Manny Pacquiao with Joshua Clottey after the weigh-in on March 12, 2010 for "The Event".

MANILA, Philippines – Seven-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao maintained his status as Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound title despite the negative reaction of some fight fans to his title defense against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey.

Pacquiao, who scored a unanimous decision against Clottey last March 13, entered his 330th week as pound-for-pound king, according to prestigious Ring Magazine as of March 28.

“Pound-for-pound” is a fighter's value in relation to boxers in different weight classes. The pound-for-pound list of Ring Magazine, which is considered “the bible of boxing”, is the established standard for ranking fighters pound-for-pound.

The latest ranking has shown that Pacquiao’s status as top pound-for-pound was not affected by the Clottey fight, where the Filipino failed to knock down the defense-conscious Ghanaian.

Many fans, who got used to Pacquiao toppling one opponent after another, complained they found the bout boring.

However, fight analysts said it wasn’t the Filipino champ’s fault.

“Every time they watch Manny, they expect to always see an exciting fight, but that fight was not Manny's fault. It was because of an opponent who was unwilling to trade leather with Manny,” lamented Dennis Principe in his post-fight analysis.

Fight analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz earlier said boxing purists and aficionados were able to appreciate the class and savvy that Pacquiao showed amidst the conditions set by Clottey.

“Somebody who always wants a KO or a blood-and-guts fight will not be satisfied with that, but a true boxing aficionado would be pleased with that. It was not a fighter's fight. It was a boxer's fight. Clottey was the grandmaster, but in this game of chess if you will, Pacquiao was the international grandmaster,” he said in an interview after the bout.

In the Clottey fight, Pacquiao released 1,231 punches (more than 100 per round) and landed 246 of them. The hard-hitting puncher from General Santos City also threw 832 more punches than the Ghanaian.

Thus, Pacquiao retained his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title.

Nonito Donaire, Jr.

Donaire retains No. 6
Meanwhile, “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire also remained in the pound-for-pound list at No. 6.

Donaire retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) interim world super flyweight title by knocking out Manuel “Chango” Vargas last February.

His camp is currently working out a deal for a rematch with WBA and World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Vic Drachinyan, whom he knocked out in 2007.

In the No. 2 spot in Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound rankings is Pacquiao’s possible “future opponent,” American Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is widely believed to have left retirement in order to challenge the Filipino.

Next in No. 3 is Mayweather’s opponent on May 1, American “Sugar” Shane Mosley, the reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion.

No. 4 is America’s Bernard Hopkins, who will face long-time rival Roy Jones on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Bitter Pacquiao foe Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico is the No. 5 pound-for-pound while Puerto Rican champion Miguel Cotto is No. 7.

US’ Chad Dawson holds the No. 8 spot followed by fellow American Paul Williams and Celestino Caballero of Panama at No. 9 and 10, respectively.