Anglers Journal

An Acrobatic Prize Fighter

The Ring magazine, established in 1922, has maintained a list of the best boxers, pound for pound, since Mike Tyson laced up the gloves. A subjective valuation, the magazine’s P4P ranking is a popular metric of the best fighters relative to their weight. How would Muhammad Ali fare against Floyd Mayweather Jr. if they boxed in the same weight class? We will never know, but it sure is fun to speculate.

We anglers are equally invested in our favorite fighters. It just so happens that our combatants are of the

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