The Ring rankings are turning to crap.

[PoetryInMotion]

I am not a nuthugger or fanboy of any of the fighters I mention below. This is just some stuff I have been noticing.
First of all Sam Peter was #7 last week, and now is #6 this week in the heavyweight rankings. And yes they do have the loss to Chambers on his record.
Also, I recieved the ring magazine issue with the top 100 P4P rankings. P. Williams was ranked #12 ahead of Hatton who was ranked at #13. Since that time, P.Williams has beat who they had ranked at #41 Verno Phillips while Hatton has beat who they had at #62 Malignaggi. Yet Hatton is the fighter currently ranked #8 P4P while P.Williams doesn't even crack the top 10. Keep in mind Hatton is with Golden Boy Promotions witch is promoting Hatton-Pacquiao. Also keep in mind Golden Boy owns The Ring Magazine. Are they trying to make the fight more intresting by having it be between two "top 10 P4P fighters"? This is just something that has been bothering me, since the ring is supposed to be the legit ranking system most people turn to.

[NakiFan]

They are still the best rankings, but that's not saying much is it.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

If you pay close attetion to their rankings, they pretty much puts, people who are recognize by casual nas, in other words ticket sellers.

If you want to see something ridiculous, well go to their WW rankings. They have Pacquiao as the number 5 WW. Too me thats even more ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chunk..]

How do you rank the Heavyweight division? The Klitschko brothers are the top 2, and the rest is any mans guess?

[Spray_resistant]

Don't they have Cory Spinks at #4 or somewhere way too high at 154?

[warp1432]

I am not a nuthugger or fanboy of any of the fighters I mention below. This is just some stuff I have been noticing.
First of all Sam Peter was #7 last week, and now is #6 this week in the heavyweight rankings. And yes they do have the loss to Chambers on his record.
Also, I recieved the ring magazine issue with the top 100 P4P rankings. P. Williams was ranked #12 ahead of Hatton who was ranked at #13. Since that time, P.Williams has beat who they had ranked at #41 Verno Phillips while Hatton has beat who they had at #62 Malignaggi. Yet Hatton is the fighter currently ranked #8 P4P while P.Williams doesn't even crack the top 10. Keep in mind Hatton is with Golden Boy Promotions witch is promoting Hatton-Pacquiao. Also keep in mind Golden Boy owns the ring. Are they trying to make the fight more intresting by having it be between two "top 10 P4P fighters"? This is just something that has been bothering me, since the ring is supposed to be the legit ranking system most people turn to.

They update them weekly...It hasn't been a week since the results. Peter will probably be dropped from the rankings or sore down to like 10.

The ring 100 is outdated now. The ring 100 was published before stuff like Darchinyan beat Mijares happened.

Golden Boy doesn't influence **** in the ratings. They haven't favored a golden boy fighter at all.

[hookoutofhell]

the rankings are completely subjective dont read too much into them, the rankings between 3-10 are entirely debateable.

theres no doubt that the ring does sometimes favour GBP and its fighters over others, a classic example was when DLH was on the cover of it in the build up to his embarassment to pacquiao. marquez and vasquez had just completed one of the finest trilogies most of us will ever see but were relegated to a footnote!

as for hatton i think he arguably does deserve that ranking

p.s. cant believe they had malignaggi that low in ranking, pre-hatton i had him as a top 20 or 25 at least p4p fighter

[warp1432]

the rankings are completely subjective dont read too much into them, the rankings between 3-10 are entirely debateable.

theres no doubt that the ring does sometimes favour GBP and its fighters over others, a classic example was when DLH was on the cover of it in the build up to his embarassment to pacquiao. marquez and vasquez had just completed one of the finest trilogies most of us will ever see but were relegated to a footnote!

They do it to hype up the bigger fight and more people will recognize DLH. It's the same reason why Pacquiao-Hatton was on the cover this month compared to Shane Mosley.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

And why Paul Williams, is the number 2 SWW, what he have done to be number 2? For me thats ridiculous also.

And in the P4P ramkings they have rafa Marquez at number 6, and he havent won a fight in 2 years, lus he loss his last 2. For me thats ******!!!!

[warp1432]

Don't they have Cory Spinks at #4 or somewhere way too high at 154?

Spinks was 1 for ages and he still was ranked high when Verno Phillips beat him because it was controversial.

I don't agree with all of the ratings, like Sergei D should be ranked higher, but they aren't biased imo.