Joe Calzaghe now no. 3 in Ring Mag's latest P4P rankings

[C-Lo]

I can't debate the Ring's opinion on their p4p list as it is just that their collective opinion.

What is interesting to me is BoxRec's p4p list look at their top 10 (mind you this is done strictly by technical analysis)

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2. Joe Calzaghe
3. Kelly Pavlik
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Israel Vazquez
6. Manny Paquiao
7. Juan Manuel Marquez
8. Rafa Marquez
9. Winky Wright
10.Wladimir Klitschko

They don't even have Cotto in the top 10

Back to the topic at hand, I don't have a problem with Joe at #3 p4p, once Cotto has been around a little longer he will certainly dethrone him.

Wow! No Cotto!? Pacquiao #6?! Klitschko on the list?!?!?!

[Kenneth B]

Yeah but that´s because Boxrec´s socalled objective rankings based on "technical analysis" are a complete joke. You are rewarded overly for activity via a point system and the end result are some very silly rankings. Living in Denmark, I remember back in the late 90´s Brian Nielsen claiming to be the number 3 heavyweight in the world because "the objective rankings" had him in that spot. He meant Boxrec and he was right...they had only Lewis and Holyfield ahead of him. That was the most ridiculous ranking I had ever seen and I have never been able to forget that.

[Tins06]

Seems like a fair ranking to me...Bhop was 5 and Marquez was 4 ...Joe beat Bhop and Marquez just came off a loss so marquez moves down 1 and Joe with a win moves up 2.

[NUCLEAR BULL]

honesly i wouldn't rank any higher then 5th at best, he hasn't proved anything with the hopkins fight and wouldn't prove anything fighting a old roy jones, so i wouldn't place him nowhere near the top, frankly if i had to stick him in it would be 10th

[Galaxy]

Seems like a fair ranking to me...Bhop was 5 and Marquez was 4 ...Joe beat Bhop and Marquez just came off a loss so marquez moves down 1 and Joe with a win moves up 2.

Thats my way of thinking. I think #3 is about right. Certainly no lower than 4 IMO

[Violent Demise]

These lists are usually sh1te, but for those who say Joe doesn't deserve his place, can you tell us what more he can do and who else he has to beat.

Everybody said he must fight Lacy - he fought and beat him
Everybody said he must fight Kessler - he fought and beat him
Everybody said he must fight B-Hop - he fought and beat him

Regardless of what you think of his earlier career, he has fought the top 3 guys (whatever you think of Lacy with hindsight) that he could possibly have fought, if that doesn't deserve his status in the p4p list what does?

Even VD has him at number 5 FFS

Number 5 is where he belongs

[Galaxy]

These lists are usually sh1te, but for those who say Joe doesn't deserve his place, can you tell us what more he can do and who else he has to beat.

Everybody said he must fight Lacy - he fought and beat him
Everybody said he must fight Kessler - he fought and beat him
Everybody said he must fight B-Hop - he fought and beat him

Regardless of what you think of his earlier career, he has fought the top 3 guys (whatever you think of Lacy with hindsight) that he could possibly have fought, if that doesn't deserve his status in the p4p list what does?

Even VD has him at number 5 FFS

Number 5 is where he belongs

I wouldn't have him lower than 4. I could only rate Mayweather, Pacquiao & maybe JMM ahead of him

[Galaxy]

These lists are usually sh1te, but for those who say Joe doesn't deserve his place, can you tell us what more he can do and who else he has to beat.

Everybody said he must fight Lacy - he fought and beat him
Everybody said he must fight Kessler - he fought and beat him
Everybody said he must fight B-Hop - he fought and beat him

Regardless of what you think of his earlier career, he has fought the top 3 guys (whatever you think of Lacy with hindsight) that he could possibly have fought, if that doesn't deserve his status in the p4p list what does?

Even VD has him at number 5 FFS

Number 5 is where he belongs

I wouldn't have him lower than 4. I could only rate Mayweather, Pacquiao & maybe JMM ahead of him