By Adam Fillingham: Liam Santiago has had a go. Now for my turn. I thought Santiago’s pound for pound list was bad but first lets take a look at box rec’s:

1. Bernard Hopkins
2 Manny Pacquiao
3 Chad Dawson
4 Floyd Mayweather Jr
5 Shane Mosley
6 Wladimir Klitschko
7 Vitali Klitschko
8 Kelly Pavlik
9 Paul Williams
10 Juan Manuel Marquez

Hopkins number one? How? He has fought only once in the last year and that was against a poor contender that is two weights lower than himself. He lost to Joe Calzaghe, fact, as much as the Americans dispute it. The fight may or may not have been close (I myself thought the fight was a wide decision to Calzaghe but i don’t want this topic to be discussed) Top 5 yes. Number one, No.

As for Chad Dawson, who has he fought? I mean there isn’t many fighters out there in his division but the facts speak for themselves. Defeating an old, past his prime Tarver does not make you higher than Floyd Mayweather Jr in my book.

The Klitschkos. That’s a tough one. They are both defeating the best out there but the best out there aren’t good enough. They are getting an unfair advantage over fighters in lower weights with better competition. But both Wladimir and Vitali are defeating the best and comfortably.

Right now for my P4P list:

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Bernard Hopkins
4. Paul Williams
5. Shane Mosley
6. Kelly Pavlik
7. Juan Manuel Marquez
8. Chad Dawson
9. Chris John
10. Wladimir Klitschko

Just missing out was Wladimir’s older brother Vitali, Carl Froch and Vic Darchinyan.

Hope my pound for pound list is more appropriate to the others and i would love to hear your comments and responses.