Question about Ring Mag rankings(don't mean to sound rude!)

[El Gamo]

I like to see Dan Rafaels Rankings he has good explanations for where fighters are on his lists.

Dan Rafael's List for Welter

1. Carlos Baldomir
2. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
3. Antonio Margarito
4. Ricky Hatton
5. Luis Collazo
6. Zab Judah
7. Kermit Cintron
8. Oktay Urkal
9. Paul Williams
10. Arturo Gatti

Quintana His won over Julio is more impressive than anything Urkal,Gatti,Cintron etc have done and he's still unbeaten. Those rankings must be old.

If I may add the ring has a very shady history. In the late seventies and early eighties they were known to play with a lot of the rankings some times even adding fake victory's to a boxers record in order to make him look more worthy of joining the infamous Don King tournament which for the most part was made up of scrubs. Don would pay them under the able of course for this. I know this was a long time ago but if htey were bought once they can be bought again. Who's to say that they dont still except mony from managers and promoters in order to have their fighters discretely move up a few ranks in order to make them look more worthy to the public. I aint saying this is going on, but I am saying its very possible.

Yep,that;s exactly what I heard. That;s why I don't understand why they are seen as so prestigious? Could it be that they have 1 true champ per division?