THE DUBIOUS YAHOO RATINGS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 16 May 2010
To us the most disturbing aspect of the Yahoo pound-for-pound ratings which through some strange logic or is it magic saw Floyd Mayweather Jr replace “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao as pound-for-pound king, was the claim that the results were based on a group of so-called “elite” boxing writers. Really now?
The alleged “elite” list was loaded with Americans while it seems from Iole’s assessment not a single Asian boxing writer qualified for his “elite” status and therefore not polled despite the fact that Pacquiao, a Filipino and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, a Thai also figured in the pound-for-pound voting. Not even Joe Koizumi, the Japanese boxing writer whose English may not meet the standards of Iole but who was good enough to make the Boxing “Hall of Fame,” was considered.
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http://philboxing.com/news/story-39094.html
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 16 May 2010
To us the most disturbing aspect of the Yahoo pound-for-pound ratings which through some strange logic or is it magic saw Floyd Mayweather Jr replace “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao as pound-for-pound king, was the claim that the results were based on a group of so-called “elite” boxing writers. Really now?
The alleged “elite” list was loaded with Americans while it seems from Iole’s assessment not a single Asian boxing writer qualified for his “elite” status and therefore not polled despite the fact that Pacquiao, a Filipino and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, a Thai also figured in the pound-for-pound voting. Not even Joe Koizumi, the Japanese boxing writer whose English may not meet the standards of Iole but who was good enough to make the Boxing “Hall of Fame,” was considered.
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To read the entire article:
http://philboxing.com/news/story-39094.html
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