Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
I've said it before and recieved my sad clicks for it,the Ring is totally over rated. They have good ideas in the one belt per division and no sanctioning fees but to the average fan,it does not exist and even to some professionals like George Foreman,it has limited meaning(I remember him on numerous ocassions talking about the WBA,WBC etc having more meaning as they are visible titles). And having checked out their latest rankings,I have to say,it looks just as messed up as other rankings

1 1 447 FLOYD MAYWEATHER Welterweight
2 2 190 MANNY PACQUIAO Jr. Lightweight
3 3 81 RAFAEL MARQUEZ Jr. Featherweight
4 4 19 JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ Jr. Lightweight
5 6 59 BERNARD HOPKINS Lt. Heavyweight
6 5 172 WINKY WRIGHT Middleweight
7 7 73 JOE CALZAGHE Super Middleweight
8 9 113 RICKY HATTON Jr. Welterweight
9 8 390 MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA Jr. Lightweight
10 10 7 MIGUEL COTTO Welterweight

Also of note in the division rankings:

Enzo Maccarinelli stays at 5 at cruiser despite beating Wayne Braithwaite.
Gavin Rees debuts at 4 at light welter, Mbaye drops 1 to 5th. Still no Ricardo Torres??

I don't see how the heck MAB can still be there.No JT?Not sure about Cotto just yet,one more decent win does it for me though.
wowee we are almost in complete agreement Gamo

Personally I don't disagree with Barrera in the top 10, he's only lost one fight recently to Marquez and that was pretty close, much closer than the official scores anyhow. Prior to that he was in the rIng's top 4 or 5. It suprises me more that they managed to somehow remove Jermain Taylor from the list completely despite the fact he won his last two and that B Hop managed to go beack up to number 5 BEFORE he beat Winky. It was completely bizarre how without even fighting he got himself back into the top 10, and also R Marquez somehow leapfrogged Winky just BEFORE Winky lost to B Hop even though neither fighter had fought in a few months

Personally the only ratings I trust are my own.

1. Mayweather
2. Pacquaio
3. R Marquez
4. B Hop
5. J M Marquez
6. Taylor
7. Calzaghe
8. Wright
9. Hatton
10. Barrera