How did Rigondeaux get on the Ring P4P List?

[Rantcatrat]

I get the whole criteria is made up subjective and thingy which is why I don't really pay that much attention to it. And I might even agree with the whole preceived skills bit but if they aren't going to put some realistic criteria into the mix, they might as well just use the wife's critiera for picking the winner and that's by what colors they are wearing.

I don't think it's arbitrary, and I don't think it's all subjective either. It's made up of the subjective consensus among those who know boxing and also objective actual achievement.

To each their own, I know a lot of boxing fans don't like getting into p4p discussions, but I never understood why, because p4p rankings are the titles that are given by the fans and boxing media, not by some bullshit sanctioning body. In our era where there seem to be hundreds of "world champions" per weight division, the consensus of boxing's core audience means much more than any belt or trinket ever could.

So when the entire boxing community is mentioning a guy's name in the top 10, top 5, or even top position p4p, I think that carries a lot of weight.

I think @Beanflicker is on to something although I would emphasize that the boxing community is not perfect. Remember when Adrian Broner was ranked in the top 5 p4p by Ring Magazine? How ridiculous was that? On the other hand, at least to an extent, it is most often correct. It usually gets right the top 20 fighters in the sport. Where they rank individually is subjective. Whether you have Rigo at number 5 or number 3 depends on taste. Wlad at 3 or 5 depends on taste too etc. But, that they're both in the top 10 is definite.