I think Rocky has received arguably more than half a dozen gift decisions in his career. (Orlando Salido I & II, Diego Magdaleno, Juan Carlos Burgos, Miguel Beltran Jr., Francisco Lorenzo, and Jose Leonardo Cruz)
Lomachenko will dismantle everyone in the division, so just like a lot of posters ranked Ward at Number 2 before he'd even made his debut at LHW, I'll one up them. Number 1 Lomachenko
If Siri wins badly, you might just have to give it to him, maybe on just pure resume alone. Wins over Lomachenko, Vargas, should have been Martinez too last fight, JML, Kokietgym Siri is really such a good fighter, way better than his record suggests. I think my list could need a little edit. Maybe siri is too low. Yeah probably.
He is at least in the conversation now, as dominating the undefeated Barrera was a solid first splash in the 175lb waters. The clear #1 is still Kovalev, however...and much as we may not like it, the lineal champ is Stevenson. Ward has some work to do to catch up to both of them.
None of the poll options. Vargas at the minute, but if Salido beats him, I'd move Corrales into #1. Uchiyama #2 Salido #3. Similar example recently was I had Budler no.1 at 105, but because Rojas best him, I promoted Menayothin to no 1 as opposed to Rojas taking the spot.