The Ring Magazine have updated their P4P list. Andre Ward is now the #1 P4P fighter in the world

i figured four months removed the tears would have dried up for some of you.....i guess this was like dropping more salty tears in your wounds.....lol...ward #1....still unbeaten....still a 2 division world champ....it sucks to be you

 

Yamanaka top 10 is inexplicable. Otherwise, Ring's p4p isn't as laughable as it used to be. You can't complain much about Ward if you think he lost to Kovalev, because Ring has Kovalev right behind him. But should we really be calling a guy p4p who barely scraped out a disputed win? Ring needs to clue in, Lomachenko is simply the best boxer in the world today.

Here's my p4p update. This was what I had in December:
1. Lomachenko
2. Rigondeaux
3. Gonzalez
4. Ward
5. Kovalev
6. Inoue
7. Crawford
8. Mikey Garcia
9. Golovkin
10. Estrada

And now:
1. Lomachenko
2. Rigondeaux
3. Ward
4. Kovalev
5. Inoue
6. Crawford
7. Mikey Garcia
8. Gonzalez
9. Estrada
10. Usyk
11. Spence
12. Golovkin
13. Lara
14. Jacobs
15. Canelo
16. Brook
17. Linares
18. Nietes
19. Thurman
20. Pacquiao

I didn't have GGG top 5 like a lot of you did. We saw against Brook that he's vulnerable to movement, and against a smart boxer who's his size and could take his punch he sure didn't have his way. I thought Jacobs won close. That should mean he's better on my p4p. But I think GGG beats other fighters more impressively than Danny would. And I think even during rounds I thought Jacobs won Golovkin often looked the better fighter. I don't know, it's hard to rate Jacobs. I extended to 20 to show that I think both GGG and Jacobs are elite and where they stand, even if they're not quite top 10.

I thought Gonzalez was plainly robbed and generally looked really good against Rungvisai. His combination punching skill might still be the best in boxing. However, he was in really close fights against Estrada and Cuadras, and he should've boxed smarter against Rungvisai and not given him the chances he did. I need to reappraise him. I would confidently pick Inoue to beat him, and I don't think he's as good as Ward, Kovalev, Crawford, or Garcia.

 

How can you be a top #1 fighter if you refuse to rematch a fight that fight fans from AROUND THE WORLD would love to see. If you talk about retirement over rematching a fantastic fan please then you don't deserve the #1 spot.

 

Has most of the correct names but the rankings are pathetic

 

1. Ward
2. Kovalev
3. Crawford
4. Lomachenko
5. GGG
6. Rigo
7. Thurman
8. Pacquiao
9. Chocolatito
10. Spence/Brook winner, or AJ/Wlad winner. IMO these winners deserve to be p4p.

 

1. Ward
2. GG
3. Crawford
4. Chocolatito
5. Canelo
6. Garcia
7. Kovalev
8. Thurman
9. Rigondeax
10. Loma

 

1. Ward
2. Vacant
3. Vacant
4. Beyonce
5. Jay z
6. James Prince
7. Michael Yorkmark
8. Vacant
9. Nsac
10. Virgil Hunter

 

Ward and Kovalev were number one and 2 on my personal list prior to
Gonzalez "losing". I can't really say where Gonzalez should be
as admittedly I don't follow his divisions at all however.
Golovkin shouldn't be higher than Rigo, Loma or Crawford.
There's no reason for Canelo to be on the list at all as I don't think
he's even the top 3 in either division he's campaigned at

 

I don't believe Gonzalez should be penalized for this "loss" anymore than Ward should be rewarded for his "win"

P4P is about perception not strict official results. Ward was outboxed by Kovalev in his only noteworthy fight in the last few years. Gonzalez overcame brutal cuts from fouls and an early knockdown to outfight a larger rated southpaw.

Gonzalez is still my #2 behind Loma.

 

When did Ward refuse the rematch?

 

Great list I would put Thurman on there in place of Inoue and push Gonzalez down to no. 8 or 9 personally.

 

Neither of those things happened. They may off in your mind but the reality is Ward won, Gonzalez lost.

 

If you want to be a tool that's your prerogative.

The reality is Gonzalez and Kovalev were robbed of hard earned wins in the eyes of most observers. Two Champions lost their belts and 0s because of poor judging, and if a P4P list is about perception, then they have not lost any ground.

 

Your no.1 is a guy who is 7-1 & your no. 2 is guy who hasn't fought twice in like the last 2 years. My God how can Inoue who has fought no one of note be considered higher than Crawford who holds two belts and beat the no.2 in his division easily?

 

Sorry they have lost ground both lost there undefeated records. You may not agree but neither we're a robbery just coz you don't like the result.