Someone explain The Ring mag ratings

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by bailey, Nov 23, 2013.


  1. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Someone explain The Ring mag ratings

    So many go on about the Ring mag ratings and claim them to be the top ratings etc. But I have asked questions before with the ratings and nobody can give a sensible answer

    Explain this
    Andre Dirrell who last fought in Feb 2013 against a 16-6 fighter and before that fought Dec 2011 has suddenly become a top 10 SMW now that Rodriguez is not in the top 10 (who I personally didnt think should have been in there). But Dirrell suddenly has arrived after only 2 fights in nearly 2 years and one against a 16-6 fighter?

    How come Balzsay is not in the top 10?



    I bet people who have argued with regards to the mag ratings avoid this thread
     
  2. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You of all people complaining about an organization's ratings?! Yet, you have the WBO's ratings of the 1980s memorized and treat them as gospel, despite the fact that they rated a dead man
     
  3. Super Hans

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    This

    All you have to see is Broner is number 1 at Lightweight and he's not even a Lightweight.

    And if that's not ridiculous enough, he is, wait for it......

    In the pound for pound top 10!!!!

    :patsch:patsch:lol::lol::lol::rofl:rofl:rofl
     
  4. Stilt Skinner?

    Stilt Skinner? Active Member Full Member

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    DLH owns the ring magazine.
     
  5. Super Hans

    Super Hans The Super One™ banned

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    I've just notice friggin Canelo is too :-(

    If Mayweather didn't prove he wasn't elite, then I guess CJ Ross is on the ranking committee.
     
  6. Bladegunner

    Bladegunner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How does losing t mayweather prove u not elite? Canelo got the same treatment everyone else got which was a loss.
     
  7. Super Hans

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    Mayweather moved up in weight and Canelo did worse than Guerrero and Cotto did.
     
  8. The Peasant

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    Ill have a go at it;

    First, Oscar snorts cocaine- lots of cocaine. Depending on the day/time PCP might be involved too. Then he comes up with the rankings while snorting more cocaine- and a webmaster puts them on the website.

    That is how the Ring ranking works. Thank you for reading my comprehensive explanation.
     
  9. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    I dont have any ratings memorised but do remember odd things from the past, but I dont have the WBOs ratings memorised and havent called any ratings gospel.
    Think you got the wrong person there.
    So by this it appears that you dont see any issues with the thread question, trying to defend something y pointing to something else. Thats you worked out
     
  10. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    With these things people note, why do so many go on about them and not rate other magazine ratings?
     
  11. Super Hans

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    I think people have noticed how **** they have become recently. I was looking at ESPN's the other day. Their P4P rankings are fairly respectable but hilariously, someone voted for Lomachenko as number 10 despite the fact he's had one fight :lol:

    http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10000512/espn-pound-pound-rankings
     
  12. bailey

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    Odd isnt it.

    I did a thread at the time, but it was during the S6 the SMW ratings went weird to me. There was more to it than this and I would have to find the old thread to recall it all, but Kessler beat Froch and then one fight later Froch was put above Kessler. It looked like they were looking to get a number 1 and 2 for The Ring title, but Kessler was suddenly under Froch, I think after Ward beat Kessler he went to number 2 with Bute above, then I think it was Ward beating Green or Bika an old Bute victim he went above and Froch did also I think. It was odd but did look like they were trying to get a number 1 and 2 to make for the title.
     
  13. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LOL, you quote rankings more than any other poster on this forum:patsch.

    I have seen countless threads where you try to defend a certain fighters record by citing their rankings (usually by the WBO). Now Bailey do not try and re-write history here mate:D.

    My point is if you criticize the Ring it is just as corrupt as any other organization and is light years better than the WBO (back then) who literally had ranked a dead man after he passed away.

    I guess if you never use a fighters ranking in an argument, then you would agree that it has very little merit in this practice given the **** organizations that do it
     
  14. Super Hans

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    They removed Marco Huck from the Cruiserweight ratings just to have a fight for the title. Then put him back in straight after. :lol:

    Then to defended their behavior, they totally changed their championship policy. :lol:
     
  15. assasin

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    because it's American biased.

    the writer's for the magazine are ******ed in the extreme. everything about it is absolutely gash!

    it isn't the bible of boxing. it's just a pile of unreadable ****. no one should take any notice of what it has to say.

    worthless magazine.