ESB Official Rankings Constitution: First Draft

Looks pretty good to me Lampley. Your work needs to be commended.

Good stuff.

 

:good

 

Sounds like a go:good

 

So how are we gonna do this? Not sure if the nomination thread should be stickied as much as bumped periodically.

People seem to have missed this one because they rarely look up here. We can refer them to this thread for the constitution though.

 

Sounds good.

 

I agree that at the lower weight classes we should only really be ranking 5 fighters. What is the point if we are simply analysing results or boxing media, and not actual fight footage.

 

I think 8 from the classic forum is double what is needed. We are judging current boxers and fights here. I have no doubt there are some great boxing minds who use that particular forum, but they should really be particpating more in the general forum to be considered IMO, considering the subject matter consists of issues that would be discussed in the general forum.

 

Also, as mentioned by myself in the nominations thread, we should really have people representing different parts of the globe to an extent. Particularly when you are conisdering top ten contenders. Most times contenders are only fighting on domestic or regional levels, and will only be seen by country men or posters who reside in that particular region. This would help ensure we have an element of objectivity on the commitee, as well as possbily making the rankings more accurate, as most times fighters will have actually been seen in action, not just read or heard about!

 

Another very important issue is what criteria are we going to use when making our rankings (as raised by Amsterdam). How are we going to make our ranking system different to every other websites system, and ensure that they are as accurate as possible. I believe that the best way to do this, is make ability a much bigger factor then most other systems (ring ect). Resume can only tell you so much. Whilst I still believe it is the best way to truely calculate a fighters ability against elite competition, surely we can think OUTSIDE the square and do something different here. Perhaps once the comittee is formed, it could be a point that is voted upon, as it is surely something that will require clarification.

 

We mentioned the regional issue earlier. However, it was deemed that it would cause more problems than it would solve. I can't remember the reasons, but I am sure you can find it.

 

Sorry I couldn't see it there on first look? Was it on this thread for sure?

 

There was a thread that preceded this one before Lampley made the constitution thread. It discussed this issue. You may have to do a search on it though. Sorry can't help more (headed out to Wal Mart otherwise I would find the link for ya)