The Saddoboxing Sanctioning body

[Galaxy]

Ok let's establish reasons for vacancy.

1. A fight announces his retirement he is immediately removed.

2. A fighter ranked #1 - #10 that doesn't fight in a weightclass for a year vacates that spot.

3. A Champion that doesn't defend in that weight class in 2 years vacates the title.

Good stuff,like the immediate removal.I think maybe the Champions vacancy should be same as top ten contender?Two years is a loooong time.Might he wait some top guys out ??

That's true, I'm on the fence on that one.

I would also like to establish a pool, the pool would be fighters recently removed from the rankings list they will have priority consideration for addition to the ranking list.

I was thinking something similar to your pool idea, e.g.

In the Ring Rankings for 11 Jan 09 O'Neil Bell was removed from the cruiserweight ratings for inactivity... he would become our #11. Then in the last Ratings for 1 March 09 BJ Flores was removed (troy Ross entered but this wouldn't occur for us because he didn't beat a ranked fighter).

Flores could become #11 & Bell would move down to 12 & so forth.

As we go along more fighters would be added in this way, then if any of them fight they would change rank accordingly or if they are beaten by a unranked that fighter would take their rating moving them down. These fights between #11 down could be used to fill vacancies also!

[killersheep]

Good stuff,like the immediate removal.I think maybe the Champions vacancy should be same as top ten contender?Two years is a loooong time.Might he wait some top guys out ??

That's true, I'm on the fence on that one.

I would also like to establish a pool, the pool would be fighters recently removed from the rankings list they will have priority consideration for addition to the ranking list.

I was thinking something similar to your pool idea, e.g.

In the Ring Rankings for 11 Jan 09 O'Neil Bell was removed from the cruiserweight ratings for inactivity... he would become our #11. Then in the last Ratings for 1 March 09 BJ Flores was removed (troy Ross entered but this wouldn't occur for us because he didn't beat a ranked fighter).

Flores could become #11 & Bell would move down to 12 & so forth.

As we go along more fighters would be added in this way, then if any of them fight they would change rank accordingly or if they are beaten by a unranked that fighter would take their rating moving them down. These fights between #11 down could be used to fill vacancies also!

Well, I wasn't thinking about ranking them along with the rest, just have a group called the pool and when a vacancy opens we see what fights the people in the pool have and choose the best one to fight for the vacancy.
If someone is in the pool for a year they are removed just like the ranked fighters.

[Galaxy]

That's true, I'm on the fence on that one.

I would also like to establish a pool, the pool would be fighters recently removed from the rankings list they will have priority consideration for addition to the ranking list.

I was thinking something similar to your pool idea, e.g.

In the Ring Rankings for 11 Jan 09 O'Neil Bell was removed from the cruiserweight ratings for inactivity... he would become our #11. Then in the last Ratings for 1 March 09 BJ Flores was removed (troy Ross entered but this wouldn't occur for us because he didn't beat a ranked fighter).

Flores could become #11 & Bell would move down to 12 & so forth.

As we go along more fighters would be added in this way, then if any of them fight they would change rank accordingly or if they are beaten by a unranked that fighter would take their rating moving them down. These fights between #11 down could be used to fill vacancies also!

Well, I wasn't thinking about ranking them along with the rest, just have a group called the pool and when a vacancy opens we see what fights the people in the pool have and choose the best one to fight for the vacancy.
If someone is in the pool for a year they are removed just like the ranked fighters.

No they don't have to be ranked with the others but fighters that are removed should be put in the pool as well as fighters on the cusp of the top 10.

Also if an unranked defeats a ranked would he take his rating or would we vote on that divisions top 10 again? Or do fighters only advance by beating guys ahead of them? Or do we do a monthly ratings listing any changes?