Ring rates Canelo #1 @154 after defeating Liam Smith, also still holds Lineal MW belt

That's quite interesting. Canelo beats #8 Ring ranked Liam Smith and now gets ranked #1 at 154, ahead of Lara, Andrade and the Charlos. Canelo also still holds the lineal MW title, even though he never fought at 160, never beat a legit MW and his last 2 defenses were against Amir Khan, a Welterweight and Liam Smith a Junior MW. The Ring Policy states Here are the situations in which a champion can lose his belt: - The Champion moves to another weight class. Pretty clear that Canelo will be promoted as Lineal Middleweight Champion who is also #1 at 154. Gives Canelo alot of leverage in future fights. Do you think these Ring Ratings are legitimate and fair? Does Canelo still deserve to hold the Ring MW Belt? Does Canelo deserve to be ranked #1 at 154?

Comments (20)

HeroBando

What about fighters who demand catchweights period? You either like them or you dont. Can't pick and choose when to. They're not paper champs cause they're not champs to begin with duh. Champs demanding CWs are basically admitting, I'm too weak for this division, can't compete without handicaps. Textbook fake champs

9y ago

LarryX

So how does GGG get canelo in the ring to give that bwoy the work and take his titles?? Tell his team to just except the money GoldenBoy is offering and handle his business

9y ago

bigjavi973

Fact is, champs that demand CWs are sorry paper champs. Not to mention those that forfeit their belt to the #1 contender. Just be honest with yourself for once What about fighters who demand catchweights period? You either like them or you dont. Can't pick and choose when to.

9y ago

HeroBando

Im not defending anybody. Just stating some facts. Not my fault you dont like the results. Fact is, champs that demand CWs are sorry paper champs. Not to mention those that forfeit their belt to the #1 contender. Just be honest with yourself for once

9y ago

bigjavi973

And that makes them sorry paper champs, that's all. Dunno why anyone would make posts to defend these fraud champs but I guess that's your thing Im not defending anybody. Just stating some facts. Not my fault you dont like the results.

9y ago

HeroBando

Actually they can and it can be sanctioned by the organizations as long as the opponent agrees. Does that suck? Yes. Is it reality? Yup. Does crying about it change a thing? Nope. And that makes them sorry paper champs, that's all. Dunno why anyone would make posts to defend these fraud champs but I guess that's your thing

9y ago

Boxfan7819

The ring magazine loses even more credibility with this decision

9y ago

bigjavi973

You defended his joke champ status. Champs can't be demanding CWs in their own division, that makes them lousy paper champs Actually they can and it can be sanctioned by the organizations as long as the opponent agrees. Does that suck? Yes. Is it reality? Yup. Does crying about it change a thing? Nope.

9y ago

HeroBando

155-160 is middleweight with 160 being the middleweight limit. Did I say something incorrect? You defended his joke champ status. Champs can't be demanding CWs in their own division, that makes them lousy paper champs

9y ago

bigjavi973

What a POS. This is what happens when CW queen Cotto is your favorite, and you're lacking brains and principles 155-160 is middleweight with 160 being the middleweight limit. Did I say something incorrect?

9y ago

HeroBando

155 - 160 is middleweight. 160 is the middleweight limit. now go :crying: some more. What a POS. This is what happens when CW queen Cotto is your favorite, and you're lacking brains and principles

9y ago

bigjavi973

Canelo also still holds the lineal MW title, even though he never fought at 160 155 - 160 is middleweight. 160 is the middleweight limit. now go :crying: some more.

9y ago

b0x

Make Canelo fight Andrade with no catchweight. Winner is 154lbs king.

9y ago

otrocubiche

Great! Now he'll unify the belts at 154........wait, what?

9y ago

Bardock

You said youll, not you'll you stupid ****sucker LMAO you serious? The only difference is I used an apostrophe, what are you like 11? You can't distinguish between the two, stupid fck?

9y ago

Bushbaby

How is he a paper champ when he beat THE CHAMPin the Ring?? if anything GGG is a paper champ seeing how he was handed 2 of his paper titles..Canelo won ALL OF HIS TITLES BY BEATING OTHER CHAMPIONS NO BECAUSE CANELO IS the champ..THEY ARE JUST THE TOP 2 CONTENDERS So how does GGG get canelo in the ring to give that bwoy the work and take his titles??

9y ago

HeroBando

How is he a paper champ when he beat THE CHAMPin the Ring?? if anything GGG is a paper champ seeing how he was handed 2 of his paper titles..Canelo won ALL OF HIS TITLES BY BEATING OTHER CHAMPIONS Because he's a joke of a MW champ, dummy. I just explained, jeeze. He's a champ on paper, that's it. You know a worse lineal paper champ? Floyd at Sww was pretty awful but not this bad

9y ago

Bushbaby

canelo should be #1 in every division. he's canelo. duh! Sadly:sad2:and with a heavy heart, I agree..............

9y ago

gmc_rfc_06

Let Canelo fight someone decent, see what happens to him. :lol1: Lara - W (age 24) Cotto - W (age 25) Trout - W (age 22) Mosley - W (age 21) http://andrij.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ralph-wave.gif

9y ago

Eastcoast

I'm fine with them ranking Canelo at both spots, same as when they did Floyd. I'm more dissapointed that they have Khurtsidze & Sulecki in the MW top 10. Willie Monroe deserves to be above both of them, as does Derevyanchenko.

9y ago