Manny Pacquiao was ranked 39th on the world’s elite athletes in terms of fitness. The number 1 slot was achieved by Lebron James. It was released by Sports Illustrated earlier this week.
Manny Pacquiao is known to be Filipino boxer and a politician at the same time. He was ranked 14th on the Forbes highest paid athletes in the world as of 2013.
Sports Illustrated had used a 40-point rating system that the awarding points were based on the strength, endurance, speed and agility of an athlete. In which Pacquiao was scored 6.5 on speed, 5 on strength, 6 in endurance and 6.5 in agility. He received a total score of 24.
His pound-for-pound rival Floyd Mayweather was ranked number four. If compared, the ranking of the two is really far from each other.
Mayweather received 9 points on speed, 8 on strength, 9 on endurance and 10 on agility. It gives him a total score of 36.
The score gotten by Mayweather is indeed higher than Pacquiao. However, we can’t still figure out on what’s the real basis of this scoring. In addition, they are the only boxers who are in the list of Sports Illustrated.
On the other hand, Lebron James who is an NBA superstar was on the top of the list. He received a total points of 40. Perhaps, he was the only athlete who received a perfect score of 40 among other athletes.
Well, congratulations for James. You deserve it.
This is based on GMA News.