Comments Thread For: Arum: Joe Smith To Fight Callum Johnson In ESPN Main Event January 15 In Verona, New York

[OGBIGSACK]

You do know the Boston in the US was named after the Boston in England don't you? Haha.

Many places in the US took their names from cities in the UK.

no **** Sherlock I never said Boston mass was the original boston. I'm aware of that.

[Ravensfan]

I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer. It isn't about this fight but it is about the light heavyweight division. With that said, I was reading this article and I looked over the light heavy rankings and I noticed that Artur was not ranked at #1 by Boxrec. I was a little curious as well as slightly befuddle so I looked further. I am now really befuddled as to why Callum Smith is ranked #1 in the division by boxrec? I understand that Smith knocked cold a durable fighter in Lenin. But the dude is ranked 69th in the world. A great number for other reasons but not when it comes to world boxing rankings. It also doesn't help that Lenin's best accomplishment before Smith KO'ed him was that he won one round out of twelve against Bivol on the cards. Both Bivol and Artur have also beaten both Ring and Boxrec top ten fighters in the division and somehow Smith jumps ahead of them? And how, by beating a dude that ain't even ranked in the top fifty in his only fight in the same division? Hell, he shouldn't even be ranked above Joe Smith! So, please tell me on what planet this makes any sense?

[PBR Streetgang]

does smith jr still fight danny jacobs afterwards? or was that deal never finalized? it would be weird to see jacobs fighting at light heavyweight he pretty much skipped right past 168lbs. he did not have a good showing against rosado.

Don't forget the abysmal performance between Danny and Chavez Jr too. I'm not sure how much hunger Jacobs has to get in the ring anymore, he was beat when he could manage his massive weight cuts and boil down to 160.

[PBR Streetgang]

I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer. It isn't about this fight but it is about the light heavyweight division. With that said, I was reading this article and I looked over the light heavy rankings and I noticed that Artur was not ranked at #1 by Boxrec. I was a little curious as well as slightly befuddle so I looked further. I am now really befuddled as to why Callum Smith is ranked #1 in the division by boxrec? I understand that Smith knocked cold a durable fighter in Lenin. But the dude is ranked 69th in the world. A great number for other reasons but not when it comes to world boxing rankings. It also doesn't help that Lenin's best accomplishment before Smith KO'ed him was that he won one round out of twelve against Bivol on the cards. Both Bivol and Artur have also beaten both Ring and Boxrec top ten fighters in the division and somehow Smith jumps ahead of them? And how, by beating a dude that ain't even ranked in the top fifty in his only fight in the same division? Hell, he shouldn't even be ranked above Joe Smith! So, please tell me on what planet this makes any sense?

I believe Boxrec uses a computer-based formula that weights points based, among other things, on a fighters opponents and the opponents' opponents and how they performed against them. I believe that Smith's fights at super middleweight are included in the points that contribute to his LHW ranking. With anything that uses a formula, there are occasions where things get wonky.

I typically don't use any ranking system as anything more than a very rough guide.

[famicommander]

Vlasov deserves this fight way more than Callum Johnson.

[steeve steel]

I remember Johnson's fight against Beterbiev. That's when I knew for sure the Russian-canadian was a very very bad man! This said, Johnson vs Smith is a very good fight! But yes, Beterbiev beats both of them.

[Mammoth]

Last time I saw Johnson fight I thought he lost. He fought a loser too so...

[Satir]

I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer. It isn't about this fight but it is about the light heavyweight division. With that said, I was reading this article and I looked over the light heavy rankings and I noticed that Artur was not ranked at #1 by Boxrec. I was a little curious as well as slightly befuddle so I looked further. I am now really befuddled as to why Callum Smith is ranked #1 in the division by boxrec? I understand that Smith knocked cold a durable fighter in Lenin. But the dude is ranked 69th in the world. A great number for other reasons but not when it comes to world boxing rankings. It also doesn't help that Lenin's best accomplishment before Smith KO'ed him was that he won one round out of twelve against Bivol on the cards. Both Bivol and Artur have also beaten both Ring and Boxrec top ten fighters in the division and somehow Smith jumps ahead of them? And how, by beating a dude that ain't even ranked in the top fifty in his only fight in the same division? Hell, he shouldn't even be ranked above Joe Smith! So, please tell me on what planet this makes any sense?

its not just about LHW division, have you noticed that Lara is ranked as 3rd best MW with only one fight as a MW, he's ranked higher than the actual WBO champ Andrade

[Sid-Knee]

no **** Sherlock I never said Boston mass was the original boston. I'm aware of that.

You called it the UK version. The "UK version" is the original. The US Boston is a version.

[Sid-Knee]

I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer. It isn't about this fight but it is about the light heavyweight division. With that said, I was reading this article and I looked over the light heavy rankings and I noticed that Artur was not ranked at #1 by Boxrec. I was a little curious as well as slightly befuddle so I looked further. I am now really befuddled as to why Callum Smith is ranked #1 in the division by boxrec? I understand that Smith knocked cold a durable fighter in Lenin. But the dude is ranked 69th in the world. A great number for other reasons but not when it comes to world boxing rankings. It also doesn't help that Lenin's best accomplishment before Smith KO'ed him was that he won one round out of twelve against Bivol on the cards. Both Bivol and Artur have also beaten both Ring and Boxrec top ten fighters in the division and somehow Smith jumps ahead of them? And how, by beating a dude that ain't even ranked in the top fifty in his only fight in the same division? Hell, he shouldn't even be ranked above Joe Smith! So, please tell me on what planet this makes any sense?

The last place you should look for rankings is Boxrec. They're uglier than all others. Just take it with a pinch of salt.