The ratings system is a joke!!

[Deanrw]

I find the Super Middleweight division particularly bad for this and it has been this way for quite a while. Take a look at Anthony Mundine's last few opponents to get an idea. Kessler's next opponent and many previous ones. Even Joe basically had a picnic in there for years and never had to face championship caliber opposition.

I remember a couple years ago when everyone was saying how great the Super Middleweight division was. I was really thrown back by it as it was basically two good fighters, beating on guys who had no business even fighting for a world belt.

The talent is so watered down in the sport and it is not getting any better.

The Jr. Middle, Middleweight and Heavyweight divisions are now thinned out and has joined the super middles in the doldrums. Welterweights are still ok, but for how long?

Basically anything above welterweight is is in dire straits right now. The talent pool is soooo thinned out. I guess it can be attributed to the decline in popularity of the sport. Less people entering the sport directly translates to less of a gene pool of talent.