British Top 30 P4P April 2009

[Horse]

1. (1.) Joe Calzaghe
2. (2.) Ricky Hatton
3. (3.) David Haye
4. (4.) Carl Froch
5. (5.) Clinton Woods
6. (6.) Junior Witter
7. (16.) Bernard Dunne (Irish)
8. (10.) Jamie Moore
9. (9.) Rendall Munroe
10. (15.) Amir Khan

11. (7.) Nicky Cook
12. (8.) Enzo Maccarinelli
13. (11.) Alex Arthur
14. (13.) John Duddy (Irish)
15. (14.) Kevin Mitchell
16. (18.) Martin Rogan (Irish)
17. (12.) Ian Napa
18. (19.) Kell Brook
19. (20.) Matt Skelton
20. (21.) Jonathan Thaxton

21. (NE.) Matthew Macklin
22. (22.) Gavin Rees
23. (23.) Ryan Rhodes
24. (24.) Paul Appleby
25. (27.) Paul McCloskey (Irish)
26. (NE.) Matthew Hall
27. (25.) Darren Barker
28. (17.) Wayne Elcock
29. (26.) John Murray
30. (28.) Brian Magee (Irish)

Out - (29.) David Barnes
Out - (30.) Dean Francis

[Horse]

Any comments, criticisms or P4P lists are very welcome.

[DavidPayne]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

[Poncey]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

Replaced by Scott Harrison.

[DavidPayne]

Why does Thaxton drop by 1 and Skelton by 1, yet Napa 5, Elcock 11.

Hall leaps in at 26 yet you didn't even rank Bradley Pryce

[brian13]

Calzaghe is RETIRED
Clinton Woods is in the top 10 but not 5
Alex Arthur is no way better than Duddy
Cook should be lower
Maccrinelli should be lower
Skelton should be lower
Rees hasn't fought in a year and is not fighting in the nexth month and should be removed from the rankings.
Elcock should be out aswell

Horse its clear you are showing favouritism to Warren / Sports Network fighters.

[metropol]

Why on earth is mccloskey below duddy?

[Horse]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

I think that is unlikely.

[slapbangwhallop]

Why on earth is mccloskey below duddy?

I'd say because Duddy has a better chance of winning a world title!

[DG.]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

[DG.]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

I think that is unlikely.

But not impossible!

[metropol]

Surely when a fighter announces his retirement he should be taken off the list , fine if he comesback he can get a ranking.
Whats your reason for leaving him there?

[DavidPayne]

He's only just removed Joe Bugner he re-entered at 29 when news of a rift with Jeff Fenech surfaced.

[alexpaterson]

I would have Cleverly in their somewhere probably at the expence of Elcock

[sgtcecil]

Why does Thaxton drop by 1

my interpretation of the list is that thaxton actually went UP by 1 place which i cant understand!

[Horse]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

Replaced by Scott Harrison.

Also unlikely.

[Horse]

Why does Thaxton drop by 1 and Skelton by 1, yet Napa 5, Elcock 11.

Napa and Elcock fought and lost this month, so they went down a number of places. Thaxton and Skelton went up a place this month, as a fighter who was above them (Elcock) dropped below them following his loss.

Hall leaps in at 26 yet you didn't even rank Bradley Pryce

If Pryce would have won then he would have entered at roughly the same point. Do you think I entered Hall too high?

[CEO_Hoodlem]

Why is Rendall Munroe so high up!!!! Who has he beat in world class. He should be about 18th

[whiskey]

Odd mix.

Ree's above Brian Magee and Dean Francis ?

JC like others say, is retired.

[Horse]

Calzaghe is RETIRED

Yes, but he is still an active fighter as his last fight was only 5 months ago.

Clinton Woods is in the top 10 but not 5
Alex Arthur is no way better than Duddy

Who should be above Woods?

Arthur was a good European champion which is a bigger achievement than anything Duddy has done so far. So there is definitely a case for Arthur being above Duddy.

Cook should be lower
Maccrinelli should be lower
Skelton should be lower

How much lower should these fighters be? Cook and Maccarinelli were both ranked in the top 10 in their divisions before their recent defeats. How many other British fighters can that be said about?

Skelton has a better record than most of those fighters below him and I don't like dropping fighters like stones just because they lose a fight.

Rees hasn't fought in a year and is not fighting in the nexth month and should be removed from the rankings.
Elcock should be out aswell

I don't see any need to take Rees out due to inactivity. He will likely fall out of the list naturally in the next few months, as he is overtaken by more active fighters.

Elcock was ranked at No.17 on the list before his loss, so I thought dropping him out of the list completely would be a bit too much for losing to a decent fighter like Macklin.

Horse its clear you are showing favouritism to Warren / Sports Network fighters.

I don't see how that is the case.

[Horse]

Why on earth is mccloskey below duddy?

Because, I think Duddy has the better record.

[DG.]

Horse , you need to look up the word ACTIVE and Retired - you can not be both.

You are worse than Dioufy!

[metropol]

Why on earth is mccloskey below duddy?

Because, I think Duddy has the better record.

In a post above your reason for having arthur above duddy was that he was a euro champ and that that was more than duddy has achieved, so by the same logic isnt mccloskey being a british champion better than anything that duddy has achieved?

[Horse]

I'm predicting Calzaghe will still top this list in 2012.

I think that is unlikely.

But not impossible!

If Calzaghe continues to fight then it is not impossible.

[Horse]

Surely when a fighter announces his retirement he should be taken off the list , fine if he comesback he can get a ranking.
Whats your reason for leaving him there?

Because, a large proportion of fighters who announce their retirement comeback at some point. Hunter came back only a few months after announcing his retirement.