P4P bias towards American based fighters?

[Fenster]

Fenster there's a lot of boxers who aren't based here in the states meaning they live, train in other countries but they fight here because of the cash. They get payed dollars here they fight in the best arenas in the world on TV.

Based to me is someone who lives here, trains here and fights here.


Since 2000.

Naz (trained and fought in the UK)
"Finito" Lopez (trained in Mexico & Japan fought mostly there until the later part of his career)
PongsaShit (Never fucken left Thailand not even on vacation)
Hatton (trains and lives and fights in the UK mostly until recently)
Calzaghe (trains and lives fights in the UK until recently)
Mijares (Mexico trains, lives and fights there mostly)
Castillo (trains, lives in Mexico fought 50/50 in Mexico & US)
Caballero (trains, lives in Panama fights
JMM (trains, lives in Mexico fights in the US)
Rafa (trains, lives in Mexico fights in the US)
Cotto (trains mostly in PR has also trained in FL. lives in PR)
Calderon (trains in PR, lives in PR fights in both the US & PR)


-Margarito lives in Mexico, trains here in Los Angeles and fights here so I
to me that would make him a US based fighter.

Take Izzy Vasquez he's a Mexican boxer, but he lives, trains and fights here in the states therefore hes a US based boxer.
But as I stated to me your based here if you live, train & fight here.
If you train, live in another country but just fight here I don't consider that a US based fighter like Ricky Hatton.

NONE of those count (apart from Pingpongshathispants). They have all fought in America or beaten a fighter with ties to America (that's what i meant by based, which i've already covered, so in future read the thread before posting - you plum )

The other day you said this regarding a lack of "name" recognition for small fighters like Lopez -

I just think overall the lower weight guys are assed out when it comes to ratings, paydays, status etc. etc. etc.

I'm thinking along the same lines.

The smaller guys get overlooked because they are not in glamour divisions. It doesn't mean they are not GREAT fighters though, right? Also the majority of smaller guys are non-American based, right? Coincidence?

The same goes for P4P ratings. Without a link to America it seems virtually impossible to be P4P rated (Ring).

Surely this highlights how useless P4P is considering only a select group, with ties to America, will ever get considered. Therefore they are useless when comparing fighters records