-Both Morales and Barrera have the resume to make the top five super bantamweights.
-Floyd has the resume to make 4th or 5th junior lightweight, but has no case to lightweight top five, or even top ten.
-I would rank Leonard over Duran
-Kostya Tszyu might take Cervantes or Berg's place at 140
-I would rate both Monzon and Greb over Robinson, but Hopkins should not make the top five here, the fighters already listed are just so damn great
-Jones Jr. and Calzaghe invade 168 rankings with ease
-Jones Jr. is not a top five light heavyweight. Even fighters better than him have not been included.
-You could throw dice with the top 3-5 heavyweights
I missed the first five rounds of the fight, can anyone tell how did they go?
Since the sixth:
6th: Could have gone either way, close one for Ruiz
7: Valuev without question
8: Valuev
9:Ruiz
10:Valuev outlanding Ruiz, but gets a point deducted
11:a clear John Ruiz round
12:both guys mauling, Valuev
No problem for with Valuev winning or Ruiz winning one of the judges scorecards.
Because if a fighter has "The Ring Magazine" Championship he doesn't need to give a shit about the alphabet gangs. He is the real champ. The rest of the division are either trying to beat the champ or not good enough to unify the ABC-belts.
Past:
1)Louis - Schmeling II
2)Dempsey - Willard
3)Mickey Walker - Harry Greb
4)Henry Armstrong - Barney Ross
5)any Roberto Duran fight
honourable mention for Barrera-Morales III, Hamed-Barrera and any Tyson/Ali fights
Present:
1)Hatton - Judah
2)The Klitschkos - Haye
3)Vazquez - Marquez IV
4)the one with an obscure Thai fighter against the humble Japanese dude
5)Floyd's comeback fight
Could(and Should)-have-beens:
1) Tyson - Holyfield five years earlier
2) Walker - Leonard
3) Gatti - Judah in 2003
4) E. Charles - A. Moore for the light heavyweight world championship
5) Amin Asikainen -Sebastian Sylvester rubber match