Pacquiao leads online poll for top P4P fighter

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao is currently leading an online poll that hopes to crown the top pound-for-pound fighter in the last 20 years. Boxing fans chose from the 10 boxers of the last 20 years compiled by examiner.com writer Marv Dumon. Aside from Pacquiao, also included in the list are “Iron" Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr., Evander “The Real Deal" Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, Felix Trinidad, Oscar “Golden Boy" De La Hoya, Bernard “The Executioner" Hopkins, “Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Pernell “Sweet Pea" Whitaker. Pacquiao got 81 percent of the votes followed by Tyson with seven and Jones with three. Chavez, De La Hoya, Hopkins and Mayweather got one percent of the votes while Holyfield, Trinidad and Whitaker got none. Dumon made the list based on “four criteria that stand out that differentiates a fighter from a crowd full of commendable talent." Boxers were selected based on the following criteria: (1) Quality of opponents and willingness to face adversity; (2) Ring dominance: boxing skills, knockout power, fight intelligence; (3) Ability to “rise to the occasion", courage and “ring magic"; and (4) prestige, following, marketability (in sports, boxing and society). – GMANews.TV