Comments Thread For: Russell: The Pound-For-Pound List Is A Popularity Contest, It's Not Based Upon Skill

[Deleted]

He forgets the "what have you done lately". Others just do more/fight more often. If others fight better opposition, that puts them ahead as well.

[WarVeteranO01]

Now I dont know if I can agree with Gary on this one, for example Josh Taylor is a nobody yet hes rated pretty high on most P4P list. The last time I checked Gary Russell jr. was also more popular than Taylor, and arguably more skilled ; I dont know who would win if these two fought.

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[vital1983]

He needs to be more active, plus he's just a little mouth who Lomachenko outboxed.

[wrecksracer]

The one time he stepped up to fight a p4p fighter, he lost. Sorry pal.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Russell is p4p calling guys out and fighting no one.

[STREET CLEANER]

The p4p list is who you fought. Gary has not been active and fighters won't fight him unless they need to. Loma was the only one that stepped up and too a fight.

[Jsmooth9876]

Kind of like how being a boxer means you gotta actually fight?

This guy is such a waste of talent. He could have been a much bigger name if he actually fought once in a while

[Rip Chudd]

Well it's also based on active fighters. With Russell only fighting once per year people forget who he is

[The D3vil]

Eh, he's not 100% wrong, but he's not exactly right either.

It's also about your resume & the eye test.

Both things are a necessity because it's impossible for guys in different weight classes to fight each other, so I have to use my eye test to tell if for example Tyson Fury is as good as Canelo, since they'll never fight.

[pnut901]

Sorry Gary , the P4P list isn't for retired boxers.