Thoughts On Boxrecs New Rankings?

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  1. TipNom

    TipNom Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Boxrec's top 10 p4p all time rankings:
    1: Ezzard Charles
    2: Archie Moore
    3: Sugar Ray Robinson
    4: Harry Greb
    5: Joe Louis
    6: Bernard Hopkins
    7: Floyd Mayweather Jr
    8: Henry Armstrong
    9: Billy Conn
    10: Charley Burley

    Is this list better or worse than their previous rankings?
     
    TipNom, Apr 2, 2020
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    They got something right. ;)
     
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  3. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    There are a few things I’d change. I think Muhammad Ali and Durán should be in there. I like the fact that Charles is #1. And I also like that Mayweather is top 10
     
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  4. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Conn and Hopkins I’m shocked by. But to each their own.
     
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    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’d switch out Pep for Duran but yeah.
     
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  6. andrewe

    andrewe Ezekiel 33 banned Full Member

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    TERRIBLE! I DON'T SEE ALI, DURAN, OR FOREMAN. Plus many others. Robinson & Floyd are the only people I'd have up there.

    The boxrec rankings are off the boxrec "points" am I correct? If not, how do they measure them?
     
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  7. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's strictly computer generated, based on some rather complicated formulas:
    https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/BoxRec_Ratings_Description
     
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  8. DavidBarnes

    DavidBarnes Member banned Full Member

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    They have Calzaghe at 16 lol
     
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  9. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They get these rankings by throwing names in a hat.
     
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  10. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How about Fighting Harada at 674... not to mention Bob Fitzsimmons at 2589?
     
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  11. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    They screwed up the modern era by putting Hopkins above Maywwather and Pacquiao if not a few others.
     
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  12. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Does it measure quality of competition at the time a fighter faced them? If they did Mayweather, Hopkins, and Greb wouldn't be on the list. And I would ask, how many fights the "computer " saw Greb , Burley and Conn fight? That list is nonsense conducted by some numbers pusher that programmed the " Computer " and probably haven't seen a boxing match in his/ her / it life. You know the type, the kind that would say Mayweather Jr is the greatest in history because he went " undeafeated ".
     
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  13. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They screwed up the rankings by including the modern era.
     
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  14. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How do you figure that?
     
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  15. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well it's pretty self-explanatory.
     
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