Thread: Rank the rankings

We all know the difficulty of trying to keep track of who is the man in each weight division because of
all the different organizations. If you were to pick ONE that would be final decision maker in who
is the Champion of each division, which would it be?

I like how Boxrec have set up their ranking system.

Aside form fighters moving weight and down in weight causing a bit of a glitch in the rankings... its a very well thought out system.

Great thread, The Ring Magazine is easily the best rankings in the world. The original, and best. Unbiased, well respected, and honestly ranked. All the other ranking systems have lots of shat affecting them, you could go on all day.
The ring uses the system I use, the man who beat the man. I don't know the Ring rankings, but If I had to guess it'd be...

Heavyweight - Wladimer Klitschko
Cruiserweight - O' Neil Bell
Light Heavyweight - Bernard Hopkins
Super Middleweight - Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight - Vacant - 1/2 Taylor/Wright
Light Middleweight - Corey Spinks
Welterweight - Floyd Mayweather
Light Welterweight - Vacant until Hatton wins belt.
Lightweight - Joel Casamayor
Super Featherweight - Manny Pacquiao
Featherweight - Chris John
Super Bantamweight - Israel Vazquez
Bantamweight - Rafael Marquez
Super Flyweight - Vacant - 1/2 Vic Darchinyan/Jorge Arce
Flyweight - Pongsaklek Wongjonkam
Light Flyweight - Vacant - made a mess by Viloria/Romero
Minimumweight - Ivan Calderon

Undoubtedly The Ring--you only get the championship by beating the champion and you don't have to pay "sanctioning fees" to ensure you get the title then.

The Ring rankings are what I prefer. No BS involved just putting the best in line. Like everybody else already said about the "sanctioning fees", beat the champion to be champion, and to much affecting the other rankings.

Originally Posted by JimBoogie

I like how Boxrec have set up their ranking system.

Aside form fighters moving weight and down in weight causing a bit of a glitch in the rankings... its a very well thought out system.

Boxrec's LWW champ? JLC (never fought at LWW)

Pac's place on the Boxrec p4p? 8th (behind O'neil Bell and Israel Vasquez, among others)

Boxrec's #10 p4p fighter in the world? Celestino Cabellero (ahead of MAB (12th), JMM (13th), Shane Mosely (15th) and Ricky Hatton (not in the top 25), among others).

Originally Posted by JimBoogie

I like how Boxrec have set up their ranking system.

Aside form fighters moving weight and down in weight causing a bit of a glitch in the rankings... its a very well thought out system.

The one thing I dont like about Boxrec is that there are to many other factors involve in boxing to be able to put a mathematical formula to it and have any good accuracy.

Originally Posted by yoitsdan

Great thread, The Ring Magazine is easily the best rankings in the world. The original, and best. Unbiased, well respected, and honestly ranked. All the other ranking systems have lots of shat affecting them, you could go on all day.
The ring uses the system I use, the man who beat the man. I don't know the Ring rankings, but If I had to guess it'd be...

Heavyweight - Wladimer Klitschko
Cruiserweight - O' Neil Bell
Light Heavyweight - Bernard Hopkins
Super Middleweight - Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight - Vacant - 1/2 Taylor/Wright
Light Middleweight - Corey Spinks
Welterweight - Floyd Mayweather
Light Welterweight - Vacant until Hatton wins belt.
Lightweight - Joel Casamayor
Super Featherweight - Manny Pacquiao
Featherweight - Chris John
Super Bantamweight - Israel Vazquez
Bantamweight - Rafael Marquez
Super Flyweight - Vacant - 1/2 Vic Darchinyan/Jorge Arce
Flyweight - Pongsaklek Wongjonkam
Light Flyweight - Vacant - made a mess by Viloria/Romero
Minimumweight - Ivan Calderon

Ring rankings are here--you're close. http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html

HW - vacant (though Klitchko is ranked #1)
Cruiser - Bell
SMW - Calzaghe
MW - Taylor (since Winky didn't beat JT, JT retains the title)
LMW - vacant (Winky was the last champ, and he vacated)
WW - Mayweather
LWW - Hatton (won in from Tszyu, Ring didn't take it because Hatton never said he was leaving 140 for good)
LW - Casamayor
JLW/SFW (130) - Barrera (won it from EM after losing to Pac at 126)
Feather - John
Jr. Feather - Vasquez
Bantam - R. Marquez
Jr. Bantam - vacant (arce is #9, presumably from not fighting anyone good, and darchinian fights at flyweight)
Fly - vacant (Wongjonkam is #1)
Jr. Fly - Cazares (Viloria #6)
Straw - vacant (Caldaron #1)