Pound for pound

Pound for pound

Pound-for-pound is the term used in boxing, mixed martial arts and other combat sports to describe a fighter's value in relation to fighters of different weight classes.

Origin of the term

It is often said to have been created to describe world Welterweight and Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson. [Flatter, Ron. [http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016439.html "The sugar in the sweet science"] , espn.com, accessed June 6, 2007. ] Robinson is one of the most accomplished fighters of all time, but his supporters realized that, while he could beat anyone in his own class, as a Middleweight he would not be able to beat a top Heavyweight. Hence, Robinson was called the pound-for-pound best without being expected to beat much larger fighters, under the belief that he as a Middleweight was still a better quality fighter than any fighter fighting at heavier or lighter weights than him.

Other uses

It can also be used to describe how any two things compare when bearing in mind their varying quantities. For example, a tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound for pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 (as the former costs $1 per 100 g and the latter $0.8 per 100 g).

The term has also become something of a cliché, as it is now used to describe numerous other things apart from boxing.

ee also

* [http://boxing.about.com/cs/rankingschampions/a/top_fifty.htm Current Pound-for-Pound Top 50 ]
*Ring Magazine pound for pound

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