July Pound for Pound List

Here's the pound for pound list for July:

1. Manny Pacquiao

Manny erased any doubt about who is the best in the sport by knocking out Ricky Hatton brutally within 2 rounds. He owns significant victories from 112 lbs all the way to 147 lbs. Those types of stats are almost unheard of in this day and age.

Up Next for Manny: Miguel Cotto on November 14th

2. Bernard Hopkins

Bernard continues his inactivity as we start to wonder whether he will ever return. His most recent wipe out of Kelly Pavlik is not yet a year old but seems long past. B-Hop has a resume full of fights against future hall of famers. Marquez could blow by Hopkins if he can pull off the upset against Floyd Mayweather not to mention potentially other fighters as well.

Up Next: Possibly a fight with Carl Froch or Tomasz Adamek but at this point nothing seems to be in the works.

3. Juan Manuel Marquez

Two incredibly close fights with Manny Pacquiao, a solid victory over Joel Casamayor and an entertaining TKO of Juan Diaz. Marquez has hardly made any mistakes but Manny's destruction of Hatton creates a lot of room between them unless, of course, Juan Manuel Marquez can defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr in September.

4. Paul Williams

Still underrated but clearly one of the top fighters in boxing. His victories over Winky Wright, Antonio Margarito, Verno Phillips and Carlos Quintana along with his versatility across weight divisions plant him solidly in the top 5. Williams' biggest challenge is to attract fights with top opposition given his lack of drawing power and the risk he poses in the ring.

5. Shane Mosley

His close fight with Miguel Cotto and destruction of Antonio Margarito make him the top welterweight and put him 5th on our list. He now needs to stay active and probably settle the score with Cotto or land a big fight with Pacquiao or Mayweather to avoid slipping.