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Boxing Ledger's Top Ten Pound-For-Pound Rankings

As of Sunday, April 14, 2013:

1. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
2. Bernard Hopkins
3. Sergio Martinez
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Andre Ward
6. Manny Pacquiao
7. Wladimir Klitschko
8. Vitali Klitschko
9. Carl Froch
10. Guillermo Rigondeaux

Pound-For-Pound rankings were established to determine if a fighter, who is paramount in his weight class, is also superior when compared to other fighters atop their own respective weight divisions. How did I formulate these current rankings? It is comprised of careful observation, analysis and evaluation through the years on four specific criteria.

1) Quality of Opposition - What level of competition has each fighter faced?

2) Performance Level - How did the fighter fare against the various styles he encountered?

3) Age - Did the fighter defeat his opponents while they were in the prime of their careers?

4) Significance of a Loss - If a fighter lost, how did he lose? Was it via decision or knockout? Did he sustain a loss at the hands of high-quality competition? Was he at the peak of his career when he suffered a defeat?

Alex Piccirillo's Boxing Artwork

Fight Historian & Master Pastelist

Alexander Piccirillo was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Brooklyn Art School under the J. Dura Scholarship. He is also a graduate from the School of Visual Arts, receiving his degree in 1974. Thereafter, he studied with Harvey Dinnerstein and Burton Silverman. Piccirillo is a Master Pastelist and the recipient of over 40 awards.

His various exhibitions include the Wyckoff Gallery, National Academy of Design, Bergen Museum, Paterson Museum, and the Hammond Museum. Book publications featuring his work, include The Art of Pastel Portraiture by Watson Guptill, The Best of Oil Painting and The Best of Pastel Painting (by Rockport Publications). Piccirillo is a member of the Pastel Society of America. He is currently teaching at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey.