Pound for pound king

Question

Who was the smallest boxer (in terms of weight) to be named the pound for pound king in the history of the sport?

Answer 1

welcome back ric..4 above your piffel amuses me somewhat!..the grammer showed you to be THE underlying racist..welsh granny?..not an american indian now?

Answer 2

I dont know, I'm guessing Ricardo Lopez

Answer 3

Mayweather Jr

Answer 4

Jimmy “The Mighty Atom” Wilde.

Answer 5

I'm not sure if Jimmy Wilde qualifies because he was a). Not really that good b). "Pound for pound" wasn't necessarily discussed in those days like it is today

I'd venture to guess that it was Mexico's Ricardo Lopez(Flyweight), who was P4P for a couple of months before being replaced by, I believe, Roy Jones. Today's pound for pound is Manny Pacquaio, who also started at flyweight. He'll beat De La Hoya because he's faster, has better stamina, and he's smarter and finds a way to win. Manny found a way to win against Erik Morales, while De La Hoya abandoned his jab against Hopkins and Mayweather and found a way to lose. Incidentally, Manny started at 108 lbs and Oscar at 130lbs--only a 22 lb difference. Alot of fighters have moved up much more than that and have been succesful(Oscar beat Vargas--24 lbs heavier), so it won't be a problem for Manny. Great question!

Answer 6

Well if you mean pound 4 pound that we think who we want?

Or do you mean  who has held this title? According to the

magazines and the experts?

There there has ONLY been 4 men to EVER to hold this title.

This is the title that Floyd had. Its the one the experts regard

as the only one.

They all go of this one as its the only one that counts.  

You dont have to if you dont want to make your own up.

                             pound 4 pound  

              

                  THE MEN TO HAVE THE TITLE.......            

ALI

SUGAR RAY ROBINSSON

WILLY PEP

DEMPSEY

........................................... are no them as boxing fans

you should know this....



                              The 1ST Man was

                        

                              Sugar  Ray Lenerod

                                    

                                          then

                                

                                  Roy Jones JR

                                

                                           then

                            

                                     Oscar  TGB

                                

                                          then

                        

                                Floyd Maywearther

Is there a new pound 4 pound champion? till he gets a title it  

will not have changed and Floyd  will have it...but i think they will give it to Manny.

ITS SOMETHING THAT THEY TAKE TIME ABOUT...SO IT WONT CHANGE EVER WEEK..

These are the only ones that have held that title.

The REAL title as pound 4 pound Champion..as it was started int he 80s

but if manny pac man is number pound for pound now. His will be the  5th Name to hold it...

BOXING FANS some time you are wrong... and its ok..

Answer 7

does it matter

Answer 8

fighting harada of japan( just a gues)

Answer 9

Pac Man

Answer 10

That honor would probably go to Jimmy Wilde- 132-3-2 (100 ko.s)...95-109 lbs. Usually Jimmy barely weighed over 100lbs. and rarely over 108 lbs. Wilde was one of the slickest and most gifted fighters to ever enter the ring. He had it all talent wise.In the boxing world Jimmy is almost always listed as one of the greatest p4p fighters ever.

Charley Rose has Wilde as the #1 all-time Flyweight. - Herb Goldman has Jimmy as the #1 all-time flyweight. - and Nat Fleischer also has Jimmy as all-time #1 Flyweight.

Jimmy is also in the top p4p list of the hardest punchers as well. Wilde was a dynamo!

Carlo - Jimmy 'was not that good.' It seems that boxing fans, writers , boxing historians and other fighters disagree with that statement. In fact Gene Tunney, a legend and very slick great fighter with modern skills said that Wilde was the greatest fighter he had ever seen. Not to mention other comments from fighters lauding Wildes remarkable skills. Nat Fleischer had seen it all, from 1899,s 'Terrible Terry McGovern to Ali and Frazier. When a man has seen as much as Nat from ringside and as many fights and fighters thru all the weight classes and rates Wilde #1 Flyweight, and doing it later in his life as he did, well then his word holds some weight with me.

Also the question was...' in the HISTORY of'. Yes ,fighters BACK THEN discussed some of the lighter fighters as ' being the best for their size' (sounds to me like p4p) Cant just take the term p4p and ONLY use it from the time that it may have been coined. I think it has a more general meaning here. Such as 'who is history's greatest p4p fighter.' OR 'who is historys greatest fighter for their size.' (Or despite their size)

Thats odd, a HUGE part of my comments are gone. Thanks for the comments Carlo. You have shown common sense, and I feel some passion with it as well (thats a good thing friend)well said and done as a gentleman.