New Ring Heavyweight Rankings: Fury Out, Gassiev in, Wardley #1

Word.

 

Yes, and its comical, because there are guys on here who site them as gospel, waxing extemporaneously about how the ratings organization's ratings are meaningless, when, in reality, the Ring seems to have its own agendas.

 

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Itauma is very unproven yes but Torrez ? Who is the last legitimate contender aj beat ? He doesn't deserve a top 10 ranking nowadays. Wallin and shot Helanius are less of a threat than Vianello imo

 

Richard Torrez in 9th is a horrible ranking. He would not even be in my top 20.

Does Torrez have a win against a top 30? Wow, seriously off with that one.

Otherwise, it is not a bad top 10.

 

TBF the idea that either Huni or Ajagba belong anywhere near a top ten just shows you how thin the division is right now - that bugs me more than which joke candidate sneaks in.

 

I don't know what you guys expect. Joshua lost against dubois and had a really off fight against --- Jake Paul ---

Do you want to keep Joshua in there forever because he once was a good fighter who kind of challenged himself?

The comparison with Crawford is only valid in terms of time off - crawford was winning. And still I don't like fighting once a year being tolerated and rewarded by great rankings.

If the ring magazine / sheik has an agenda it would surprise me a lot if it was to hurt joshua who had every benefit they could offer him in the past.

 

For all we know Joshua could be a total shell of himself and not competitive with anyone in this ranking.

Not saying that that is the case, but taking a really long time off with the potential comeback opponent mentioned and then fighting a mediocre fight against paul certainly does nothing to prove the opposite.

Consequently out of the top ten. It's not a necessary choice, but it can hardly be criticized

 

I agree. People seem to think a Saudi or Dana takeover would remove any corruption when it just increases its possibility.
The ring are inconsistent with their rankings, and it’s visible even more looking at who the current favourite boxers of the Saudis are and you see the ring and most media outlets are also going way over the top with hype on the same fighters.

 

While I agree the other two shouldn't be on the list, neither should AJ at this stage. He hasn't won a meaningful fight in years and had a bad performance against Jake Paul.

 

Joshua got blown out over a year ago.

Hasn't defeated a true top 10 opponent in like 8 years. Why would he be top 10 now again?