The Transnational Boxing Rankings

Which raises the point I made in the post above.

If TNBR does not have mandatories, how would a 'champion ' ever be compelled to defend against the best competition in the division ?

 

Media and fan pressure.

 

That doesn't seem to have forced Canelo to defend against GGG.

 

And we all know that doesn't work.

 

I agree, but it's better than stripping for not facing a mandatory.

Like when Lewis got stripped for facing Grant over Ruiz, I don't agree with it.

For me the ultimate is what they do in UFC, 1 promoter, 1 belt, 1 ranking system.

 

Lemieux wasn't rated number two by TBRB, though.

 

Yeah, cause Grant proved to be the far better fighter historically.

 

I don't think he did.

 

Legacy wise.....money wise.......everything wise......Lewis would have been far better off fighting Ruiz.

Golota had just exposed Grant as a fraud, and must have had some type of backdoor deal to take the L, b/c very MUCH LIKE Banks v Mitchell 2, Golota literally gave the W to Grant.

 

Well at the time Grant was rated higher than Ruiz and had a better resume.

 

Context is everything. At that time, Grant was regarded as a far more worthy contender than Ruiz. Yeah, Golota folded against Grant, but Grant did enough to ensure that Golota would fold. That victory, along with wins over then ranked fighters like Sullivan and Izon were enough for Grant to earn a higher rating than Ruiz, whose best wins to that point where over a faded Tucker and a SD over Thunder.

 

How am I supposed to take seriously any rankings where Alexander Povetkin -- two-time drug cheat -- is ranked No 1?

 

Yeah I don't agree with his standing as the best HW on the planet.

 

Shouldn't be ranked at all.

If he was caught hitting his opponents with a baseball bat, I guess they wouldn't let that bother them either. These ratings have zero credibility with me.