And Pacquiao did it again! He made it to the top list of the The Ring Magazine, the equally famous magazine hailed as the Bible of the boxing world. Pacquiao cemented his claim as the top boxer in the world by conquering over all boxers and landed first place in the 100 Best Fighters in the world. Pacquiao is considered as the best because of his domination on all boxing events he attempted to engage in. Pacquiao’s sensational win against Margarito, Hatton, Cotto and Clottey solidified his status.
Despite of turbulent personal life and single fight as of 2010, Floyd Mayweather still made it to the second place. Critics assumed that his ongoing battery case prevented him from boxing. Yet, he still delivered a much talk about blow on his recent win against Shane Mosley.
Third on the list is middleweight champ Sergio Martinez whose battle royale in a ring with Paul Williams was considered as a boxing highlight in 2010. Martinez delivered victory in a unanimous decision. Martinez, who belonged to the least part of the list last year made a tremendous leap from his previous 68th place to the present 3rd this year.
The oldest fighter on the list dominated the fourth place and he is the well-known Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez, 37 years old. Though he might have lost to Mayweather last 2009, he rebounded and made superb wins by defeating Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidi thereby once again claiming the best lightweight fighter in the planet.
Another Filipino graced the top 5 and the lucky one is Nonito Donaire, Jr., who knocked out three foes last year and is scheduled to challenge Fernando Montiel next month for the world bantamweight crown. He is another Filipino pride who promises to bring home the glory in the boxing arena.
Despite coveting the top spot and having 2 Filipinos in the top five, it is sad to note that only two Filipino boxer made it to the top 100 despite of numerous promising boxing champions who hailed from our country. As a matter of fact, Filipinos are overrun by Mexicans in the list despite of them being made into a minced meat by Pacquiao. Hawaiian Punch Viloria failed to make it to the list due to his TKO loss to Tamara and his split decision fight with Soto. Another disappointment is Bernabe Concepcion who was once viewed as the next promising boxing champ.
Hopefully, the fact should serve as an eye opener to our country’s sport agency to continue harnessing the talents and skills of our boxer. They should search for more talents since Philippines is a breeding ground of topnotch boxer as proven by Manny Pacquiao.
