David Haye gets #3 ranking with IBF!

[1hourRun]

The IBF should move to the UK...this is the euro road to a title. Sickening really.

[stefl14]

What kind of sick joke is this?

http://www.ibfusbaregistration.com/i...gs/ibf-ratings

Oh shut up. Nobody legit gives a toss about these paper straps these days anyway and we all know that David Haye almost undoubtedly is top 3 in reality, at worst top 5. If it helps make better fights, that's fine for me. Obviously Haye hasn't 'earned it' but the simple fact is he's better than most other fighters in the division and so this should hopefully help create good fights. In any case, it's sort of late to be critical of the IBF. Look at Martin's record before his title fight - he was a hell of a lot less deserving than Haye and that is saying a lot.

[MisterPullman]

Great. Now we might see mister AJ fight for his life for once

[Eff Pandas]

#3 for beating up two whatever opponents. Nice. IBF rankings at their finest.

[removed]

Oh shut up. Nobody legit gives a toss about these paper straps these days anyway and we all know that David Haye almost undoubtedly is top 3 in reality, at worst top 5. If it helps make better fights, that's fine for me. Obviously Haye hasn't 'earned it' but the simple fact is he's better than most other fighters in the division and so this should hopefully help create good fights. In any case, it's sort of late to be critical of the IBF. Look at Martin's record before his title fight - he was a hell of a lot less deserving than Haye and that is saying a lot.

David Haye is undoubtedly top 5? Why? He hasn't beaten anyone.

The IBF are a disgrace. Stripped a legitimate champion & rank bums like Di Mori & Gjededed or whatever his name is.

[Robbie Barrett]

Last months ratings.

1 NOT RATED
2 NOT RATED
3 Carlos Takam France
4 Joseph Parker New Zealand
5 Kubrat Pulev Bulgaria
6 Derek Chisora Zimbabwe
7 Vyacheslav Glazkov Ukraine
8 Andy Ruiz Mexico
9 Charles Martin United States
10 Johan Duhaupas France
11 David Haye United Kingdom
12 Eric Molina United States
13 Dominic Breazeale United States
14 Hugie Fury England
15 Jarrell Miller United States

Fighters losing and everyone being bumped up 2 spots is why he's moved up so high.

[stefl14]

David Haye is undoubtedly top 5? Why? He hasn't beaten anyone.

The IBF are a disgrace. Stripped a legitimate champion & rank bums like Di Mori & Gjededed or whatever his name is.

I don't mean he's top 5 in ranking terms because he hasn't beaten anyone of note recently. But we know that ability wise he's one of the better fighters. If you'd rather the likes of Joshua fight scrubs that's fine, I'm happy with Haye's ranking if it means Joshua fights him rather than somebody who is ranked higher and has earned the ranking but realistically has no chance against Joshua. The IBF is a disgrace yes, they have demonstrated that countless times over the years and Fury being stripped is a good example. But why complain about it? It's boxing and paper belts mean ****e any more, all that matters is that competitive fights are made and if this ranking helps I'm fine with it.

[New England]

nothing unexpected. you pay money in non sequential bills to get those rankings


those alphabet belts are some of the most corrupt organizations on the planet. that they even exist is an indictment of the reaility that boxing really isn't a sport, it is a loose private businesses.

[New England]

#3 for beating up two whatever opponents. Nice. IBF rankings at their finest.

IIRC, haye's last opponent was ranked 75-100ish. and he blatantly took a dive to boot

[talz]

So your worried about Haye being rank #3 but didn't have concerns about Kell Brooks mandatory in Jo Jo Dan and Bizier?