McCrory’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 after Carl Froch, Johnny Nelson and Paul Smith stepped up to the mark, we close with Glenn McCrory.

Our esteemed commentator’s views always create debate and this will be no different.

Does Tyson Fury make McCrory’s list, and does he follow suit and put Sergey Kovalev at number one? Read on to find out…

10 – Terence Crawford

He is moving up the ranks and weights and picking up world titles as he does, and has impressed me ever since we saw him come over here and beat Ricky Burns. He can box and turn it on when he has to, and is an American star in the making. That helps him slip into my top 10 and I have a feeling he will go higher.

9 – Saul Alvarez

You’ve got to give him credit, because there’s only Floyd Mayweather that really put him to the test and beat him. Other than that he’s beaten everyone who’s been put in front of him. He has an exciting all-action style and I prefer those sort of fighters. He does remind me of the Mexican warriors of the past and while he’s never going to be a Julio Cesar Chavez, he is a good, solid fighter, always in good fights.

8 – Guillermo Rigondeaux

He’s a Cuban legend, a terrific fighter who can punch like a mule and box too. He is a fearsome, fearsome fighter and I would like to see him in more fights but I think his reputation and the fact that he can break jaws with that right hand, doesn’t help him find bigger fights. There’s not many fighters that scare other …

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