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By Jake Donovan - Ten fighters, ten fights.
The aforementioned formula represents how many times those in Boxingscene.com’s present pound-for-pound list (CLICK HERE if you don’t already know them by heart) have participated in a prize fight through the first eight months of 2009.
Barring injuries or other unforeseen postponements or cancellations, another seven should be added to that tally by the end of November. There’s also a possibility of two more sometime in the fourth quarter, depending on what can be worked out in the careers of Shane Mosley and Hozumi Hasegawa.
That would bring the year-end total to 19 fights, not even two per top-ten fighter per year.
If something is wrong, the first place we look to are our leaders. If boxing is to be judged by how our very best carry it, then it’s no wonder we’re often mistaken for a dying breed.
An immediately defensive response would be that Boxingscene’s rankings aren’t official and are wide open to subjectivity. This much is true, but the results don’t change by much as you glance around the industry.
The fighters in ESPN.com’s Top Ten have only fought 11 times in 2009, with only eight more currently scheduled between now and the end of the year. The Ring’s list differs from Boxingscene.com, yet features the same formula – 10 fights so far, just seven more guaranteed in the final four months of 2009. [details]
The aforementioned formula represents how many times those in Boxingscene.com’s present pound-for-pound list (CLICK HERE if you don’t already know them by heart) have participated in a prize fight through the first eight months of 2009.
Barring injuries or other unforeseen postponements or cancellations, another seven should be added to that tally by the end of November. There’s also a possibility of two more sometime in the fourth quarter, depending on what can be worked out in the careers of Shane Mosley and Hozumi Hasegawa.
That would bring the year-end total to 19 fights, not even two per top-ten fighter per year.
If something is wrong, the first place we look to are our leaders. If boxing is to be judged by how our very best carry it, then it’s no wonder we’re often mistaken for a dying breed.
An immediately defensive response would be that Boxingscene’s rankings aren’t official and are wide open to subjectivity. This much is true, but the results don’t change by much as you glance around the industry.
The fighters in ESPN.com’s Top Ten have only fought 11 times in 2009, with only eight more currently scheduled between now and the end of the year. The Ring’s list differs from Boxingscene.com, yet features the same formula – 10 fights so far, just seven more guaranteed in the final four months of 2009. [details]
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