Results Are In: ESB Official Rankings

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Hopkins at number four caused me to give up on humanity all together mate.

He beat Tarver soundly.
Guzman did the same to Barios, Mosley to Collazo, Hatton to Castillo, Calzaghe to Lacy, Barrera to Juarez (and Barrera should be nowhere near the rankings. Don't guve me the weight rubbish either, Hopkins was very comfrotable at LHW. How does Bernard end up above all these other superior fighters? None of the others lost to Taylor either.

You should all be sectioned for somehow percieving this 42 years old as one of the best 5 boxers in the world. He is so inactive, visably slower now and lacks power. It is absolute insanity.

 

You didn't know Hopkins was number four until after the vote was over. I didn't even rate Hopkins, but thats not the point. I understand if in the end, the commitment was too much, but at the same time, you can't criticize after not holding up your end of the deal.

 

He would have been, it was guarenteed. And Calzaghe was just below him.

About 85% of them commited the crime.

 

How was it guarenteed?

That doesnt even make sense. The system in place makes it so that NOTHING is guarenteed.

If you had voted, he would have lost points in the system and in all reality and probability dropped.

So, fact is, you didnt even participate....then complained about the outcome.

You have become increasingly anti-anything american lately....especially Hopkins. You bash anyone who in your eyes displays any level of American "bias", then you go and contradict yourself by doing the exact opposite.

I have been one of your supporters on here for awhile, but as of late...Im losing hope.

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I'm not slagging Hopkins off, he is an old man and would probably agree more or less with my assessment of his abilities at this time.

Having read the interview with Hopkins on teh front page, it should be clear he knows his stuff. He is just about the smartest American fighter out there (picking Calzaghe and Kessler over Pavlik). He applied this knowledge well as a businessman, when he hand picked Tarver and Wright.

 

Hey what's the story on the vote for new committee members?? Any word on that.

I scanned the ratings, and they look excellent from what I can see. And, whether people like Bernard Hopkins or not, or think that he's one of the best at 42 years old or not - he is there on his accomplishments in the ring - with a victory over the acknowledge LHW champ, Tarver, and a P4P entrant in Wright. There really shouldn't be any question that he's among the ten best in the sport.

 

Unless I could have somehow deducted all of Hopkins' points, then it was guarenteed. He had simply been listed top 5 so many times.

 

Tarver is shocking, the fact he was the percieved man at 175 just tells you how credible the American media are. Now that lie has been passed on from Tarver to Hopkins. And a 170 pound Wright is nothing like a P4P fighter.

 

Yah, its in there. The new members were listed on the first page I think.

 

Now now, Tarver was the man at 175. Surely you don't believe Erdai was? Or Clinton Woods?