SugarJ's World Boxing Rankings

[Lineal]

TBH though Ward needs to be taken off, Kovalev is the heir apparent.

Yeah Ward has been a frustration but he won his Championship in the ring under the required weight limit (according to commission rules a Light-Heavy can fight someone weighting a minimum of 161, 14 pounds lighter), so both the Rodriguez and Smith fights were defenses.

According to my policy at the time Champions had 18 months to schedule a fight in their division (this has since been amended to 15 months). The Smith fight was scheduled with the time frame. Thus far Ward has done everything within my rules to hold onto his Championship.

Also I know the Light-heavy linage is pretty messy but you could make a case that it leads back to Ward.

Michalczewski-Gonzalez-Erdei-Grachev-Rodriguez-Ward. Add to that he defeated Dawson under 175 pounds.

I consider Ward the rightful Light-Heavyweight Champion.

Great work bud, top effort. Though his jump is fairly recent I cannot at all see Crawford below the number 1 spot at 140.

The ratings are a reflection of what a fighter has done at that weight. So far Crawford has beaten Dulorme and Jean. His past credentials have been taken into account and are part of the reason he has moved into 5th at Super-Weltweight.

In saying that Provodnikov has not fought at 140 since April last year and his last two fights at 140 were losses, so a potential demotion is in the cards; meaning Crawford could advance another spot.

Matthysse was considered the #1 before the Postol fight and Herrera arguably defeated the previous Champion Garcia. Crawford will need to do a little more than beat fringe contenders to advance past those three.

[Master]

I understand the logic to Ward but no way is he the best light heavyweight. Kov is and Stevenson is up there. Ward would not himself consider he is the best. I think this contract he has signed will lead to a fight with Kovalev so we will get a winner.

[Lineal]

I understand the logic to Ward but no way is he the best light heavyweight. Kov is and Stevenson is up there. Ward would not himself consider he is the best. I think this contract he has signed will lead to a fight with Kovalev so we will get a winner.

Many times throughout history to the present the Champion of a division has not necessarily been considered the best fighter in the division.

A few examples: Liston chasing Patterson, Hagler waiting for years, the color line draw by early Heavyweights.

Hopefully we get Ward vs Kovalev, so it will be the Champion vs the #1 contender.

[Lineal]

Tim Bradley looked renewed under Atlas.



Ratings updated:

https://boxranks.wordpress.com/2015/...november-2015/



HEAVYWEIGHT:

Number one Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) scored a dominant twelve round stoppage over unrated Mariusz Wach (31-2, 17 KOs) when the ref called a halt to the bout due cuts suffered by Wach. No changes.

CRUISERWEIGHT:

Number four Denis Lebedev (28-2, 21 KOs) stopped unrated Lateef Kayode (21-1, 16 KOs) in the eighth round. Ola Afolabi (22-4-4, 11 KOs) enters at ninth after knocking out last week’s number eight Rakhim Chakhiev (24-2, 18 KOs) in five rounds. Chakhiev exits. Dmitry Kudryashov (18-1, 18 KOs) formerly ninth also exits after being stopped in the second round of a shootout against unrated Olanrewaju Durodola (22-2, 20 KOs). Thabiso Mchunu (16-2, 10 KOs) returns to the ratings at tenth.

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT:

Previous number three Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KOs) exits due to inactivity. Everyone rated four through ten last time advances a spot each. Edwin Rodriguez (27-1, 18 KOs) enters at tenth.

SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT:

Previous number eight Robert Stieglitz (48-5-1, 28 KOs) exits as he intends to campaign as a Light-Heavyweight. Gilberto Ramirez (32-0, 24 KOs) and Anthony Dirrell (28-1-1, 22 KOs) move up to eighth and ninth respectively. Callum Smith (18-0, 13 KOs) enters at number ten after stopping fringe contender Rocky Fielding (21-1, 12 KOs) in the first round.

WELTERWEIGHT:

Number two Timothy Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) stopped unrated veteran Brandon Rios (33-3-1, 24 KOs) in nine rounds. No changes.

SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT:

Number three Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) scored a fourth round stoppage over unrated Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez (14-1, 11 KOs) in a Welterweight bout. No changes.

FEATHERWEIGHT:

Number two Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) looked superb with a ten round dominant stoppage over unrated Romulo Koasicha (25-5, 15 KOs). No changes.

MINIMUMWEIGHT:

Previous number six Oswaldo Novoa (14-6-2, 9 KOs) is removed due to inactivity at this weight. Everyone rated eight through ten last time advances a spot each. Simphiwe Khonco (15-5, 7 KOs) enters at number ten.

[TitoFan]

I love your rankings..... tremendous job.
But man, I cringe seeing Andre Ward's name up there.

[Master]

B hop is unofficially retired now?

[Lineal]

I love your rankings..... tremendous job.
But man, I cringe seeing Andre Ward's name up there.

Thank you very much. The support from you guys has been awesome.

The Ward thing has been the biggest talking point since I started publishing my ratings. For me he defeated the Champion under the weight limit. If Dawson had have won I would have awarded him both Championships as well because the fight took place within the weight limits of both divisions.

B hop is unofficially retired now?

Not as far as I'm aware but he has been inactive for over a year and hasn't scheduled a bout at Light-heavy in that time.