Dan Rafael's Welterweight Rankings

[Majesty]

ESPN.com's division-by-division rankings - ESPN

3. Floyd Mayweather (40-0)

The former champ ended a 21-month layoff by whitewashing lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. All credit to Mayweather's tremendous talent, but it would be nice to see him use it against men his own size.

I can appreciate what Dan is saying here, my only question is why rank Floyd so high if you sincerely believe that? Surely he has full autonomy of his columns, blogs and rankings to write how he personally feels.

Personally I have Floyd ranked #5 for 2 reasons

1) He holds no title

2) All the other guys ahead of him are upper echelon fighters who have a better body of work at Welter

Mosely
Cotto
Berto
Clottey
Mayweather

Funny how he doesn't call out Berto for not fighting people his own size and has him ranked above Mayweather when he fought Urango last time out.

[JT Rock]

ESPN.com's division-by-division rankings - ESPN

3. Floyd Mayweather (40-0)

The former champ ended a 21-month layoff by whitewashing lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. All credit to Mayweather's tremendous talent, but it would be nice to see him use it against men his own size.

I can appreciate what Dan is saying here, my only question is why rank Floyd so high if you sincerely believe that? Surely he has full autonomy of his columns, blogs and rankings to write how he personally feels.

Personally I have Floyd ranked #5 for 2 reasons

1) He holds no title

2) All the other guys ahead of him are upper echelon fighters who have a better body of work at Welter

Mosely
Cotto
Berto
Clottey
Mayweather

Funny how he doesn't call out Berto for not fighting people his own size and has him ranked above Mayweather when he fought Urango last time out.

I ranked Berto higher than Mayweather at Welter, Rafael has Mayweather #3 behind Mosely, Cotto

[jdonaher1]

I think people get bent out of shape unnecessarily because they don't realise the purpose of ranking. Rankings are not based on who could be who (unless your doing a pound-4-pound list). What boxing ranking are about is ACHEIVEMENT IN THAT DIVISION over a certain period!!! Of course Floyd would be favoured over all the boxers ranked above him but that doesn't mean he should automatically be ranked number one. He hasn't fought in almost 2 years.

Same with the Pound-4-Pound ranking. Floyd easily beat the #2 guy therefore he gets ranked no lower than 2nd.

[JonnyFolds]

ESPN.com's division-by-division rankings - ESPN

3. Floyd Mayweather (40-0)

The former champ ended a 21-month layoff by whitewashing lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. All credit to Mayweather's tremendous talent, but it would be nice to see him use it against men his own size.

I can appreciate what Dan is saying here, my only question is why rank Floyd so high if you sincerely believe that? Surely he has full autonomy of his columns, blogs and rankings to write how he personally feels.

Personally I have Floyd ranked #5 for 2 reasons

1) He holds no title

2) All the other guys ahead of him are upper echelon fighters who have a better body of work at Welter

Mosely
Cotto
Berto
Clottey
Mayweather

Funny how he doesn't call out Berto for not fighting people his own size and has him ranked above Mayweather when he fought Urango last time out.

Urango is a HUGE 140. Marquez is a TINY 135!!! LOL! Hardly a comparison. As far as PPV fights go.. I think this was the most lopsided matchup since Gatti-Mayweather.

Urango will have a short career dropping all that weight between fights. Berto handled a big puncher that night. Berto is still young, but such a solid prospect (even though he is technically World champ). What I saw him do in the last round versus Callazo is what sold me on him again. And I thought Callazo won the fight!

[:::PSL:::]

Shane is the man to beat at welter.