The Ring is finished.

Dougie use to be my favorite journalist, but since going to the ring he has become somewhat of a sellout.Sad really. right i liked his articles too, but really cant respect him after seeing him trying to justify the ring's bs

Fischer just posted his mailbag where he said he disagreed with Giampa, but that his reasoning was legitimate. He went onto argue that if Broner beat ATG Paulie Malignaggi, that proved he was an elite fighter. I am not making this up. Seriously. And this guy is the editor, the fucking editor of the Ring magazine. Damn shame what a boxing institution has been reduced to. Dougie use to be my favorite journalist, but since going to the ring he has become somewhat of a sellout.Sad really.

to me the whole whoring of the belts it's what killed them, the ring belt used to be a very prestigious title because of how hard it was to get one. now it looks like by the end of the year all divisions will have a champ, how much long till they start charging fees?

ring's p4p ratings went full retard after manny got ko'ed....donaire should still be top ten, but broner, bradley and guerrero don't belong...replace these 3 with mares, rigo and froch and i'll be a happy camper... broner - hasn't done **** that can remotely been seen as p4p worthy guerrero - hasn't really done anything that is p4p worthy either..he beat berto who wasn't even ranked #10 at ww, he beat some relatively unknown come forward brawler named aydin who soon after lost to journeyman karass...so how really good was aydin to begin with? bradley - prior to his robbery win of pac you could say was p4p but as of lately he hasn't looked p4p at all...he was outpointed against pac and most recently almost got put out by a guy that ring magazine ranked #10 at 140...

I dont see how mares isnt up there instead of broner.... The ghost does not belong in there. Also Danny Garcia being the champ at 140 is a joke. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

It's sad really, I'm so disgusted with what The Ring has degenerated to that I haven't even had the will to crack open any of the last 6 issues. They sent me a subscription renewal and it went right into the shredder. They need to just go ahead and rename the damn rag Golden Boy Magazine. I'm done with them. :wave:

What a shame... Newspapers and magazines are done anyway. Agreed The net overtook paper based news years ago

Fischer just posted his mailbag where he said he disagreed with Giampa, but that his reasoning was legitimate. He went onto argue that if Broner beat ATG Paulie Malignaggi, that proved he was an elite fighter. I am not making this up. Seriously. And this guy is the editor, the f ucking editor of the Ring magazine. Damn shame what a boxing institution has been reduced to. Damn, so beating Paulie makes you elite now? I guess Cano is an elite fighter now too... Sometimes these so called boxing journalists just talk out of their ass. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

They got paid to put someone with ZERO resume like Broner in the P4P list Broner has someone hidden pushing him up Chavez Jr. has a better resume that him

Fischer just posted his mailbag where he said he disagreed with Giampa, but that his reasoning was legitimate. He went onto argue that if Broner beat ATG Paulie Malignaggi, that proved he was an elite fighter. I am not making this up. Seriously. And this guy is the editor, the fucking editor of the Ring magazine. Damn shame what a boxing institution has been reduced to.

Should change its name to Goldenboy Magazine. Oscar purchasing The Ring was the worst thing that could happen to the publication. Anyone who can't see the bias in these rankings is a fool.

Donaire still being on the P4P list is GBP trying hard to sign him soon..Richard makes his slick comments,and they keep him on the list even when it's clear he does not belong there..Funny..

Not a fan of Rigo but after beating Donaire, he should be in the top 10. And Guerero is in there. Good thing i don't subscribe to them anymore or buy there mag in the news stand.

Watch them put the Canelo-Trout winner on there, ESPECIALLY if it's Canelo. The excuse for not putting Rigondeaux is that they will see after Mayweather-Guerrero and Broner-Malignaggi, but watch them skip that little fake rule aside for Canelo. And i'm a huge Canelo fan.

The list is a joke. Guerrero and Broner should not be inside of the top 10. Donaire should not be ranked ahead of Rigondeaux. I think that's the worst part of it. How do you dominate a fighter, and he is still above you in the top 10 P4P. Not only that, but you are not even IN this damn list. What a disgrace.

Broner, Guerrero, Donaire and Pacquiao don't belong there. Rigondeaux and Mares do.

I agree I have been subscribed to ring magazine for years and am prob going to cancel it the bias they have towards certain fighters is too much.

What a disgrace. So there reasoning is Guerrero has a fight SCHEDULED with a pound 4 pound fighter and Broner is SCHEDULED to fight a WW title holder. Well Rigo just schooled a top 5 pound 4 pound fighter! The Ring's p4p list is a joke. It's ridiculous.

Ring Ratings Update Pound-for-pound rankings: There was some discussion by the Panel regarding Rigondeaux’s pound-for-pound placement following his victory over Donaire, who was No. 5 in the mythical ratings going into their showdown. Some felt that Rigondeaux should enter the pound-for-pound rankings based on his strong performance against Donaire, and the fact that he beat an elite fighter in only his 12th pro bout. These Panelists looked at the pound-for-pound rankings of Adrien Broner, Robert Guerrero and Timothy Bradley, and suggested that Rigondeaux could replace either one, entering the list anywhere from No. 8 to No. 10. However, the Editorial Board decided against ranking Rigondeaux in the pound-for-pound top 10 at the present time, which in no way is meant to dismiss the Cuban amateur legend. Rigondeaux has proven to be the best 122-pound boxer in the world, however, the other fighters in the pound-for-pound top 10 have proven themselves in multiple weight classes. Both Broner and Guerrero have fights scheduled with pound-for-pound implications. Guerrero faces pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather next month. Broner, the magazine's No. 1-rated lightweight, challenges welterweight titleholder Paul Malignaggi in June. Bradley is coming off a tough fight against a fighter most expected him to dominate, but the two-division titleholder is undefeated and he does own a victory over Manny Pacquiao, however controversial it may have been. The Editorial Board and the Panel will revisit the argument to rate Rigondeaux in THE RING’s pound-for-pound rankings after Mayweather-Guerrero, and if need be after Malignaggi-Broner or after Rigondeaux’s next fight. If the class he exhibited during the Donaire fight is any indication of his potential it’s only a matter of time before the savvy southpaw breaks into the mythical rankings. In the meantime, Donaire, who performed poorly against Rigondeaux, drops to the No. 10 spot on the pound-for-pound list. There was a discussion among the Editorial Board to replace Donaire with Rigondeaux – or perhaps another accomplished ultra-talent, such as undefeated WBA junior flyweight titleholder Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez – but it was decided to keep the 30-year-old veteran, who had a banner year iin 2012, on the list. The loss to Rigondeaux was Donaire’s first in 12 years. In that time, he’s won major titles at flyweight (by knocking out then-undefeated and pound-for-pound-rated Vic Darchinyan), bantamweight (by knocking out then-pound-for-pound-rated Fernando Montiel) and junior featherweight, where he unified two major belts and earned THE RING title. Source http://******.craveonline.com/blog/178341-ring-ratings-upatde-rigondeaux-seizes-ring-122-pound-title And Broner gets ranked above these other guys for beating dudes he was supposed to beat as a person capable of easily fighting at 147 yet fighting over-matched opposition at 130. Bradley drops in ranking by beating a guy that only had one controversial loss out of 30 fights. Froch isn't even in the top 10 either. Yeah, that panel can get bent.

The list is a joke. Guerrero and Broner should not be inside of the top 10. Donaire should not be ranked ahead of Rigondeaux.