Curious...How does everyone here think the P4P rankings work?

[Taeth]

I think the best fighter should always be higher on the p4p ranking, in that I mean who can beat more guys. I perfect example of this all time is Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler, sometimes styles make fights, but that doesn't mean the victor is better than the defeated. I think Joe Calzaghe deserves his ranking, more or less, simply because Kessler should be a top 10 p4p, and Hopkins was #2 or 3 when he "Beat" him. I think Calzaghe should definitely be in the top five.

What is the definition of p4p, to see who is the best fighter at any weightclass, and I think thats what needs to the main factor. NOt who is the most exciting, who is fighting who necessarily, but who measures up against their quality of opposition the best. I think if a fighter totally dominates a B class fighter that its harder to do then barely beating an A or even in some cases a A+ fighter, and also I think because of style matchups a C class fighter can be a tougher fight for somebody than an A or B class fighter.

[DaxxKahn]

but that doesn't mean the victor is better than the defeated.


A point I was trying to make some understand

[Taeth]

I think the more knowledgable you are of the sport, and the more you keep up with the fighters its pretty self evident how the p4p rankings stack out. Its like comparing quater backs, sure they all have different systems, wide receivers, offensive lines, but you can still tell which quater backs make which reads, call their own audibles, competitive edge.

I think in boxing the very top guys are the ones who dominate every fight, and don't have bad nights, Calzaghe is probably the first guy who has been near the top of my list to doesn't meet this criteria. The thing I respect most of Mayweather, Hopkins, Roy Jones JR, is that they didn't only expect to win the fight, they also wanted to dominate every minute of every roudn in their own way. Whether it was Roy Jones throwing his flurries, Mayweather or Whitaker making opponents look foolish by making them miss, or Hopkins nurfing his opponents output, and throwing them off their game plan. These guys knew how to fight their own fight, and how to make their opponents fight how they wanted the fight to go.

[Mar]

They work great as long as your favorite fighter is on top...other than that they don't.