyd is #3 now behind Sergio Martinez, and Floyd will be dropped off that list also.
The Ring Magazine has been around for a 100 years, and started its pound-for-pound rankings before the majority of us were even born! Writers and boxing fans look at The Ring magazine’s ratings as a legitimate source for boxing references.
at least they would be bigger guys and not smaller guys like Marquez and Hatton. Floyd with have to fight Martinez and prove he can pick on someone his own size.
I sure hope he can find a lawyer with defensive skills as good as his are in the ring. It would be nice to see him fight at least one more time.
LETS SEE WHO MANNY FIGHTS NEXT JOE LUISE – JOE FOREMAN LOL
Floyd’s felony cases in Las Vegas has been reset to JUly 29,2011 for evidence hearing-Las Vegas Sun
IF MAYWEATHER WANTED HE CAN FIGHT ANY FIGHTER NOW HE CAN FIGHT OLD WASHED UP BOXERS THAT HAVE NO SHOT LIKE MANNY A TAKE BACK P4P KING BUT THATS NOT MAYWEATHER STYLE LIKE MANNY
lol dude doesn’t care.
What’s he got left to prove? Won legit titles at 147 and 154 against legit champs. Didn’t need catchweights to do it.
And proved he was clean by taking PEDs testing.
Funny how that ‘other’ dude can’t claim the same.
Also,
I just want to say that I think this is a great decision because I think boxing is so much better then UFC but the reason it is losing ground to the UFC is that the UFC guys are in a league format and have to fight regularly so when an influencial body like ring magazine is willing to drop a fighter for not being active I think it is great.
Even if Floyd stayed on the P4P list, it wouldn’t matter. Years from now, Floyd WILL BE REMEMBERED as the biggest COWARD. Yes, he may be good, but he will ALWAYS be remembered as being the COWARD.
I would rather be remembered as taking roids, than being a COWARD in the sport of boxing…Think about that people.
@churgb.. what you said dude
lil floid’s had just 2 fights in the past 3½ years.
Listen I hate Floyd but if we are being honest there are few fighters in history that are as good defensively as Floyd is. Just being honest. However if he is not going to fight then reward the guys that will. Also I think Pacqiauo beats him hands down if they ever do sign it cause you have to be offensive to beat pacman.
floyd fans sooo bitter.. cant handle, p4p list was all he had left and now he has nothing only his weird fans haha.. and 90 % of boxing fans only buy his fights with the chance he might get beat, its time to man up lil floyd
Mayweather are making all of for a fool and you´re all blinded about it. That´s what you call “loyalty”. If I´m Mayweather I´ll buy all of a medal, he can afford it but I´m not.
To the Boss, your right about Mayweathers skill, like I said undeniable even though I don’t like him but your wrong about the PPV money. De la hoya PPV intake will not be touched even if Mayweather were to fight 10 more times and I doubt it will happpen that he will even fight 2 more.
The P4P is garbage and is more of a popularity contest.
It’s done by a bunch guys who have never fought in their lives and yet are deemed experts.
Ask active fighters who is the best ..they will tell you it’s King Floyd…you don’t take the throne if you don’t beat the king.
ITS BULL ABOUT THE P4P LIST NOBODY HAS SKILLS LIKE MAYWEATHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAYWEATHER HAS A PERFECT RECORD THE BEST IN BOXING HISTORY IN MAKEING MONEY PPV NUMBERS SELLS OUT CROWDS
MANNY PICKS HIS FIGHTS LETS SEE WHICH OLD FIGHTER MANNY WILL PICK NEXT AFTER SHANE MANNY IS NOT FAIR I HOPE I PRAY THAT SHANE WINS
this the best news ive heard in a while.. funny s@it, floyd will be raging and dont let any one say difrent lolzz
happy w the call mayweather inactive deserves to be off the list mannny pacman
sergio martinez
nonito donaire
etc
Although he is undeniably one of the best I support this move as really the figthers that are active should get the ratings for putting in the work. I am not a floyd fan but we cannot deny his talent, however for the guys that are active they should be rewarded with rankings and a chance for the big money if the unactive stars are not going to choose to fight.
manny is fake and a joke
Money is a fake but Manny is the best and the real thing.
make a new list for mayweather, coward no fighting the best girly man list.
To be on the p4p list you have to fight. I completely agree with this article. When he fights again he can go back on the list. simple as
Neither do I care whether he’s in the P4P list or not. I don’t watch him anyway…. he’s sooooo boooorrriiinnnggg
quite right, sling mayweather out the rankings, he’s a bottle job anyway.
dont need Floyd to force to sign, majority in the hearts of the boxing fans Floyd is not that list anymore, dont need a coward in that list!!!
IF MAYWEATHER NOT ON THE P4P LIST THEN LETS CALL IT THE JOKE LIST