HWs WBA ranking really is a joke

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  1. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    This Is the WBA HWs Ranking.

    Is It a joke?


    Anthony Joshua

    Manuel Charr
    Trevor Bryan
    WBA Gold: Robert Helenius

    1) Daniel Dubois (First ???????)
    2) Oleksandr Usyk
    3) Luis Ortiz (higher than when he was younger. Lol)
    4) Andy Ruiz
    5) Charles Martin
    6) Michael Hunter
    7) Agit Kabayel (Who?)
    8) Adam Kownacki
    9) Gerald Washington
    10) Mark De Mori (destroyed by Haye in 2 rounds)
    11) Jonnie Rice (Boxrec:14W, 6L,1D...nah)
    12) Frank Sanchez
    13) Zhan Kossobutskiy (Who?)
    14) Mike Wilson (Who?)
    15) Lener Pero (Who?)

    Thoughts?
     
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  2. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    The idea that you can have a top 15 plus belts and yet not have Fury, Whyte, Joyce, Parker or Wilder on that list is absolutely laughable.

    Regardless of where you'd personally put those guys, they certainly all belong on any sane top 15 list.

    Having Dubois that high up is taking a massive dump on its credibility too - an up and coming fighter with some potential yes, but he's done **** all to be sitting there.
     
  3. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not only that, Joyce who KOd him isn't even in the top 15
     
  4. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Absolute joke ranking.

    And still hasn't really done anything - ridiculously overrated for how little he's accomplished.

    Hasn't fought in... 18 months?

    Since AJ has beaten only bums, the least crap of which is Gerald Washington, and lost a UD to Kownacki.

    Now you are really, really taking the :pipi...
     
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  5. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought Dubois and Ortiz being ranked in the top 3 was terrible but De Mori being ranked at all really takes the ****.
     
  6. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Where's Joyce?

    Maybe banning this corrupt organization from the US isn't a bad idea.
     
  7. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    3/4 of their champions aren't in anyone's top 10 and somehow half the list is worse than them. Much worse.
     
  8. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Obviously almost the entire list is terrible but I am genuinely shocked to see Mark de Mori on that list! He has beaten nobody and has only had one bout in the last two years against a person with a 21-20 record...
     
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  9. zeratul

    zeratul Active Member Full Member

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    Fury is the WBC champion, so that's expected (unless you mean Hughie, lol).
    As for the rest, don't they have some rules that if you are pursuing a title within other organizations, they don't rank you in WBA?
     
  10. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you don’t know who Zhan Kossobutisky is you need to get more into boxing. That said though, yeah, the list is awful.
     
  11. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If that were the case Usyk wouldn’t be ranked. He’s WBO mandatory.
     
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  12. WhataRock

    WhataRock VIP Member Full Member

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    Breaking news!!..Scientists find water is wet.
     
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  13. Trafford

    Trafford Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You guys realise you only get ranked by a governing body if you pay sanctioning fees in most cases.

    Joyce is paying WBO so ranked there. Dubois was paying WBO before he lost to Joyce and now pays the WBA so he miraculously finds himself on the rankings
     
  14. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Water isn't wet, though. I'm surprised that in 2021, people are still posting this fallacy.
     
  15. Holler

    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    You are doing a grave disservice to the only ranking organisation employing the latest quantum AI modelling in their systems.
     
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