The History of P4P Kings

[daggum]

My whole point was he got overrated very quickly, he hadn't had a big win since beating Estrada in 2012 but somehow he gets elevated to the top of p4p rankings in 2015, yet he really did nothing in the meantime.

2008-2012 was where Roman had his hall of fame run

maybe people actually started paying attention to him finally? floyd was #2 p4p after beating genaro hernandez, angel manfredy, and justin juuko. i mean really? romans resume is a billion times better than that so its obviously not based on resume. its based on who watches you and nobody watched roman. he should have been on the list long ago. yes he had a better run in that time frame but he was still winning and still undefeated so isnt it all connected? ward was still p4p after fighting nobody for 5 years so i dont see why roman couldnt be put on the list based on his past. they just overlooked him for a long time

[Sugar Adam Ali]

maybe people actually started paying attention to him finally? floyd was #2 p4p after beating genaro hernandez, angel manfredy, and justin juuko. i mean really? romans resume is a billion times better than that so its obviously not based on resume. its based on who watches you and nobody watched roman. he should have been on the list long ago. yes he had a better run in that time frame but he was still winning and still undefeated so isnt it all connected? ward was still p4p after fighting nobody for 5 years so i dont see why roman couldnt be put on the list based on his past. they just overlooked him for a long time

I agree he got overlooked.. I was one of the first posters back a few years ago that would put him on my p4p lists around 8-10. Then when he moved up to 112 or 115 and snagged another title before his hbo debut, I moved him up to top 5 or 6.

I just never saw how he could leapfrog guys like Floyd, manny, rigo, Ward, kovolev, etc and be #1, when he hasn't had an elite performance since 2010, and his last big win was a toss up split decision over Estrada.. Roman did nothing in 2013-2016 yet somehow he was elevate to best boxer on the planet