Connor benn ranked number 6 by the wba

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  1. hide

    hide Member Full Member

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    could someone please explain this one to me?!?!?
     
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  2. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lad is wooooorld class! Deserves to be there
     
  3. BoxingNL

    BoxingNL Dutch P4P Champion Full Member

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    Complete BS
    I have no doubt that the WBA got paid good for this.
     
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  4. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    what makes you think that?
     
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  5. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior VIP Member Full Member

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    Proof of
    Its who you know not what you know
     
  6. pow

    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He holds the WBA continental belt.

    Most organisations work on a points system in which fighters who fight for, win and defend minor WBA titles get points. You also get points for beating other WBA ranked opponents. You could say they have paid for this ranking through sanctioning fees.
     
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  7. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    No different from Yarde being WBO number 1
    Rankings are BS anyway which is a shame
    WBC in particular
     
  8. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Perhaps Conor Benn can be the new Anthony Yarde

    He can talk himself up as an elite world class fighter, and talk about facing the best, whilst facing complete third raters. There is clearly money to be made from that approach up to a certain point until people just switch off altogether as they are tired of the BS.
     
  9. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Only difference is Yarde is actually decent. Benn is third rate!
     
  10. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    WBC are no worse than any other. They are all ****ing horrendous, id probably rate WBA the worst. They ranked a dead guy before! haha
     
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  11. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yarde is alot better than Benn - can agree with that.

    As he is yet to face anyone in the worlds top 50 we dont know whether he is decent. He is where david price was before he stepped up against tony thompson
     
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  12. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I take your point but Yarde has alot more to him than Price ever did.
     
  13. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    he's not even at that level. Price was decent British level, even Euro level. Benn is area level currently.
     
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  14. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    No he does not.

    Yarde hasn't even fought anyone in the top 50. Price has fought world level fighters several times and on occasion held his own. There's a big different between the two.
     
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  15. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    What's interesting about this is that his ranking went up whilst he didn't even fight...
     
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