Bilbo...

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How many times have you seen Berrio Bilbo? A lot of people picked Berrio to beat Bute and before he was just an 'opponent' for Stieglitz (which definitely wasn't the case), he had just given the kiss of death to another top prospect at the time, Yusaf Mack. He's not bad and even if him and Zuniga aren't huge names, Bute dispatched of both in fairly spectacular fashion. Berrio very much so.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...buteberrio.gif
I agree that Bute shouldn't be number 1 but I can see why the Ring ranked him ahead of Ward. He's been in the top 5 for like 2/3 years now while Ward just entered and really only has 2 notable wins to his credit. Miranda/Kessler may match up favorably with Bute's Bika/Andrade but Ward doesn't have the wins beyond that to compare to Bute's.

I think Bute is clearly one of the top 2 fighters in the division and obviously the best outside of the tournament. 3 is fair, 2 I'm not going to complain as Froch is shit (fact.) and number 1 is probably excessive but I don't think just because Golden Boy happens to have a relationship with HBO.

How many people still read the Ring? Their is still some DLH-bashing going on in there, I don't think it's fair to write them off as crooked just because Oscar owns them.