Pacquiao Loses Pound-For-Pound Title to Mayweather AGAIN!

Mayweather has replaced Pacquiao as pound-for-pound king again! After losing the pound-for-pound titles in the ESPN and Sports Illustrated surveys, now it’s the Yahoo! Sports poll that declared Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the new pound-for-pound king. This is the result of the controversial majority decision win of Manny Pacquiao over Juan Manuel Marquez where many boxing fans thought Marquez should have won, or at least, the fight was declared a draw.

The new Yahoo! Sports pound-for-pound rankings are posted below (Top 10):

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Points: 419 (29 of 44 first-place votes)
Record: 42-0 (26 KOs)
Title: WBC welterweight champion
Last outing: KO4 over Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17
Previous ranking: 2
Up next:Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Will the Pacquiao fight ever be made?

2. Manny Pacquiao
Points: 407 (15 of 44 first-place votes)
Record: 54-3-2 (38 KOs)
Title: WBO welterweight champion
Last outing: W12 over No. T4 Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12
Previous ranking: 1
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Reputation took a hit with performance against Marquez

3. Sergio Martinez
Points: 336
Record: 48-2-2 (27 KOs)
Title: Ring, WBC middleweight champion emeritus
Last outing: KO11 Darren Barker on Oct. 1
Previous ranking: 3
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Has an outside shot at a May bout against Mayweather

4. Juan Manuel Marquez
Points: 265
Record: 53-6-1 (39 KOs)
Title: WBA, WBO lightweight champion
Last outing: L12 to No. 2 Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 12
Previous ranking: 5
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis:If he doesn’t retire, has a big-money fight awaiting him

5. Nonito Donaire Jr.
Points: 262
Record: 27-1 (18 KOs)
Title: WBC, WBO bantamweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Omar Narvaez on Oct. 22
Previous ranking: 4
Up next:Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Inability to finish Narvaez dropped him in some voters’ minds.

6. Wladimir Klitschko
Points: 169
Record: 56-3 (49 KOs)
Title: Ring, IBF, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion
Last outing: W12 over David Haye on July 2
Previous ranking: 7
Up next:Dec. 10 vs. Jean Marc Mormeck in Germany
Analysis: Punches like a heavyweight, as agile as a middleweight

7. Andre Ward
Points: 167
Record: 24-0 (13 KOs)
Title: WBA super middleweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Arthur Abraham on May 14
Previous ranking: 6
Up next: Dec. 17 vs. Carl Froch for Super Six championship
Analysis: Ward now recovered from cut that postponed Froch fight

8. Timothy Bradley
Points: 91
Record: 28-0 (12 KOs)
Title: WBO super lightweight champion, WBC super lightweight champion in recess
Last outing: TKO8 over Joel Casamayor on Nov. 12
Previous ranking:9
Up next:Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Definitely in running for Pacquiao match

9. Lucian Bute
Points: 69
Record: 30-0 (24 KOs)
Title: IBF super middleweight champion
Last outing: W12 Glen Johnson on Nov. 5
Previous ranking: 8
Up next: Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Good move would be to face Super Six winner in early 2012

10. Vitali Klitschko
Points: 54
Record: 43-2 (40 KOs)
Title: WBC heavyweight champion
Last outing: TKO10 over Tomasz Adamek on Sept. 10
Previous ranking: 10
Up next:Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Not as fluid as younger brother, but has been more dominant and a better finisher

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