The Ring's New Top Ten P4P is S***!!!

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Abdullah, Apr 17, 2013.


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  1. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yes I do and the Ring still can't string a coherent sentence together on the front cover despite having a whole month to figure it out.

    You have May at 1 and Pac at 10 :nut:nut:nut
     
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  2. Abdullah

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    Did you see where I typed that he was not top ten on MY list. Either way, I didn't say that you do not have the right to have him in YOUR top ten either then, now or whenever. I currently do not have Mares in MY top ten, but like I said previously, I have him in the top 15. At this point, I think this is apples and oranges. This is a subjective list, so people won't always have the exact same list. Having said that, guys like Mayweather, Ward, Martinez, Rigondeaux, Marquez, W. Klitschko should definitely be on anyone's pound for pound list, in my humble opinion. Guys like Froch, Mares, Bradley, Guerrero, or Broner could be at or around the bottom of lists. Again, just my opinion.
     
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  3. Elite

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    The Ring has always been ****. Anyone who bases their **** from them is a complete **** head.
     
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  4. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    These are mostly noobs who really care about P4P rankings. Guys who havce been into boxing maybe 4-5 years tops. And fanboys of fighters who rank highly, so they care more about this list then they should. P4p is a joke for fanboys to try and sound like they know **** from shampoo.
     
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  5. D-G-TheTruth

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    Floyd
    Ward
    Marquez
    Martinez
    Rigo
    Wlad
    Pac
    Bradley
    Donaire
    bhop
     
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  6. Berliner

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    I really dont get the hype about this list!
    First it is very subjectiv and not objectiv at all! Second you cant compare the "skills" of a lightweight with the "skills" of a heavyweight! A heavyweight never can fight like a Lightweight so for me it is stuipid to compare lightweights with heavyweights in this dumb P4P list.
     
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  7. Abdullah

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    Since I am the one who started this thread, I will speak on my own behalf here and inform you that I have been a fan of boxing since the age of 4. I am also a boxing historian, so I most definitely know my history. It is not that I care about pound-for-pound lists so much per se, it is just that The Ring was once a respected magazine with respected rankings. That was really my point here. And the fact that Rigondeaux didn't get the credit from The Ring that he deserved. Is The Ring the end all tell all of boxing? Hell no. I know you weren't responding to me, but I just wanted to clarify my stance.
     
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  8. Berliner

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    No... this list was always just a way to hype popular fighters! NOTHING more!
    And it starts by the idea of this list! Again you cant compare a heavyweight with a leightweight! It is just a different game of boxing!
     
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  9. turbotime

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    Pac going 1-2 in his last 3 and being KTFO, and Floyd going 43 and 0 in his last 43, yeah I do.
     
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  10. Abdullah

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    Always? Definitely not! You can go back to the early 20's, when The Ring began and see how their articles and rankings lists had been good for most of that time. Of course it was never perfect, but it was at least logical in the rankings department. To me, The Ring is worse now than at anytime in the past.
     
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  11. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    It's Lance. He can't finish a post without talking about 'Fanboys' :verysad
     
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  12. Abdullah

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    You can compare skill though. For instance, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko are both VERY talented big men. Lewis was a top ten pound for pound guy when he was champion and rightfully so because of his skill and resume. No one is saying that Mayweather would beat Klitschko just because he is rated higher pound for pound.

    A lot of the top pound for pound guys weren't the most popular fighters.
     
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  13. Abdullah

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    Oh yeah, I forgot. :yep
     
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  14. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    P4P is not based on your entire career. Its a representation of what you have done recently.
     
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  15. Lance_Uppercut

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    There's waay too much hypcosory and inconsistency from the posters in this forum for me to ever see a realistic p4P list. Now, that isn't a blanket statement by any means, and I respect that you at least put forth thought in your posts. :good Sad to say, you are the exception here.

    I understand what you are saying about Ring though. They are exactly what I mean when I say inconsistent. There's really no way in hell to justify guys like Ghost and Broner to be on any list that depicts the top 10 boxers in all of boxing. Just my 2 cents.
     
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