Boxrecs P4P list 1 This content is protected Bernard Hopkinslight heavyweight 2 This content is protected Floyd Mayweather Jrlight middleweight 3 This content is protected Israel Vazquezsuper bantamweight 4 This content is protected Chris Johnfeatherweight 5 This content is protected Ricky Hattonlight welterweight 6 This content is protected Jermain Taylormiddleweight 7 This content is protected Shane Mosleywelterweight 8 This content is protected Joe Calzaghesuper middleweight 9 This content is protected Cristian Mijaressuper flyweight 10 This content is protected Miguel Angel Cottowelterweight 11 This content is protected Manny Pacquiaosuper featherweight 12 This content is protected Juan Manuel Marquezsuper featherweight 13 This content is protected Hozumi Hasegawabantamweight 14 This content is protected Mikkel Kesslersuper middleweight 15 This content is protected Alexander Munozsuper flyweight 16 This content is protected Cory Spinksmiddleweight 17 This content is protected Rafael Marquezsuper bantamweight 18 This content is protected Wladimir Klitschkoheavyweight 19 This content is protected Juan Diazlightweight 20 This content is protected Celestino Caballerosuper bantamweight 21 This content is protected Takefumi Sakataflyweight 22 This content is protected Clinton Woodslight heavyweight 23 This content is protected Oscar De La Hoyalight middleweight 24 This content is protected Paul Williamswelterweight 25 This content is protected Glen Johnsonlight heavyweight What do you make of it?
Boxrec rankings are terrible.Look at the rankings for each weight class - eg Corey Spinks #2 middleweight - laughable
In a sport as chaotic and random as boxing, there's no possible way for an empirical system to work. You have to view this stuff subjectively.
Boxrec see it as a objective boxing records. The boxing journalists in the most cases are objective and gives proper due. Boxing fans in most cases favour their favorite boxers regardless of the outcome. its good to have somethings rationale as boxing records to bias the fans nuthuggery.
I'm not sure I understand. How could anyone defend these rankings? They make no sense at all. And I'm sure Boxrec sees it as objective, but you can't make boxing be objective in the current environment. No way.
Right, and that can't work. Their rankings are their business, I appreciate all the work they do, but they'd be better off just having their editors vote or something.
Off course they are objetive. Hopkins was reighning champion for many years and lost to undefeated prospect. Now he have two wins over the recognized "man" at LHW and top5 p4p fighter. Nobody have better record than him recently. PBF is unbeaten but he didnt fought any p4p fighter in many years. His win over Baldomir is good from the record point of view because he beat liner champion. His win over Oscar is just a money fight and these are slightly lower than recent wins of Hopkins. Hatton and John are unbeaten and "chmpions" in their weight classes with good recent wins. But you shouldn't make case they are below Hopkins and Maywetaher. I don't see Vasquez as high. Calzaghe and Taylor formally still unbeaten with not best record in terms of beating best competition recently. Mijares beat top guys recently ans is unbeaten in many years. The only case which is really logically not real is PAC at 11. I think this list would be DECENT if you just exchange PAC with Vasquez.