How Ring Magazine lost it's final credibility.

[Holywarrior]

Herrera is not in the top 10 at 140 after the Garcia fight

So one thing makes it lose it's credibitility? Lol

[Scott9945]

So one thing makes it lose it's credibitility? Lol

Being owned by a major boxing promoter makes it lose its credibility. It is the epitome of a conflict of interests.

[Holywarrior]

Being owned by a major boxing promoter makes it lose its credibility. It is the epitome of a conflict of interests.

Yet it's awarded other promoter's fighters numerous awards. People are reading too much into this.

[Scott9945]

Yet it's awarded other promoter's fighters numerous awards. People are reading too much into this.

Since I don't read that publication, I have no fuel for a debate. But I am certain that any magazine owned by a promoter has no credibility.

[billeau2]

Since I don't read that publication, I have no fuel for a debate. But I am certain that any magazine owned by a promoter has no credibility.

Exactly....Skin in the game = unique perspective on events.

[Cyberspace]

If you ask twenty different posters, you would get twenty different rankings. Unfortunately magazines, like websites and the rest of us have different opinions on who should be where. Magazines like the sanctioning bodies can be influenced by promoters and fighters so their opinion is even less creditable.

[Anthony342]

Since I don't read that publication, I have no fuel for a debate. But I am certain that any magazine owned by a promoter has no credibility.

Why is this even allowed? Shouldn't something like this be illegal? You'd think an objective party would be the one(s) doing the rankings.

[Anthony342]

TBR is made up of boxing writers. They rank the fighters in each division.



No because they are true lineal champions.

Here are TBR's current lineal champs:

HW: Wladimir Klitschko
LHW: Adonis Stevenson
SMW: Andre Ward
MW: Sergio Martinez
JMW: Floyd Mayweather
JWW: Danny Garcia
JFW: Guillermo Rigondeaux
FLY: Akira Yaegashi

What does TBR stand for though? And if their rankings are more credible, shouldn't they be the ones giving out title belts like The Ring does?

[BattlingNelson]

Does this mean that guys like Adonis Stevenson, Sergio Martinez and Andre Ward didn't deserve their Ring title belts?

No. It means that the tag 'Ring Magazine Champion' is devalued.

[Scott9945]

Why is this even allowed? Shouldn't something like this be illegal? You'd think an objective party would be the one(s) doing the rankings.

Nothing illegal about a promoter owning a magazine. Ring's supposed powers were always more in concept rather than any reality. Both Ring and Golden Boy are private companies and are entitled to do business. The only debate is the publications credibility and importance. Now if Ring was doing something like charging sanctioning fees, that would be a different story.