ESPN P4P Rankings, is this a joke?

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  1. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    tyson fury is over josh taylor any day of the week. And twice on sundays.

    I dont know what you talk about, tbh.
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    They’re just putting ESPN boxers as high as possible.
     
  3. Olu G. Rotimi

    Olu G. Rotimi The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    You have to understand ESPN has a deal with Top Rank so it’s in their interest to rate Fury higher than Usyk. They really want to rate Crawford above Canelo for the same reason.
     
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  4. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    How The **** is Crawford anyone's number one… The guys been draining 30- 40 lb for years to get down to the weights he fights at.. that's a typical weight bully and what the **** has he done in the past couple of years to warrant that position of being number one… I mean seriously.. what a ****ing joke.. shot Brook & nearly getting chinned by mean machine LOL..
     
  5. EnzoRD

    EnzoRD Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's a bit of a joke that Oleksandr Usyk is lower than Tyson Fury in the POUND FOR POUND list. Tyson Fury right now would smash anyone on the planet. But I thought these P4P lists were about P4P. If Usyk is a worse boxer than Fury, then he has absolutely NO chance if they fought.

    I take no notice of American magazines and channels, they normally only consider boxers who actually fight in the US. Im surprised Josh Taylor and Usk are actually listed AT ALL.
     
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  6. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Yeah... This alone discredits it.
     
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  7. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Total garbage.

    Some of these clowns have Crawford at no. 1!! LMAO WTF. Who the hell has he fought to deserve it!?

    Usyk at 5 is assinine. The Man unified a loaded CW division and then tookout the heavily favored four belt HW champ Joshua in complete style. He should be no lower than #2.

    Josh Taylor should be much higher as well.
     
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  8. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    They clearly hate Trump supporters. Its obvious.
     
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  9. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is why ESPN isn't considered an authority on boxing. It reeks of bias, but we already knew that was the case. Ward has Fury #2 and there is no justification for it. Pilatti is not someone I know, but his list is probably the worst and he should be made to answer how Davis can be rated that high, Alvarez that low, Spence that high, and Usyk that low.
     
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  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yeah there's no justification for a lot of their placements and inclusions at all.

    Pilatti's is definitely the worst but almost all of them are bad/terrible
     
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  11. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    They have a contract with Top Rank, is why.
     
  12. Kell Macabe

    Kell Macabe I don’t know s*** about boxing Full Member

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    How is Lopez above Taylor. Lopez barely beat Loma(even though it should have been a draw at best) other than that what has Lopez done?
    Taylor beat 5 undefeated fighters in a row and undisputed Super lightweight champ.
     
  13. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So? Is he supposed to be DQ'd from any P4P list due to his size? We gonna DQ people because of being faster as well?
     
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  14. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The thing is p4p lists don't mean anything, its all subjective. If I showed you my top 10 p4p list I would get tons of hate as well. People are going to see what they want to see. If you think crawford going life and death with a washed up shawn porter is better than usyk clearing out CW in their backyards then coming to england to shut out AJ, that's cool. I think you're ******ed, but you are allowed to have your own opinion.
     
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  15. Joe-fist

    Joe-fist Wise men fear nothing Full Member

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    Think the same mate!