ESPN's Pound-For-Pound rankings after Kovalev-Ward 1

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  1. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I get your point and I don't have him at P4P #2 either. But the "how would they perform if eveyone was the same size and weight" idea, what prompted the P4P rankings, should remain the most important issue. No matter how flawed the whole idea...
     
  2. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ranking Kov above Ward is biased and dickriding and that list is not an official pfp list.
     
  3. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    And putting GG at 2 is utterly embarrassing.
     
  4. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Name one WW and below that you would put your money against him? Maybe Crawford? I still favor Pac.
     
  5. iii

    iii Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Calm down son...you're embarrassing your self.
     
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  6. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thats your opinion , my opinion is ward and Kovalev are pretty evenly matched though much different fighters about on the same level .
    I don't think either are close to ggg's level. the only fighter in boxing I believe is on ggg's level, (this is me assuming he has a real chin) is Spence .

    I believe ggg and Spence beat everyone else if all things equal... I thought more of Kovalev before the Ward fight. he, Kovalev I wholely believe Kovalev won that fight but he showed his true limitations in that fight , just under the elite level for me.

    To be elite you have to be elite all around the boards and he proved he doesn't have even good conditioning and he proved to be unable to to do what he should had been able to do vs a truly over matched opponent .

    Ggg and Spence then everyone else for me.
    I have Canelo right under these guys, he's a fighter that can compete and beat anyone on any given night

    Crawford, rigorous, maybe Loma are with Kovalev and ward
     
  7. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There is no such thing as an official p4p list. it's impossible to have anything "official" when it's 100% subjective
     
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  8. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Crawford, Brook, possibly Khan (if he didn't get knocked out) or Thurman. Possibly Spence, if he's not overhyped, he might have too much strength, speed, and stamina for Manny at this point.

    But that's immaterial since nobody at welterweight deserves to be ranked in the top 10 either.
    1.Gonzalez
    2.Lomachenko
    3.Rigondeaux
    4.Ward
    5.Golovkin
    6.Kovalev
    7.Crawford
    8.Usyk
    9.Inoue
    10.Estrada
    11.Lara
    12.Canelo
    13.Yamanaka
    14.Frampton

    Something like that would be fair.
     
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  9. FuMaster

    FuMaster Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The ESPN up-to-date list has Ward above Kovalev.
     
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  10. Liquid Fire

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  11. Todd498

    Todd498 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Absolutely!!
     
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  12. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Gee I didn't know that Stam. It's sarcasm.
     
  13. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Loma is going to cash the top 5 in the next installment.
     
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