Should Ring Magazine put Hatton back in the P4P top ten?

What's wrong with that?

If you fight the best and beat the best you should be held in higher regard than someone who hasn't.

I'm not sure what you're getting at with Calzaghe-Pac comparison; boxing is a scissor-paper-stone kinda sport; every boxer has styles they struggle with.

I personally don't have a problem with the P-4-P lists, and definetly don't have a problem with Pac-Man being ranked as the best fighter in the world.

 

He should be clearly above Paul Williams!

 

i think how you win fights should play apart aswel, he didnt look that good against Urango, Collazo, Lazcano and was KOd aswel, id say he is top 15 but cant put him ahead of Guzman, Calderon or Kessler, they dont have the names Ricky has, but look more dominant in most performances.

I think ''resume'' shouldnt be the ONLY thing to base a p4p opinion on.

 

I clicked yes and was surprised that so many agreed!

I'll post my P4P later

 

Guzman must surely be classed as inactive, surely?

 

Agreed.

 

i think he'll re-enter the top 10 cos hatton was promoted by GBP and wants to fight dlh next.

 

Putting him back in the top 10 as a result of a win against a shop-worn Malignaggi? I don't think so!

He stays exactly where he is for me - just outside the top 10.

 

Everyone seems to be answering this on the basis of their own rankings, whereas the question was whether Ring Magazine should have him in their top ten.

Obviously personal rankings are a different matter, but absolutely unequivocally Hatton should be in The Ring top ten.

He beat Tszyu, who they had at number three P4P prior to that fight. He beat Castillo, who they had at number seven P4P prior to that fight. Now he's beaten Malignaggi, who they ranked number two at LWW. His only defeat is to Mayweather, who they ranked number one P4P.

Meanwhile, Cotto is in there, with a dubious win over Moseley (who the ring had as, what, 4th best WW?) and a loss to Margarito, who was nowhere near their P4P top ten.

By their own standards, The Ring should have Hatton no lower than six.

 

8-10 for me. He was harshly dropped in the first place and now he's just dominated the Rings number 1 at 140.

 

Working on that criteria you do have a very valid point; the question was of course relating to the Ring Magazine ratings; he sits at 11 on my list, but judging by what you have said then yes the Ring should reinstate him at some position in the top 10 (by their ratings he has just beat, and by all accounts well beat, the No.1 contender in his division).

 

cotto is still on there after the margarito loss, possibly because of the judah and mosley wins not so long ago.

i think that if cotto is still p4p, hatton should be there or thereabouts

 

EXACTLY !!

the Ring is a F**kin joke though and has been for some time (even before the GBP take over) the 100 best fighters thing they do every year is laughable !

Gimme Boxing News and Boxing Monthly any day of the week !

 

If people think he should have been in the top 10 before the Malignaggi fight, that's fine as far as I'm concerned. I mean, I disagree, but have no issue with it.

But if anyone thinks that the win catapults him further up the rankings in any way, shape, or form - that's stupid.

 

Excellent point.