Pound for Pound List

By: Matt Yanofsky

Manny Pacquiao {Junior Lightweight}
Pacquiao has an excellent 2006 where he twice knocked out Erik Morales and battered former champion Oscar Larios. Pacquaio is now slated to face unknown and unheralded Jorge Solis on April 14th on a Pay Per View Card. Should Pacquiao be successful, I would hope he faces the Barerra vs Marquez winner.

Floyd Mayweather {Welterweight}
After winning the entire second half of the Zab Judah fight and every round against Carlos Baldomir, Mayweather will now be facing the biggest test of career when he moves up to 154 to face Oscar De La Hoya. Unfortunately, if Floyd loses the fight and elects to retire his legacy may forever be non existent.


Winky Wright {Middleweight}
After a disputed draw with champion Jermain Taylor in June, Wright returned to dominate former champion Ike Quartey who moved up from junior middleweight. Wright will now be facing Bernard Hopkins at a catch weight of 170 on a pay per view in July that few fans will order. Here is a good question, why are they fighting at 170? There was a vacant IBF Belt at 168 and I can assure you that if they elected to move down 2 lbs that belt could have defiantly been at stake as both fighters were IBF ranked. It is too late now as Alejandro Berrio holds the belt and now there is absolutely no build up behind this already boring fight.


Marco Antonio Barrera {Junior Lightweight}
Barerra rebounded from a close decision victory against Rocky Juarez to solidly defeat him in their September rematch. Barerra has a tough task ahead of him as he is facing the solidly skilled Juan Manuel Marquez on March 16th. If he is successful, he could end up fighting Manny Pacquaio in a rematch. Pacquaio knocked Barerra out in 2003 and there has been much speculation about a rematch.


Rafael Marquez {Super Bantamweight}
Marquez successfully moved up from Bantamweight to stop WBC and Ring Magazine Champion Israel Vazquez in a thriller. The power punching machine broke Vazquez


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