Thursday 25 August 2016 18:38, UK
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...
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.
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.
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 fighters but he is one because of his power and ability.
He's another one that has missed out on the big, big names... so far. Kell Brook is a step in the right direction but Golovkin has just obliterated all before him in spectacular fashion. He looks the part and takes fighters' breath away - literally - and his power and his aggressive, physical approach still shocks us. He takes no prisoners in the slightest.
We all know he was a fantastic amateur but any man that defies tradition and goes for a world title in only his second fight, then actually wins a world title in his third is a thing of dreams. A pure, class fighter and he doesn't want to pad out his record, he wants big fights. If you've studied the technical side you'll know he has the skill set that is just fabulous to watch.
I am a fan of Carl Frampton but I am not being biased because of that. There haven't been many fighters I thought would be as good as they were and I would go and watch them as a fan - Joe Calzaghe is one of them. Frampton is the same and to be a two-weight world champion and the way he did it makes him one of Britain's best ever, never mind this list. There's more to come as well.
He's frightening, he's scary and he looks formidable. He's beaten up everyone put in front of him and his fight with Ward is a mouthwatering fight we all want to see. A clash of style, skill, ferocity and anger and I think 'Krusher' deserves to be almost on a par with his rival because we know what he does and he's done it to everyone he's faced.
The top man at super-middleweight who ruled with a vengeance is now going to take on Sergey Kovalev at light-heavyweight, so he clearly doesn't have any fear. No matter how he did it, he's beaten the best he's faced so far. The one disappointment is we haven't seen too much of him because of various disputes but even with that, you can't underestimate what this guy has already done. We can't wait to see what's coming next.
The big man is only beaten by a little man in my list and I am not sure anyone else gives him as much credit as this. He beat Klitschko, he beat him well and no one for the last 11 years had even come close. Tyson is still unbeaten, he is the heavyweight king and pulling off that win means not many can go ahead of him. Yes, we want to see more but for now, he deserves maximum respect.
Gonzalez just proved how exceptional he is at three different weights and is likely to make it a fourth soon. To get to 45-0 is superb and for me, he's been hanging on to Floyd Mayweather's coat tails for a while, but now he takes over. He's just a brilliant, brilliant little fighter who can do the lot and of course, can knock out people out, at any time. My number one, without doubt.
Now we have had four of our pundits pick their top 10s, we will let YOU vote and come up with the current boxing kings from Friday...
