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I've been calling for a sovereign international ranking, like the 'Budweiser ratings' Bert Sugar and The Ring came up with in the 1980's. Votes from boxing experts/writers around the world were compiled for a monthly ranking.
There are independent ratings, run by credible panels, today too, but in a smaller scale. And, like the sanctioning bodies, they don't bother to co-operate (so in a way, they are hypocrites when criticizing these bodies).
If they worked together, forming a ranking based on a wider panel, this ranking would soon have a great impact, solving a lot of the troubles the alphabet boys force on the sport.
The world of boxing writers is rather small. Most of them know each other, if not personally so by name. Today, the internet hands the opportunity for them to easily work together. They should sharpen their pencils and go to war against the sanctioning bodies.
There are independent ratings, run by credible panels, today too, but in a smaller scale. And, like the sanctioning bodies, they don't bother to co-operate (so in a way, they are hypocrites when criticizing these bodies).
If they worked together, forming a ranking based on a wider panel, this ranking would soon have a great impact, solving a lot of the troubles the alphabet boys force on the sport.
The world of boxing writers is rather small. Most of them know each other, if not personally so by name. Today, the internet hands the opportunity for them to easily work together. They should sharpen their pencils and go to war against the sanctioning bodies.
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