Distinguished columnist Steve Kim exposes Ring Mag., lineal title

is bigfag still crying?

 

1) I changed no context. What you posted was speculation.

2) Says their own rules. He hadn't signed to fight Freitas before he was stripped. We know this for a fact. And we know he was stripped before the deadline to fight Diaz because Diaz fought Morales before the deadline was even up. Simple.

3) He was clearly better than the other champs in the majorities eyes. He gave up some titles to fight OTHER champs. Not just to not fight JMM, who again, was a nobody. Interesting point you bring up....Why has Mayweather not been stripped by the WBC?

4) Hopkins is a good example. Calzaghe has been Ring champion since 06, then beat their #1 contender. Bad example since Kessler is still #1 contender for obvious reasons. Pavlik is NOW fighting someone who isn't Top 10, after rematching the former Ring champion. Bad example. Mayweather, yes, he is holding up the division. And Hatton is only choosing not to fight ONE fighter. Up in the air on that case. You named 2 good examples IMO out of 10 champions.

5) Who said anything was wrong with being like Ring. Not me. If they rated better fighters all the time, this wouldn't be an issue. You ever compare the rankings of each org? They have fighters ranked #1 in one org that isn't rated top 10 in another.

6) So they would have broken their rules if they could have. This makes it better HOW?

 

What Mayweather won't accept and what is right are not the same thing.

Cotto has nothing Mayweather wants? He doesn't want to prove he is the best in the ring? Or unify? Neither the ABC orgs OR the Ring are doing anything about this. So its not relevant.

And in your highly unlikely scenario? They use that "special circumstances" clause you seem to have no problem with to let the 4 fight each other and then force the winners to face off.

 

Mayweather saying Cotto isn't big enough for him is the same as pricing one's self out IMHO.

 

Ok again were going back to them having a problem. Nobody is disputing that. But if we can agree that despite all their problems, they still have the best rankings, then we can agree that they have the best list of champions. Therefore Ring champions is higher regarded than ABC champions. Simple logic youre trying so hard to complicate...

 

Fraud is gonna duck Cotto no matter what, Ring mag mando or not.

mandatories are only a good idea if you have good rankings to begin with - and ABC do not. The better the mandatory is the more likely the fighter will throw the belt in the trash ala Riddick Bowe to avoid Lennox.

plus if you have #1 ranked as a mando and the champ fights #2 ranked for three times more money then its bad to strip the champ IMO. Perhaps they should say - Champ must fight a top 3/5 ranked fighter at least once a year to keep linear belt . . . but then injuries come into play. So thats why ring mag makes it harder to strip their linear champ - look at the horrible reasons ABC belts use to strip champs.

Again, you can find fault with it cause it aint perfect or you can recognize that its MUCH better than ABC crap. The more fans ignore ABC and defer to ring mag the better off the sport will be.

 

The Ring magazine lost its credentials when DLH bought it.

 

Ring really needs to adress the fact that some Ring champs will NOT face anyone top ranked and rather chase money fights ala' Hopkins and Mayweather right now.

They should add a stipulation that they will strip their Champ unless he defended against a top 5 Ring Ranked fighter w/i a year (or at least have signed contracts by the two parties).

 

I agree

 

Hops is facing clearly the best SMW after beating the best LHW. I aint no Hops fan but stripping him for that would be dumb.