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The very best in boxing now the Pretty Boy has gone

So Floyd Mayweather has retired - and left a gaping hole in the world of boxing. The five-weight world champion was widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet and probably the best of a generation. But now he's gone, just who is the best? Is it the Filipino phenomenon Manny Pacquaio? Is it our own Joe Calzaghe? Everyone will have an opinion. Here skysports.com's Tim Hobbs gives you his Top 10, while Sky Sports Adam Smith has kicked off the debate in his blog. Why not join in and tell us who YOU think the best 10 boxers on the planet are...1) MANNY PACQUIAO
Moves up following Floyd Mayweather's decision to retire and in truth is more entertaining then the Pretty Boy could ever claim to be. More than avenged his only loss in the last nine years to Erik Morales and has also taken care of his countrymen Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera. Some say the southpaw has taken his eye off the prize in recent fights, but he was still too good those two Mexican legends and seems to have knuckled down again under Freddie Roach. At times he is as vulnerable as he is vicious but was faultless as he cut David Diaz o shreds before claiming his fourth world title at different weights.
RECORD: 46(35)-3-2
LAST FIGHT: BT David Diaz KO 9
WHAT NEXT: Triple title holder Nate Campbell at 135lbs? Or up to light-welter? Certainly recognition as the world's number one.
2) JOE CALZAGHE
A very close second after another stellar year in which he showed he can both box and brawl to brutal effect. Mikael Kessler was dismissed with a clinical display and the super-middleweight division cleaned up before Bernard Hopkins was beaten at his own game. However close - and some still think The Executioner won - the points win should finally have silenced the doubters that have dogged Calzaghe all his career. Still boasts blurring handspeed even at 36 and still has the perfect professional record. One more big name scalp could see him hailed as the world's best, but an over-the-hill Roy Jones does not the pound-for-pound king make.
RECORD: 45(32)-0-0
LAST FIGHT: BT Bernard Hopkins PTS
WHAT NEXT: Self-management and one final payday against Roy Jones before retiring undefeated.
3) MIGUEL COTTO
Another man with a perfect record and to many, the only real pretender to Mayweather's throne. Considered in some quarters as the only boxer out there who could box and indeed beat, the Pretty Boy in his prime - and arguably the only man likely to lure him out of retirement. Carefully matched early on his career, Cotto's slow-burning days are over and Carlos Quintana, Oktay Urkal, Zab Judah and Shane Mosley have all been wiped out following the move up to welterweight. Still one of the coolest finishers in the game, Cotto has had to show he can take a shot if his stalking style leaves him open to the counter. Already revered in Puerto Rico and at 27 could rule the world for several years to come.
RECORD: 32(26)-0-0
LAST FIGHT: BT Alfonzo Gomez RTD 5
WHAT NEXT: Defends his WBA strap against Antonio Margarito at the end of July.
4) KELLY PAVLIK
The new kid on the pound-for-pound block in 2007, The Ghost is still taking America by storm and indeed the boxing world. Shot to prominence when he climbed off the canvas to batter former middleweight supremo Jermain Taylor into submission and made lighter work of the rematch. Way too good for Gary Lockett but still turned in a thoroughly professional performance and only has Arthur Abraham left to contend his dominance at 160lbs. Arguably the best supported boxer on the planet behind Ricky Hatton, his army of fans from Youngstown, Ohio, follow him in their numbers, knowing their blue-collar hero might not be the tidiest skillster out there, but loves nothing more than a tear-up.
RECORD: 34(30)-0-0
LAST FIGHT: BT Gary Lockett TKO 3
WHAT NEXT: Not Calzaghe, so possibly a showdown with WBC champ Felix Sturm or a mandatory.
5) JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Seems to have been on this list forever, but can still claim to be one of the best in the world - and certainly one of the most fiersome counter-punchers out there. Unlucky to draw and then lose in two close contests with Pacquiao and the Filipino aside, has only been beaten by Chris John in his own Indonesian backyard since 1999. Like Pacman he has recently proved too much for Barrera and as good as he is on the back foot, he is just as happy giving as good as he gets and going toe-to-toe. Still only 34, he is a solid all-round fighter and proud Mexican and has set himself a stern test by stepping up to lightweight and a possible third world title next.
RECORD: 48(35)-4-1
LAST FIGHT: L Manny Pacquaio PTS
WHAT NEXT: Up to lightweight where a rejuvenated Joel Casamayor lies in wait.
6) ISRAEL VAZQUEZ
The most durable and still dominant super-bantamweight in boxing. It's hard to believe that Magnifico has already packed in 47 fights despite being, at just 30, one of the youngest contenders on this list. No fewere than 43 of those have ended inside the distance and 31 KO's show that he can dig and dig hard. While some boxers struggle for a contemporary to bring the very best out of them, Vazquez has found his in Rafael Marquez and their trilogy will go down as a modern-day great. Battered into retiring on his stool in the first, he came through some nasty cuts to level the series before climbing off the canvas to win the third in March. Big-hearted, hard-hitting and usually entertaining, and with time on his side.
RECORD: 43(31)-4-0
LAST FIGHT: BT Rafael Marquez PTS
WHAT NEXT: A move up or unification, surely?
7) RAFAEL MARQUEZ
Boxing needs its rivalries but the younger of the Marquez brothers has to be considered unlucky to have found his in the shape of Vazquez. Peaked in the first meeting to claim his second world title at a different weight with a brutal showing, before being KO'd in the second and then losing the third only to a last-round eight count. Quite what those last two defeats have taken out of him remains to be seen, but he is unlikely to lose the power that has iced 33 out of his 37 victims and is still the only super-bantam to be ranked in the top five by all four major governing bodies. Still capable of stepping convincngly out of big brother's shadow.
RECORD: 37(33)-5-0
LAST FIGHT: L Israel Vazquez PTS
WHAT NEXT: Likely to be a surefire return to winning ways. Anyone but Vazquez!
8) CHRIS JOHN
Has always hovered around the edges of most pound-for-pound lists and might only have found his way in on the back of losses to bigger names and retirements, but has been the number one at featherweight for a good few years. Climbed off the canvas to beat Derrick Gainer and has since seen off Juan Manuel Marquez in a division that rarely boats a bagful of top talent at any one time. Not as explosive as some on this list, but has the ability to find a way to win. Doubts will always remain until he is lured out of Indonesia for only the third time in 43 to face top-notch opposition, but one draw in 10 years - which he avenged by out-boxing Jose Rojas in March 2007 - suggest there is more to John than home comforts.
RECORD: 41(22)-0-1
LAST FIGHT: BT Roinet Caballero RTD 7
WHAT NEXT: Jorge Linares would be lip-smacking, but another home defence is likelier
9) DAVID HAYE
A new entry on the back of his exploits in cleaning up the cruiserweight division in the last eight months. Got up off the floor to hammer Jean-Marc Mormeck to defeat and backed that up by defending his unified title with a clinical second-round destruction of Enzo Maccarinelli. Still very much a work in progress, Haye has been accustomed to taking - and surviving - shots, yet has the power and precision to produce finishes of stunning proportions himself. Self-managed, he and Adam Booth have always done things their way, something the heavyweight division will see for themselves shortly. Still more to come and if his blitzing of Tomasz Bonin is anything to go by, it will come quickly.
RECORD: 21(20)-1-0
LAST FIGHT: BT Enzo Maccarinelli TKO 2
WHAT NEXT: November 29 at the O2 Arena and a heavyweight name. Hasim Rahman is one being mentioned
10) WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
Whatever you say about the heavies and however hard it was not to drop off in Wladimir Klitschko's unification showdown with Sultan Ibramigov, 'little brother' is still not as bad as some would have us believe. The first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox deserves some recognition and while the balance of puglistic power is changing, old habits do die hard. So with the need for a heavyweight to hang on to, Wlad's standing as the outright number one in a second spell at the top which has seen him take on all-comers, sneaks him in. The best of the bunch, yet could be better... if only he wasn't afraid of getting hit.
RECORD: 50(44)-3-0
LAST FIGHT: BT Sultan Ibragimov PTS
WHAT NEXT: Will put his IBF and WBO belts on the line against undefeated Tony 'The Tiger' Thompson in Germany. Want to send in your Top 10? Join in the debate on Adam Smith's Blog - CLICK HERE