Forum voted divisional rankings 20 September 2018

[Alpha]

20 September 2018

HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Anthony Joshua
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Dillian Whyte
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Luis Ortiz

CRUISERWEIGHT:
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Mairis Briedis
3. Krzysztof Glowacki
4. Murat Gassiev
5. Yunier Dorticos

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT:
1. Dmitry Bivol
2. Eleider Alvarez
3. Artur Beterbiev
4. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
5. Adonis Stevenson

SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. George Groves
2. Gilberto Ramirez
3. David Benavidez
4. Jose Uzcategui
5. Callum Smith

MIDDLEWEIGHT:
1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Canelo Alvarez
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Danny Jacobs
5. Jermall Charlo

SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT:
1. Jarrett Hurd
2. Erislandy Lara
3. Jermell Charlo
4. Jamie Munguia
5. Kell Brook

WELTERWEIGHT:
1. Errol Spence Jr
2. Terence Crawford
3. Shawn Porter
4. Danny Garcia
5. Manny Pacquiao

SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Regis Prograis
2. Josh Taylor
3. Kiryl Relikh
4. Jose Carlos Ramirez
5. Viktor Postol

LIGHTWEIGHT:
1. Mikey Garcia
2. Vasyl Lomachenko
3. Jorge Linares
4. Jose Pedraza
5. Robert Easter Jr

SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT:
1. Miguel Berchelt
2. Gervonta Davis
3. Alberto Machado
4. Francisco Vargas
5. Miguel Roman

FEATHERWEIGHT:
1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Carl Frampton
3. Gary Russell Jr.
4. Oscar Valdez
5. Josh Warrington

SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT:
1. Isaac Dogboe
2. Rey Vargas
3. Daniel Roman
4. Jessie Magdaleno
5. TJ Doheny

BANTAMWEIGHT:
1. Naoya Inoue
2. Zolani Tete
3. Ryan Burnett
4. Juan Carlos Payano
5. E. Rodriguez

SUPER-FLYWEIGHT:
1. Wisaksil Wangek
2. Juan Francisco Estrada
3. Roman Gonzalez
4. Kazuto Ioka
5. Jerwin Ancajas

FLYWEIGHT:
1. Artem Dalakian
2. Moruti Mthalane
3. Andrew Selby
4. Cristofer Rosales
5. Sho Kimura

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT:
1. Hekkie Budler
2. Milan Melindo
3. Ryoichi Taguchi
4. Ken Shiro
5. Angel Acosta

MINIMUMWEIGHT:
1. Thammanoon Niyomtrong
2. Chayaphon Moonsri
3. Hiroto Kyoguchi
4. Simphiwe Khonco
5. Vic Saludar

[smashup]

I don't really follow the little guy divisions but from Bantam upwards that list is pretty much bang on.

[powerpuncher]

Nice. How often are we updating the list?

[Ron Swanson]

Good list. Some places it leans towards accomplishment, some places it leans towards ability.

My only complaint would probably be Canelo. But even that you can say “the judges said...”. Just, my thinking is Charlo, Jacobs and Saunders would probably all beat him so what gets his rating, only the judges decisions? It’s not REALLY accomplishment or ability. Unless he still has more than we’ve seen. Which is possible

[powerpuncher]

Good list. Some places it leans towards accomplishment, some places it leans towards ability.

My only complaint would probably be Canelo. But even that you can say “the judges said...”. Just, my thinking is Charlo, Jacobs and Saunders would probably all beat him so what gets his rating, only the judges decisions? It’s not REALLY accomplishment or ability. Unless he still has more than we’ve seen. Which is possible

I think the same thing. Everyone votes in their own way so it’s tough to evaluate it perfectly, but it seems like a solid list either way.

[Alpha]

Nice. How often are we updating the list?

I was initially thinking monthly, but not much may have happened. Maybe every 3 months or so? Thoughts?

Good list. Some places it leans towards accomplishment, some places it leans towards ability.

My only complaint would probably be Canelo. But even that you can say “the judges said...”. Just, my thinking is Charlo, Jacobs and Saunders would probably all beat him so what gets his rating, only the judges decisions? It’s not REALLY accomplishment or ability. Unless he still has more than we’ve seen. Which is possible

To be fair, he just fought a very close fight (some feel he won) with a guy most of us would included among the P4P and more than likely a 1st ballot HOFer. Personally I feel he is at least 50/50 with those 3 you mentioned. Some credit has to be given to his improvement and ability. Then you could also argue that he has officially won the lineal title, as well as multiple belts in the division. Some decent accomplishments.

Hold on wait, stop making defend Canelo

Hope to see your votes on the next one.