Editing Pound for pound (section)

==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing pound for pound rankings}}

In boxing, the term was historically associated with fighters such as [[Benny Leonard]] and [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] who were widely considered to be the most skilled fighters of their day, to distinguish them from the generally more popular (and better compensated) heavyweight champions.<ref name="Dettloff">{{cite web | url = http://www.hbo.com/boxing/inside/features/article/pound-for-pound-a-history.html | title = Pound-for-Pound: A History | access-date = 17 June 2012 | last = Dettloff | first = William | work = [[HBO.com]] | archive-date = 9 May 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150509014259/http://www.hbo.com/boxing/inside/features/article/pound-for-pound-a-history.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Since 1990, ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' magazine has maintained a [[Boxing pound for pound rankings|pound for pound ranking]] of fighters.<ref name="Dettloff"/>