Because Wlad is one of the only fighters currently that have properly cleared out the division "bums" and all. Rigo has 13 fights. A lot of guys out there want to talk like they are the best but haven't even come close to beating all of the relevant fighters in their own division, we can blame it on politics but it's still a fact.
1. Mayweather 2. Ward Then, probably: 3. Pacquiao 4. Bradley 5. Wladimir 6. Marquez 7. Rigondeaux 8. Sergio Then, the final two spots are toss ups between Donaire, Froch, Roman G, Danny G, Mikey G, and Ioka. Donaire can reassert himself into the top 10 of everyone's list with a decisive victory over Vetyeka; as can Froch with one over Groves in the rematch.
Ward has no place at #2 anymore thats for sure 1. Floyd 2. Pac 3. Rigondeaux 4. Wlad 5. Ward 6. Martinez 7. Bradley 8. Stevenson 9. Lara 10. Froch
And why not? Inactivity can remove you entirely, I agree, but it can't cause one to slip down slots without the people below having done enough to earn leapfrogging the person in the first place. If that is the case, Pac's one year of inactivity after back-to-back defeats would have caused him to slip so far out of the top 10 that even the cupcake victory over Rios and the legit victory over Bradley wouldn't be enough to elevate him that far... And Bradley would have never been ranked as high on your list as others' in the first place due to his inactivity ever since, well, the Devon Alexander fight. And come on! You are a massive hypocrite! Sergio hasn't fought in one year! And that fight was controversial with over half of folks scoring it for Murray. Yet you rank him 6th? But somehow Ward can't qualify for number two based on __________? I'm curious.
The pound for pound rankings suck but if they entered Alexander at number 7, dropped everyone a place it would be the best 147 rankings on the web. The fact they have Broner at number 10 though, despite the fact he has not had one victory at the weight, proves they are still trolling with their rankings. [url]http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/welterweight[/url]
Two Judges, most of press row, and most scorers of this forum who carefully analyzed the fight had Broner winning a close match against Malignaggi. #10 welterweight is not ridiculous for Broner. What is ridiculous is that they had him, like, p4p #9 before his loss to Maidana.