The Ring is finished.

[The Smash]

After dominating a world class fighter like Donaire, they've still decided not to rank Rigondeaux, who they concede is the best 122lber in the world. As if that wasn't obscene enough, and it really is quite obscene when you think about it, Donaire stays in the rankings; this is where it gets good, though, Donaire moves down to 10 allowing everyone else to move up one place. Adrien Broner is now the number 5 pound-for-pound fighter in the world having overcome the awesome might of Antonio Demarco and Gavin fucking Rees.

As I said, finished as even a semi-credible source.

[4Corners]

Source....because their website hasn't updated yet.

[brickcityboxing]

What a shame... Newspapers and magazines are done anyway.

[4Corners]

I haven't seen anything on this.....their website hasn't updated since last week. I don't know where you're getting this.

[vacon04]

Ring Ratings Update

Pound-for-pound rankings: There was some discussion by the Panel regarding Rigondeaux’s pound-for-pound placement following his victory over Donaire, who was No. 5 in the mythical ratings going into their showdown.

Some felt that Rigondeaux should enter the pound-for-pound rankings based on his strong performance against Donaire, and the fact that he beat an elite fighter in only his 12th pro bout. These Panelists looked at the pound-for-pound rankings of Adrien Broner, Robert Guerrero and Timothy Bradley, and suggested that Rigondeaux could replace either one, entering the list anywhere from No. 8 to No. 10.

However, the Editorial Board decided against ranking Rigondeaux in the pound-for-pound top 10 at the present time, which in no way is meant to dismiss the Cuban amateur legend. Rigondeaux has proven to be the best 122-pound boxer in the world, however, the other fighters in the pound-for-pound top 10 have proven themselves in multiple weight classes.

Both Broner and Guerrero have fights scheduled with pound-for-pound implications. Guerrero faces pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather next month. Broner, the magazine's No. 1-rated lightweight, challenges welterweight titleholder Paul Malignaggi in June.

Bradley is coming off a tough fight against a fighter most expected him to dominate, but the two-division titleholder is undefeated and he does own a victory over Manny Pacquiao, however controversial it may have been.

The Editorial Board and the Panel will revisit the argument to rate Rigondeaux in THE RING’s pound-for-pound rankings after Mayweather-Guerrero, and if need be after Malignaggi-Broner or after Rigondeaux’s next fight.

If the class he exhibited during the Donaire fight is any indication of his potential it’s only a matter of time before the savvy southpaw breaks into the mythical rankings.

In the meantime, Donaire, who performed poorly against Rigondeaux, drops to the No. 10 spot on the pound-for-pound list.

There was a discussion among the Editorial Board to replace Donaire with Rigondeaux – or perhaps another accomplished ultra-talent, such as undefeated WBA junior flyweight titleholder Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez – but it was decided to keep the 30-year-old veteran, who had a banner year iin 2012, on the list.

The loss to Rigondeaux was Donaire’s first in 12 years. In that time, he’s won major titles at flyweight (by knocking out then-undefeated and pound-for-pound-rated Vic Darchinyan), bantamweight (by knocking out then-pound-for-pound-rated Fernando Montiel) and junior featherweight, where he unified two major belts and earned THE RING title.

Source http://******.craveonline.com/blog/1...22-pound-title

[HanzGruber]

I looked on their site I don't see that it's updated. I'm a big broner fan but broner and ghost in top 10 is just plain ******. Are they really owned by gbp?

[4Corners]

Nevermind, just saw it. That's bull crap.

It should be, no order.

Mayweather, Ward, Marquez, Rigondeaux, Martinez, Wlad, Mares, Pacquiao, Donaire, and Froch/Bradley.

[Nekronicle]

(-___________-) Pathetic.


I read an article a while ago about a series of writers/journalist wanting to create a NEW organization to rank fighters...but i cant seem to locate it, anyone know what im talking about??

[$coinblatt$]

but beating Antonio Fucking DeMarco is really more deserving of a p4p ranking? smh.

im not even surprised though tbh, the RING is a joke.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Shit, last I saw one, they were asking almost 9 bucks for a single issue.

Thing was small as hell, and 2 months outdated.

As a product, it sucks.