Nelson’s world top 10 P4P

With the season over and the new one coming our way, just who is the best in the world right now?

We asked The Panel to pick their top 10 pound-for-pound fighters and with Carl Froch’s selection already causing a stir, it’s Johnny Nelson’s turn.

The former cruiserweight world champion was more than happy to throw a “cat among the pigeons”, so read on…

10 – Shinsuke Yamanaka

This guy is a star, a genuine star, trust me. Sadly, because he’s stayed in Japan plenty of people won’t know too much about him. But this boy can fight and I like the way he does it. He can bang and box, box and bang and he’s got bottle, which I like. I know it might be throwing a cat among the pigeons but if Yamanaka boxed in any other part of the world, you would realise how good he is and what he’s got. 

9 – Guillermo Rigondeaux

Of course I rate him, but I honestly think we’ve seen the best of him and that’s why he’s down at number nine. Even if that’s not the case and he is as good as ever, we still haven’t seen him get the sort of test to bring out the very best of him. He hasn’t really needed to, but hasn’t really made us sit up and think ‘Wow! Where the hell did he get that from?’. We want to see something new from Guillermo. He can fight and he deserves to be in this list, but maybe it’s all down to the opponents you face.

8 – Gary Russell Jr

Technically he is good, not really good, and his injury problems haven’t helped that and certainly haven’t let us see the best of him yet. He is back, winning again and winning in style and potentially he can clearly get better and better. He’s the sort of fighter I like to watch and I definitely want to see more. Age might not be on Russell Jr’s side but I think this guy can still grow.

7 – Tyson Fury …

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