Quote Originally Posted by RHHatton
yes but if hatton beats him then he is surely better than him and considering he would be still UNBEATEN he has to rank higher. you cant keep someone higher because of who has beaten in the past. That would be something you do for an all time P4P not a current P4P list?
That's how p4p ranking goes. A fighter needs to prove(consistently) before being promoted to higher rank. Hatton can not simply be automatically the number 1 after beating the pound for pound best. For example, let us suppose Mayweather will be paid to lose his fight with Hatton by some Mafia or syndicated organization (this happened during La Motta's time) and he is forced to accept it. What will happen? Hatton will be number 1?

No, the pound for pound ranking should be protected by not giving the top spot immediately to whoever will defeat the person who is currently holding the top spot. My argument and illustration may have been too exaggerated. I have done it so as not to explain further.