List of fights between two The Ring pound for pound boxers explained

Since 1989, The Ring has started naming the top 10 pound for pound best boxers in the world.^[1] This list features fights where the boxers involved were in the active top 10 list at the time of their fight.

2020 - present

Fight name and Rank	Date	World title(s)	Result
(#6) Artur Beterbiev vs. (#7) Dmitry Bivol	Oct 12, 2024
(#4) Errol Spence Jr. vs. (#3) Terence Crawford	Jul 29, 2023

2010 - 2019

Fight name and Rank	Date	World title(s)	Result
(#10) Errol Spence Jr. vs. (#7) Mikey Garcia	Mar 16, 2019
(#3) Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. (#4) Guillermo Rigondeaux	Dec 9, 2017
(#7) Canelo Álvarez vs. (#2) Gennady Golovkin	Sep 16, 2017
(#1) Andre Ward vs. (#2) Sergey Kovalev II	Jun 17, 2017
(#2) Sergey Kovalev vs. (#4) Andre Ward	Nov 19, 2016
(#7) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#9) Timothy Bradley III	Apr 12, 2016	–
(#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#3) Manny Pacquiao	May 2, 2015
(#7) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#3) Timothy Bradley II	Apr 12, 2014
(#8) Timothy Bradley vs. (#3) Juan Manuel Márquez	Oct 12, 2013
(#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#9) Canelo Álvarez	Sep 14, 2013
	May 4, 2013
(#2) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#6) Juan Manuel Márquez IV	Dec 8, 2012	–
(#5) Andre Ward vs. (#10) Chad Dawson	Sep 8, 2012
(#2) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#8) Timothy Bradley	Jun 9, 2012
(#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#5) Juan Manuel Márquez III	Nov 12, 2011
(#7) Fernando Montiel vs. (#5) Nonito Donaire	Feb 19, 2011
(#6) Sergio Martínez vs. (#5) Paul Williams II	Nov 20, 2010
(#2) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#3) Shane Mosley	May 1, 2010	–

2000 - 2009

Fight name and Rank	Date	World title(s)	Result
(#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#7) Miguel Cotto	Nov 14, 2009
(#1) Manny Pacquiao vs. (#8) Ricky Hatton	May 2, 2009
(#7) Kelly Pavlik vs. (#4) Bernard Hopkins	Oct 18, 2008	–
(#4) Bernard Hopkins vs. (#5) Joe Calzaghe	Apr 19, 2008
(#3) Juan Manuel Márquez vs. (#2) Manny Pacquiao II	Mar 15, 2008
(#6) Israel Vázquez vs. (#10) Rafael Márquez III	Mar 1, 2008
(#1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#8) Ricky Hatton	Dec 8, 2007
(#6) Bernard Hopkins vs. (#5) Winky Wright	Jul 21, 2007
(#6) Érik Morales vs. (#5) Manny Pacquiao II	Jan 21, 2006	–
(#9) Jermain Taylor vs. (#10) Bernard Hopkins II	Dec 3, 2005
(#8) Érik Morales vs. (#5) Manny Pacquiao	Mar 19, 2005	–
(#9) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#1) Bernard Hopkins	Sep 18, 2004
(#1) Roy Jones Jr. vs. (#10) Antonio Tarver II	May 15, 2004
(#5) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#10) Shane Mosley II	Sep 13, 2003
(#4) Marco Antonio Barrera vs. (#10) Érik Morales II	Jun 22, 2002
(#2) Félix Trinidad vs. (#10) Bernard Hopkins	Sep 29, 2001
(#7) Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. (#5) Diego Corrales	Jan 20, 2001
(#4) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#5) Shane Mosley	Jun 17, 2000

1990 - 1999

Fight name and Rank	Date	World title(s)	Result
(#1) Oscar De La Hoya vs. (#4) Félix Trinidad	Sep 18, 1999
(#2) Pernell Whitaker vs. (#3) Oscar De La Hoya	Apr 12, 1997
(#3) James Toney vs. (#8) Roy Jones Jr.	Nov 18, 1994
(#2) Pernell Whitaker vs. (#1) Julio César Chávez	Sep 10, 1993
(#5) Buddy McGirt vs. (#2) Pernell Whitaker	Mar 6, 1993
(#4) Evander Holyfield vs. (#6) Riddick Bowe	Nov 13, 1992
(#3) Pernell Whitaker vs. (#7) Azumah Nelson	May 19, 1990
(#4) Michael Nunn vs. (#10) Marlon Starling	Apr 14, 1990
(#2) Julio César Chávez vs. (#6) Meldrick Taylor	Mar 17, 1990

See also

• List of The Ring pound for pound rankings
• The Ring
• Pound for pound

Notes and References

1. News: Gray. Tom. 10 November 2015. The Ring Pound for Pound history: From "Iron" Mike to "Chocolatito" . The Ring. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124222144/https://www.ringtv.com/403193-the-ring-pound-for-pound-history-from-iron-mike-to-chocolatito/. 24 January 2022. 29 May 2022.