Doug Fischer appreciation thread

A victory over Marquez at welterweight should not catapult any fighter up THE RING’s 147-pound and pound-for-pound rankings, but that’s just what happened to Mayweather in this week’s updated RING Ratings. To paraphrase Roy Jones Jr. -- who preceded Mayweather as the American boxer everyone overrated because of uncanny athletic ability and careful matchmaking -- I think my colleagues at THE RING “musta forgot” that Marquez is a lightweight (even though he holds the magazine’s 135-pound title). That’s the only way I can fathom THE RING editorial board’s ranking Mayweather No. 2 at welterweight, which displaced Miguel Cotto, and No. 2 in the magazine’s pound-for-pound Ratings, a spot held by Marquez. I disagree with both RING ratings, particularly Mayweather’s divisional placement. Before I go any further, allow me to make a few things clear. Although I'm the Co-Editor of RingTV.com (the official website of THE RING) I am not part of the magazine's editorial board, which compiles the weekly ratings. RingTV.com Co-Editor Michael Rosenthal and I are part of THE RING Ratings Panel of boxing journalists who are welcome to give their two cents on the magazine's rankings, but we do not have the final word on who goes where in the ratings. Now that I've cleared that up let me state that I don't think the editorial board is completely out of line for ranking Mayweather where they did. I just don't agree with it. RING Ratings Update by Doug Fischer http://www.ringtv.com/blog/1128/ring_ratings_update_does_mayweather_deserve_his_ring_rankings_/ --- It is a good call out to the RINGs upper brass but I do worry if he get to keep his job.