Quote Originally Posted by Britkid View Post
Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
there should be a league table type thing

you move up and down based on who you fight, what position in the league table they are

if you don't fight in so long maybe you could lose points or something

if you if you beat someone 10 places above you say, you could get more points than if you beat someone below you or someone 2 places above you

know what I mean?

or maybe that's just plain daft
Boxrec already do that for their ratings, and it is far from perfect.

I think it is unlikely there will ever be a 'sensible' way to rank fighters, boxing is far too subjective, which generally is a good thing as it creates debate.
yeah it is subjective and I like the debate that creates, problem is its very money driven also and its not just an opinion of how good a fighter is that gets him a ranking, a popular fighter can lose and get another fight or ranking he might not "deserve"

the problem with a ranking system is tho that a world champion could (and probably actually quite regularly would) end up ranked below any number of challengers

and no, you are right, there will never be a more sensible and fairer way to rank fighters