Active Boxer with the Best Resume 2016

[nac386]

List your top 5 resumes, and briefly explain your choices if you feel an explanation is warranted.

There is some debate over what makes a resume great. So, for this thread let's use the following criteria: Quality of opponents, quality of wins, and quality of losses.

I know some people believe that your resume is simply defined by who you fought, win or lose, but I cannot imagine Emanuel Augustus rolling into a boxing job interview and bragging about his 38-34-6 record (no matter who he fought).

Do not take perceived talent into account for this thread, since we have a thread for that already. This is also not a p4p list, since that is more of a "what have you done for me lately" approach. This is a career achievement award approach. Also, I am not including anybody who has been inactive for over a year (JMM).

My list:

1. Pacquiao: Fought and beat great fighters, fought and lost to great fighters. Great old school record that reflects the career of a fighter who was not protected early on. 56-6-2. Belt-holder in eight weight-classes. Wins over JMM, Cotto, Barrera, Morrales, Hatton.

2. Hopkins: Fought the top guys from middleweight to light heavyweight. Defended his middleweight title 20 times. Wins over Trinidad, DLH, Pavlik and avenged an early loss with a win over Roy Jones Jr. 55-7-2.

3. Cotto: Another guy who fought everybody. Meaningful wins over Mosley, Zab Judah, and Paulie Malignaggi early on. Then later he had wins over Margarito and Martinez. He never dropped a fight to a bad fighter. 40-5. Belt-holder in four weight-classes.

4. Bradley: He has fought everybody they would let him fight, and has wins over Pacquiao, Marquez, Peterson, Alexander, Provo, and Vargas. He has a weak tie wtih Chaves, but not a single bad loss on his record. 33-1-1. Belt-holder in 2 weight-classes.

5. Andre Ward: Cleared out that 168 division, beat some quality fighters (Froch, Abraham, Dawson, Kessler, etc) and never lost a match. 28-0.

Honorable mentions: Danny Garcia and Canelo. They are very close to overtaking Andre Ward's spot.

Admittedly, I am probably not as familiar with the resumes of recent sub-lightweight superstars like Roman Gonzales and the guys from Japan. I am sure some of you, who know more about those divisions, will find a place for them on your list (Ironfist).

 

[Cracky]

1. Pac
2. Canelo
3. Cotto
4. Bradley
5. Ward


I didnt put Hop on there because I don't really consider him an active fighter at this point.. I think Canelo belongs high on the list. He has faced Mayweather, Cotto, Trout, Lara, etc.. I think your place is not only determined by who you faced, but how you did..and he gets the nod over Cotto because he trounced Cotto imo.. that looks better on the old resume'

 

[Prime Ang]

lol, just another thread about some bullshit so Pacman can be number one on a list.

 

[nac386]

1. Pac
2. Canelo
3. Cotto
4. Bradley
5. Ward

I didnt put Hop on there because I don't really consider him an active fighter at this point.. I think Canelo belongs high on the list. He has faced Mayweather, Cotto, Trout, Lara, etc.. I think your place is not only determined by who you faced, but how you did..and he gets the nod over Cotto because he trounced Cotto imo.. that looks better on the old resume'

I didn't realize it had been over a year for Hopkins, I should have kept him off. I kept JMM off for that reason too.

Canelo has not beaten a prime elite fighter, while Cotto beat Mosley. He also fared much better against Floyd, if you are counting how well they performed in losses.

 

[Cracky]

I didn't realize it had been over a year for Hopkins, I should have kept him off. I kept JMM off for that reason too.

Canelo has not beaten a prime elite fighter, while Cotto beat Mosley. He also fared much better against Floyd, if you are counting how well they performed in losses.

Prime Trout and prime Lara beat a lot of guys with more marketable names

 

[nac386]

Prime Trout and prime Lara beat a lot of guys with more marketable names

Prime Lara has not proven to be a very successful professional boxer. I rate the career resumes of Malignaggi, Margarito, Mayorga, Martinez, and Judah over Lara.

 

[ironfist05]

Chocolatito's resume really impresses me TBH

 

[nac386]

Chocolatito's resume really impresses me TBH

Where would you rank it?

 

[Ballsaque]

Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury
Gonzales.

 

[ironfist05]

Where would you rank it?

around Ward's level, maybe a bit inferior, but longer lived.

 

[swole420]

y'all musta forgot....

 

[JayElectra]

Pacquiao
Roy
Hopkins
Cotto
Mosley

Hon mention: Ward and Wlad.

 

[Cracky]

Prime Lara has not proven to be a very successful professional boxer. I rate the career resumes of Malignaggi, Margarito, Mayorga, Martinez, and Judah over Lara.

Laras prob is that he's boring and dangerous... he could probably handle anyone on that list that you rate higher, but he will never have a great resume' because the risk for facing him is > than the reward for beating him.

 

[Breakfast Bar]

Pacquiao
Roy
Hopkins
Cotto
Mosley

Hon mention: Ward and Wlad.

i was getting ready to post this list, even the same honorable mentions. Might add Toney to the latter group if he's still fighting.

 

[nac386]

Pacquiao
Roy
Hopkins
Cotto
Mosley

Hon mention: Ward and Wlad.

I should have said "under the age of 40" in the title. Some of these guys are only partially active, like Roy, Hopkins, and Mosley. It would probably be more interesting to narrow it down to relevant fighters.

 

[JayElectra]

I should have said "under the age of 40" in the title. Some of these guys are only partially active, like Roy, Hopkins, and Mosley. It would probably be more interesting to narrow it down to relevant fighters.

Hopkins from about a year in a half ago is the best win on arguably the p4p #2 fighter's resume. He's about to retire and he's way, way past it, but he's still relevant (I'm not sure what that says about the current LHW division). Roy and Mosley obviously aren't relevant in any way, anymore. Excluding Roy and Mosley, I'd have it like this:

Pac
Hopkins
Cotto
Wlad
Ward

If we take Hopkins out, I'd have have:

Pac
Cotto
Wlad
Ward
Bradley

Hon mention: Donaire, Gonzalez

 

[nac386]

Hopkins from about a year in a half ago is the best win on arguably the p4p #2 fighter's resume. He's about to retire and he's way, way past it, but he's still relevant (I'm not sure what that says about the current LHW division). Roy and Mosley obviously aren't relevant in any way, anymore. Excluding Roy and Mosley, I'd have it like this:

Pac
Hopkins
Cotto
Wlad
Ward

Wlad over Bradley is tough. Bradley has wins over Pacquiao and Marquez, in addition to a number of quality guys. Wlad's division was brutal on his ability to build a legacy.

 

[JayElectra]

Wlad over Bradley is tough. Bradley has wins over Pacquiao and Marquez, in addition to a number of quality guys. Wlad's division was brutal on his ability to build a legacy.

He does have that very long win streak against mostly top rated fighters, though, and as bad as the recent HW era has been (and I think it's as bad as anyone else does), that is impressive. Bradley's resume is strong across two weight classes and he does have those two signature wins even if they look a bit better on paper than might have been in reality. It's a close call.

 

[nac386]

He does have that very long win streak against mostly top rated fighters, though, and as bad as the recent HW era has been (and I think it's as bad as anyone else does), that is impressive. Bradley's resume is strong across two weight classes and he does have those two signature wins even if they look a bit better on paper than might have been in reality. It's a close call.

Yeah, Bradley's paper resume is more impressive than the reality. I feel the same way about Garcia, and the older names he managed to pile up over the years. But they both still have solid resumes.

Wlad did everything he could in his era, and did it with class. I respect that. I just wish we could have seen him tested by another great fighter so that we know how good he actually was.

 

[JayElectra]

Yeah, Bradley's paper resume is more impressive than the reality. I feel the same way about Garcia, and the older names he managed to pile up over the years. But they both still have solid resumes.

Wlad did everything he could in his era, and did it with class. I respect that. I just wish we could have seen him tested by another great fighter so that we know how good he actually was.

Well, aside from facing the second most accomplished fighter who would have likely beat him (not that I blame the brothers for not fighting each other).