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WBA\WBC\IBF轻量级冠军安德烈·沃德（31-0，15 KOs），近日为了他与科瓦列夫 (30-1, 26 KOs)的复赛，接受了ESPN的采访。
采访期间被要求提供他个人心目中P4P前五名人选，出人意料的事，沃德认为WBA超最轻量级冠军里贡多(17-0 11 KOs)是最好的P4P拳手。
毫无疑问，里贡多是最有才华的拳击手，但他最大的敌人是比赛打的太少，2015年和2016年都只是打了一场比赛。
沃德和里贡多都由Roc Nation推广公司推广，里贡多的下一战很可能是为沃德VS科瓦列夫打垫场赛，接受IBO冠军福洛雷斯（25-0,17 KOs）的挑战。
沃德认为里贡多被忽视，没有受到专家们的尊重。
沃德说；“没有人给予里贡多应得的信用，300场业余比赛，两枚金牌，但他们不给于承认”。
其它四名沃德的选择就比较有趣了，第二名是克劳福德，第三名阿瓦雷兹，第四名是洛马琴科，第五名是瑟曼。
令人惊讶的是，沃德排出的前五名不包括中量级之王戈洛夫金，八个量级的世界冠军帕奎奥，和冈萨雷兹。
Andre Ward: Rigondeaux is Pound-for-Pound Number One
By Reynaldo "El Papi Chulo" Sanchez
The current light heavyweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF), Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs), made a recent visit to ESPN's 'A Los Golpes' to promote his upcoming rematch with Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26 KOs).
The rematch is set for June 17th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
During the broadcast, Ward was asked to reveal his personal list for the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the sport.
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In a surprise, Ward named WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.
There is no doubt that Rigondeaux is a very talented fighter, but his biggest enemy is inactivity. He only fought once in 2015 and once in 2016.
Both Ward and Rigondeaux are promoted by Roc Nation Sports. The Cuban boxer's next fight will take place, more than likely, on the Ward-Kovalev undercard. He is scheduled to make a mandatory defense against undefeated Mexican puncher and IBO champion Moises Flores (25-0, 17 KOs).
Ward believes Rigondeaux is often overlooked and not given the proper respect by the experts.
"No one gives him the credit he deserves, 300 amateur fights, two gold medals, but they do not give him recognition," Ward said of Rigondeaux.
While Rigondeaux was the boxer who Ward ranked in the number one position, he had some interesting selections for the remaining four.
At number two, he ranked WBC, WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford, who next month will defend his belts against Olympic gold medal winner Felix Diaz.
The number three position was given to WBO junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, who on May 6th will face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at a catch-weight of 164.5-pounds.
At number four, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, who last week demolished Jason Sosa.
And rounding out the list, at number five, is WBC, WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman.
Surprisingly, Ward's top five does not include middleweight king Gennady Golovkin, eight division champion Manny Pacquiao or super flyweight sensation Roman Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez.
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