Manny Pacquiao ranks 39th on Sports Illustrated's 'Fittest 50'; LeBron is No. 1

 

Manny Pacquiao was named among the world's elite athletes in terms of fitness in a list released by Sports Illustrated this week.

 

The Filipino ring icon ranked 39th on the list, which named NBA superstar LeBron James as the fittest athlete in the world.

 

For the list, Sports Illustrated used a 40-point rating system based awarding points for strength, speed, endurance, and agility.

 

Pacquiao scored 6.5 on speed, 5 on strength, 6.5 on agility, and 6 on endurance for a total of 24.

 

But he fell short of the ranking of his pound-for-pound rival Floyd Mayweather, who was ranked fourth. The brash American fighter scored 9 of speed, 8 on strength, 10 on agility and 9 on endurance for a total score of 36.

 

Pacquiao and Mayweather are the only boxers on the Sports Illustrated list.

 

James, meanwhile, was the only athlete who got a perfect score of 40. — JST, GMA News