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Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of the 21st Century (ESPN)
This list features the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time according to ESPN.
RANK | BOXER | WEIGHT CLASS | YEARS |
1 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Welterweight | 1996–2017 |
2 | Manny Pacquiao | Welterweight | 1995–2025 |
3 | Bernard Hopkins | Middleweight | 1988–2016 |
4 | Oleksandr Usyk | Cruiserweight | 2013–present |
5 | Canelo Álvarez | Super Middleweight | 2005–present |
6 | Andre Ward | Super Middleweight | 2004–2017 |
7 | Terence Crawford | Welterweight | 2008–present |
8 | Juan Manuel Márquez | Lightweight | 1993–2014 |
9 | Roy Jones Jr. | Light Heavyweight | 1989–2018 |
10 | Naoya Inoue | Bantamweight | 2012–present |
11 | Gennadiy Golovkin | Middleweight | 2006–present |
12 | Joe Calzaghe | Super Middleweight | 1993–2008 |
13 | Erik Morales | Super Bantamweight | 1993–2012 |
14 | Vasiliy Lomachenko | Lightweight | 2008–present |
15 | Oscar De La Hoya | Welterweight | 1992–2008 |
16 | Roman González | Flyweight | 2005–present |
17 | Tyson Fury | Heavyweight | 2008–present |
18 | Miguel Cotto | Light Middleweight | 2001–2017 |
19 | Vitali Klitschko | Heavyweight | 1996–2012 |
20 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Super Bantamweight | 1989–2011 |
21 | Katie Taylor | Lightweight | 2016–present |
22 | Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight | 1996–2017 |
23 | Claressa Shields | Middleweight | 2016–present |
24 | Ronald Wright | Middleweight | 1996–2012 |
25 | Timothy Bradley Jr. | Welterweight | 2004–2017 |
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