BoxRec currently has Antonio Tarver ranked as the #1 American Heavyweight

Vlad might as well fight James Toney instead of Tarver. How the hell can Tarver be number 1 in America? Their points system sucks monkey balls.

not surprising really, its pretty slim pickings for decent heavyweights in us at the moment. only cause of the champ

Quote: Originally Posted by Freedom1 I'd like to see the following American HWs fight each other, and sort out who really is the best: Tarver Martin Mansour Arreola Kauffman Scott Washington Breazeale Briggs (Jennings and Wilder are already going for title shots, so I didn't include them) I think Charles Martin could be the best of the lot. Add Andy Ruiz to the list... Steve Cunningham? Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Add Andy Ruiz to the list... Isn't he a cruiserweight? :lol1:

I'd like to see the following American HWs fight each other, and sort out who really is the best: Tarver Martin Mansour Arreola Kauffman Scott Washington Breazeale Briggs (Jennings and Wilder are already going for title shots, so I didn't include them) I think Charles Martin could be the best of the lot. Add Andy Ruiz to the list...

he beats wlad right now

That is a joke. They have Mauricio Herrera ranked all the way down in the twenties at Jr WW

U-s-a! U-s-a!

They do some very comprehensive calculations as far as I can see. Wouldn't bother to try fully understand them. It would just make more sense in the real world, so to say, that Jennings, Wilder or Cunningham were #1 US ranked. Does anybody want to see Amir Mansour have a crack at Vladimir, btw? He would be the most dangerous American opponent in my opinion.

Boxrec's rankings are computer based and Tarver's LHW and CW success is probably taken into account. Tarver being the highest ranking American HW is really one of the lesser problems there. How are Hernandez and Huck #3 and #4 at CW when they have been the consensus #1-2 for years? How is Canelo #5 P4P? How is Yaegashi the #1 jr. flyweight when he has just lost his flyweight title? Etc. The more I look at it, the more I think Boxrec's ranking system sucks balls. It always has. Their rankings are always bad.

Antonio Tarver isn't anywhere close to the best American heavyweight. Boxrec's rankings are computer based and Tarver's LHW and CW success is probably taken into account. Tarver being the highest ranking American HW is really one of the lesser problems there. How are Hernandez and Huck #3 and #4 at CW when they have been the consensus #1-2 for years? How is Canelo #5 P4P? How is Yaegashi the #1 jr. flyweight when he has just lost his flyweight title? Etc. The more I look at it, the more I think Boxrec's ranking system sucks balls.

There's a thread around here from years back, that explains how Boxrec uses this completely random formula to generate their rankings. Either way it's mechanized nonsense. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

War Mason Dixon! :headbang:

Antonio Tarver isn't anywhere close to the best American heavyweight.

Not surprising really, its pretty slim pickings for decent heavyweights in US at the moment.