By Frank Warren
The WBC have done no favours to Anthony Joshua by placing him at number two in their heavyweight rankings.
I am the first to admit that London's Olympic champion has done well so far, but he is not ready for such a ridiculous elevation after only a dozen bouts, none of them for a meaningful title and mostly against old warhorses who have seen better days.
It is ridiculous for a governing body to rank him so highly at this stage of his career. It makes no sense at all. What would happen if the No.1 contender suddenly lost a fight? Would Josh be pushed into a world title shot? It would be daft.
It is difficult to comprehend WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman's explanation.
He says: "The problem lately in boxing is that they put the fighters out, rush them out too quick and that is not good for a fighter as he needs to go through a process.
"Joshua's ranking has to do with his activity, but also the fact that several fighters were ahead of him and the either lost or went to fight for another organisation title. Joshua has been coming up very quickly recently because of that.
"You had Jennings (lost to Klitschko), Tyson Fury (fighting for other titles) and others, so we have to look for other names because they were on top. They either lost or went somewhere else which means other fighters will move.
"The WBC rankings are exclusively to fight for the WBC title, so if you go off and fight for another organisation title then you are not included in the rankings because you are not available to fight for the WBC title.
"This is why Joshua is so high, but he is a tremendous prospect."
I agree that he's a great prospect but I don't agree with Mauricio's reasoning for the ranking.
The explanation doesn't stand up. It is putting pressure on the boy that he doesn't need. There is still more we need to know about his stamina and punch-resistance.
One possible fight down the line that might answer a few questions would be if he met Germany's new European champion Erkan Teper, who banged out David Price.
He seems to be lined up for Commonwealth and British titles first of course, and there could be a twist in the tale.
It may well be that Dereck Chisora will be European champion again by then because he's gunning for a match with Teper.
I met with Dereck this week and he has urged me to try and make the match. Alternatively, he would like to fight the former world champion Bermane Stiverne.
It is good to know that Del Boy still has ambition. Many expected him to drift quietly off into the sunset after his second loss to Tyson Fury but that's not his style.
He's only 31, young-ish for a heavyweight these days, and he reckons he still has plenty to offer. We will see!
He looked in good nick when he came back after eight months on the Wembley bill and although it wasn't the most demanding fight, he did the job well in polishing off Georgia's Bega Lobjanidze in just 29 seconds. It was a brief but brutal encounter.
He has new trainer in Gary Innes, a former kick-boxer who Chisora says he given him back his mojo. And a refreshingly positive new attitude.
OK, so one comeback fight doesn't make him a world beater and it's a long haul back, but one thing about Dereck is that he isn't afraid of taking on anyone.
I noticed that as well as being in excellent condition, the shot he threw to dispose of Lobjanidze was executed perfectly, turning his arm, shoulder and wrist into it, whereas in the past he has had a tendency to sometimes slap.
If he'd have hit Tyson Fury like that we might be having a whole new ball game now.