Back to my first post.

If I kayoed a guy ranked above me I would expect to go above him regardless of how good he was - though not always if by a close decision (especially a controversial one)

With football its over a season where everyone plays everyone twice - doesn't happen in boxing (super six closest thing I have known to it). No team is going to go through the season unbeaten (ok its happened a couple of times in history) and there will always be a Swansea beating Man City type game in a season.

If Stoke won the premier league then yes they would be classed as better than them - till the following the season (boxing equivalent of a rematch)