ESPN Pound for Pound Rankings: Ward is the new No. 1

[j0zef]

lol

Speaking of which, why is no one rating Srisaket Sor Rungvisai? I recognize that the decision was close and debatable, but how can he not be in the discussion at all?

Imagine you won the biggest fight of your life against a fighter who was then rated pretty much universally as #1, and then no one will even put you on their list? Kind of rough treatment he's getting.

I don't have a problem with it for various reasons. Chief of which is that it should take more than 1 win to get on a P4P list, no matter who you beat. You gotta show consistency. Rungvisai already lost to Cuadras, and lacked any other major victories.

That win over Roman is bull**** as well. The only reason they gave the win to Rungvisai was because of the headbutt in the 1st that made Roman bleed profusely for the next 12 rounds. Roman was the aggressor for the remainder of the fight, putting a beating on Rungvisai with everyone thinking that he's gonna knock him out any second. He landed something like 150 punches more. Rungvisai came alive in the last 30 seconds and landed some have assed punches, stealing some of the rounds.

That's not how you get on a P4P list.

[HarvardBlue]

Ward should have been #1 a long time ago.

[Deletrious]

Ouch. Kovalev slipping all the way to 9.

Rigondeaux lays a guy out cold and can't move up? I know it was changed to a no contest but come on.

Couple people moving around without having fought anyone since last list, lol.

Interesting note, of 6 people that had Ward 1, 5 put Golovkin right after him at 2 and the sixth guy had Golovkin at 3. Real boxing fans like Ward and GGG.

[Citizen Koba]

and somehow ESPN is credible again

BroBob made it quite clear that he doesn't take this ish seriously, but was poking fun at those that do. There may be some humourous irony in Dosumpthin's excitement but Im gonna assume that he knows what's up and is just playing along.

That said, although I maintain that P4P is an absolute pile of slugwank, well done to Mr Ward for accumulating the best roster of wins in the sport today.

[Robbie Barrett]

Jubei and bigdummyshow are pleased.

Congratulations GGG!

The most important and respected P4P list, with a panel of 9 of the most respected boxing writers and analysts giving their votes on a 10 point scoring system.

i go by espn rankings and they have GGG as number 1, not andre ward.

[j.razor]

GGG will be back on top after he beats canelo, and he will do it without punching him in the **** three times and the ref jumping in.

lil g don't belong on the top ten & just so you know lil g can't take body shots and he doesn't fight back when someone is swinging at him.

[Blackclouds]

Ward is the unquestioned P4P #1. Lomo and ggg should not be in the top 5 in anybody's list, even their bootlickers.

[hugh grant]

Ward is dirty as hell but he's a very good boxer. He beat froch he very nearly beat kov in the first fight and he was up on 2 judges scorecards against kov when it was prematurely stopped.?
So ward is no joke

[Deletrious]

People making this a Ward vs Golovkin thing are delusional.

The ESPN people that rated Ward 1 rated Golovkin 2, and the people that rated Golovkin 1 rated Ward 2. (Except for one crazy guy who had Ward 5).

If you like the people rating one, respect their high rating of the other.

[Curt Henning]

lil g don't belong on the top ten & just so you know lil g can't take body shots and he doesn't fight back when someone is swinging at him.

teddy atlas, who votes for the espn panel, doesnt even have ggg in his top 10

if you go there you can see everyones top 10 who is on the panel