SugarJ's World Boxing Rankings

[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.

[TitoFan]

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.

I read he just relinquished his SMW belt (about time!), and will now concentrate on 175. Personally, I hope he just goes away. He's lost any good faith with me, being so crassly inactive over the last few years. I don't see how he's even relevant in boxing at this point. His wanting to fight someone like Rohan Murdock (??) on the Cotto-Canelo card (and betting rebuffed by the NSAC) doesn't help his case, either.