The Transnational Boxing Rankings

Wasn't Richie Aprile in the Sopranos? Any relation?

 

I would imagine one might be more apt, despite that phononym, to confuse Abril with Salvatore Bonpensiero (perhaps better known by another name) :think

 

As in: "Come over here and give your Uncle Puss a hug"

 

Right. We aren't pimping ourselves much. It's kind of a quiet, "we're here" approach that relies on fans and word-of-mouth more than anything. There's this forum (McGrain), the feedback tab on the website (me), Twitter (Tim Starks), and press releases (only three I think so far -the founding, switch from monthly to weekly in Dec '12, and the one-year anniversary. I did something called "Why Wlad Isn't King" before he became king but that wasn't really a press release).

Some/Most of the writing members will mention it in their coverage and features. I for one use our rankings exclusively with no mention of even "titles/titlist" at all. I see no need to and find that it makes the whole thing more readable, less confusing, and more honest.

Together, however, our bottom line is simple: Boxing needs an uncompromised rankings system/rankings that is authoritative and that does not acknowledge the confused claims of sanctioning bodies.

 

With all due respect, would it help credibility if the voters (or those involved in TBR) used their real names on forums instead of posting behind usernames? At least on this thread?

 

I'm not hiding, man. I've been posting on this forum under that name for nine years now.

 

Garcia fought more recently than Ward. :huh

 

So if Uchiyama happened to not exist, would Garcia by default have been 130lb "champ" and thus exempt from stripping due to inactivity? Or would he merely have been #1 and thus strippable?

 

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Rummy's doing, must be stoned.