By Richie Doyle: Whenever I sit down with other boxing fans and talk boxing I must say I cringe when people say that boxing isn’t as good as the good old days and that it has lost its romance, now I know boxing past has seen some unbelievable boxers, great characters and ambassadors for the sport but that is not to say that the last 20 years hasn’t seen some greats so heres my top 20 pound for pound boxers of the last 20 years:
1. Roy Jones Jr.
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Mike Tyson
6. Felix Trinidad
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Joe Calzaghe
9. Julio Cesar Chavez
10. Shane Mosley
11. Evander Holyfield
12. Oscar de la Hoya
13. Winky Wright
14. Juan Manuel Marquez
15. Miguel Cotto
16. Parnell Whitaker
17. Lennox Lewis
18. Vernon Forrest
19. Erik Morales
20. Ricky Hatton
In my opinion these boxers (and there are many more that could be mentioned) are without doubt good enough to grace any decades p4p top 20 fighters and we as boxing fans should be proud to watch such talent as when you look at these fighters and have witnessed the fights they have been part of it paints a great picture of what boxing is all about past or present.
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