Top Ten British P4P List

According to Sportinglife.com, these are the current, P4P, best fighters in Britain. 


1. David Haye.
2. Carl Froch
3. Amir Khan
4. Kell Brook
5. Nathan Cleverly
6. John Murray
7. James Degale
8. Darren Barker
9. Frankie Gavin 
10. Kevin Mitchell.

First thoughts are there are some notable absentees. Where is the 2010 British Boxer of the Year, Rendall Munroe? I can only assume that Sportinglife.com have simply forgotten about him as there can be no other reason for his exclusion. The former British and European super-bantamweight champion has been in the form of his life over the past two years, put in a fantastic display to come from behind to beat highly rated Victor Terrazas in a world title eliminator before coming up short against WBC ruler Toshiaki Nishioka. The fact he hasn't made the list baffles me.

Secondly, where is Matthew Macklin? The former European champion who recently gave up his belt in search of world honours has failed to make the list yet his foe, Darren Barker, is ranked as high as eighth despite not fighting in a year and pulling out a fight, with Macklin, last year.

The other name not on the list, and is probably the most notable, is WBO super featherweight champion, Ricky Burns. Having recovered from a first  round knockdown, he went on to beat world champion Roman Martinez in an enthralling encounter back in September 2010 in one of the fights of the year. He has since gone on to defend his title twice, most recently beating the akward Joseph Layrea who was forced to retire on his stool at the end of the seventh round. One of only four British world champions and apparently isn’t one of the top ten fighters in the country? Whatever your judgement on why someone should be in a pound for pound list, being a world champion should, without doubt, be enough to warrant someone a place in the rankings.

As for the top three, it's very hard to argue against Haye, Froch and Khan sitting at the top. They are, without question, the three stand out faces of British boxing. Whilst many people may have Carl Froch ahead of David Haye in the list, like myself, David Haye sitting at the top won't rustle many feathers. Personally, I'd have Carl Froch ahead of Haye based on his past five opponents. His fights against Pascal, Taylor, Kessler and Dirrell were all wars and, against a formidable opponent in Arthur Abraham, he showed the world just how good he is. A fight with Glen Johnson is happening in May and, if as expected he triumphs, a super six super fight with Andre Ward will be scheduled for later on in the year. Both resume and performance puts the 'Cobra' ahead of David Haye for me and, unless Haye can dethrone the Klits, he will stay there long after the Hayemaker 'supposed' retirement in October...