How long can Ward be out of action and still be no.1. What's the time frame? Froch is clearly the most accomplished fighter so why shouldn't he be moved up.
Ward will be the best super middleweight for the foreseeable future. That's not a debate.
I think it's something of a fine line at this point, though. Ward is still the man, but what if Froch beats DeGale, Chavez, and Golovkin next year, and Ward only fights some lame defense against some random top 10 ranked WBA fighter? At what point does Froch's quality overrule Ward's win over him?
There has to be a point where that happens.
No because Ward fought in November of last year. He gets stripped after one year of inactivity.
Thing for me is, Ward went over a year inactive in 2011.
So shouldn't he have been removed then?
He's not done enough since in my eyes to be back on the list.
This is the 3rd thread on exactly the same topic. Both other threads received 200+ responses.
This topic has been discussed to death, and the correct answer is no.
The P4P and SMW rankings as usuall I guess. The tickler is usually 1 year and IMO that's correct.
P4P is mythical. Ward is going to be removed from mythical rankings?
Ward ain't fighting this year.
Well but the question was: "Should Froch be named as THE CHAMP at 168?" not Should Froch will be named as THE CHAMP at 168 in November?". Now officially Ward is above Froch, if Ward won't fight till November (probably) Ward will be removed both from the SMW and P4P list and then Froch as the most dominanat recently active SMW champ will be "the champ" but not before November.
A question for the Froch fans who are all waiting to Ward's removement from P4P and SMW rankings: If Froch will be the #1 SMW only due to Ward's inactivity you will be satisfied? I mean Ward beat Froch easily, everyone knows it who follow boxing. Froch would be #1 but only because Ward is inactive and has legal issues, otherwise they already met and then became crystal clear that who is the #1 SMW. Froch couldn't be #1 till Ward was active he didn't earn the #1 spot with a renvege on the Ward loss and Ward hasn't even decline, he is still a way better boxer. So Froch's only chance to become #1 is Ward'S inactivity and lawsuit. Is this really that satisfying for you?
i have froch #2 p4p. ward isn't fighting anymore. meanwhile froch keeps dominating the division. my top 5:
1. wlad
2. froch
3. pacquiao
4. roman gonzalez
5. rigondeaux
Holy crap, so you take out Ward but keep Rigo for fighting in between network commercial breaks. You know what I mean "He has no home!" Froch over Pacman, really? He spent a whole year fighting Groves. Roman? Plz pm me your 6-10...
How long can Ward be out of action and still be no.1. What's the time frame? Froch is clearly the most accomplished fighter so why shouldn't he be moved up.