Pacquiao not only ranked higher P4P than Mayweather, now ranked higher at 147 too....

[Dave Rado]

how?don't you think if it was like that more fighters would do the same thing?

They'd lose if they did!

[Dave Rado]

mosley and judah thats it

Clottey and Quintana were both highly ranked when Cotto fought them.

[Dave Rado]

it does matter when you rank pacquiao #1 by beating cotto when he just got beat up by margarito and won a vacant title from michael jennings.

No, he had just beaten Clottey, who was ranked #3 by The Ring coming into that fight. That made the Jennings fight completely irrelevant.

[letsgobrady]

Clottey and Quintana were both highly ranked when Cotto fought them.

most people thought clottey won and even the people that thought miguel won thought miguel won because clottey basically let him win by not really fighting the last 3 rounds and quintanna had just got a lil buzz about him for beating a prospect in joel julio and after he fought julio he fought cotto so for the most part no one knew quintanna until he beat julio

[Dave Rado]

dude...ur making **** up now. mosely was firmly planted on #1. cotto hadnt looked good in a fight in quite some time. it wasnt even like the pac/mayweather thing because both of them were clearly that much better. just because u felt it was that way doesnt mean it was.

No, The Ring said at the time that either fighter could have an argument for the #1 spot.

[NesNY]

a guy who just fought his second fight this year...ranked higher than a guy on an indefinite vacation.

yeah. that pretty much makes sense.

[cortdawg25]

cotto was ranked #2 at welterweight when he fought him, and clottey was ranked #4 at welterweight when he fought him. Wherever did you get the idea that he hasn't fought any top welterweights?

no, i'm talking about right now. I don't agree with a fighter rising in rank in a division without even fighting in the division.

There is no way manny should have risen in the ranks at welter when he didn't fight at welter and the guy he was fighting was margarito.

Meanwhile floyd has not lost and beat the #1 welter or who should have been the #1 in a whitewash. That makes no sense to me.

[letsgobrady]

They'd lose if they did!

how do you know that?if anything your body should feel good because your not workin that hard to try to make a certain weight

[cortdawg25]

no, he had just beaten clottey, who was ranked #3 by the ring coming into that fight. That made the jennings fight completely irrelevant.

that's even worst..lol. Beat cotto and then go and beat the guy cotto just beat. C'mon man, lets be serious!

If manny went and fought shane and beat him, then i would agree but that's not what happened.

[Dave Rado]

no, i'm talking about right now. I don't agree with a fighter rising in rank in a division without even fighting in the division.

You said before that he shouldn't be ranked at all because he'd never fought at Welterweight. You seem to have changed your tune now. If he had never fought at Welterweight, he wouldn't be ranked at Welterweight.

But he wouldn't have risen in rank if it hadn't been for the facts that:

1) The Ring considered and still consider Floyd and Pac to be more or less joint #1s, so a very small change in circumstances can cause them to switch positions.

2) He fought that fight as a Welterweight; and beating a given fighter when you're a Welterweight and your opponent is a Jnr Middleweight is obviously more impressive than beating the same fighter when you both weigh under 147.