~~~ABCDEs - Ranking puzzle...~~~

:rofl - sorry mate... Mundine is on the incline, not decline - he keeps evolving, just like Bute is. Bute-Bika gave me some insight of Bute. He struggled abit due to his "new" more defensive adequade style, but he adapted very well to Bika's offence(I think Bika boxed very well till 6th round). From then on, Bute wiped the floor with Bika. I was both impressed with Bute, and put off a bit - but mostly impressed.

 

Those who thought it was too complicated, did not participate - even when simplified.

Some find it easier, when letters have names attached to them.

 

I never complained it was too complicated. Quite the opposite actually. But I can see where you're coming from.

 

Yes, Mundine is alot better since then, imho.

 

You should receive kudos for making this thread, and the other one. It was a good excersize.

 

You disagree?

 

Bute evolves as well... He has alot of talent, maybe limitless, but he has some work to do.

If he keeps his head straight, he could very well beat Mundine and beyond that. But I have seen alot of improvement in Mundine, since he lost to Siaca.

I think that Butes' next fight will prove alot more than Mundines next.

 

:rofl :rofl Dont edit my post - I hailed Bute more than sufficiently

 

There are a great number of flaws in your arguement after this point. I will state my opinion after this point:

I think the vast majority of people would agree with A being ranked 1, and E being ranked last.

Then we are left with
B (beat C, D)
C (beat A, E)
D (beat C, E)

I find it is impossible for you to rank D above C without being hypocritical in your arguement. D and C both share a win over E. But C has a second win over the number 1 postion, while D's win is over someone rated below that. So C should clearly be ranked over D. This is hard to argue in my opinion.

When it comes to B and D, they both share a victory over C. Because we know that E is last, we come to the conclusion that B's win over D is greater than D's win over E, so B must be ranked higher than D.

So in my opinion it is very hard to argue the fact that D should be second to last.

So we are left with
1. A
2.
3.
4. D
5. E

At this point we are left with B(wins over C,D) and C(wins over A,E). B has wins over number 2(or 3) and number 4. C has wins over number 1 and 5.

It is up to the person to decide what they feel is greater. If we were to award 5 points for a win over 1st place, 4 over 2nd, ect, and if you were to rank B over C, C would have 1 more point than B. If you were to rank C over B, they would have an equal amount of points. So technically the best choice would probably have them tied for the number 2 spot. But in my opinion, a win over the top dog is worth slightly more than two wins over average to above average opponents. This is why I rank C over B.

My final ranking:

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. E