riddick bowe ranked 7

beduff · Post by **beduff** » 25 Oct 2004, 20:54

how the fornicate does this work,he beats up a punch bag on his comeback[ranked 642]and he is straight in the top ten

thats a joke.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 26 Oct 2004, 05:07

good past performances, fighters who were very good seem to linger around the top of the rankings a bit too long.
but no rankings system is ever gonna get it completely right

J · Post by J » 26 Oct 2004, 05:36

thats ridiculous though 7 after one comeback fight at an advanced age and weight.

BubiScholz · Post by **BubiScholz** » 26 Oct 2004, 06:11

J wrote:thats ridiculous though 7 after one comeback fight at an advanced age and weight.

the whole ranking system is a big farce

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 26 Oct 2004, 06:33

It does seem to me that Boxrec favours past achievements way too much. There should be a modifier which affects.

1 The effect of moving up in weight. It's ludicrous when you have move up to a new weight and theya re in the top 5 after 1 fight.

2 Past achievements should be worth less with each passing year. By the current criteria, if Ali came back tommorow he'd probably be #1 at heavyweight.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 26 Oct 2004, 07:08

Any world organisation that ranks Bowe in the top ten should be charged with attempted murder.

Manos de Oro · Post by **Manos de Oro** » 26 Oct 2004, 14:47

BoxRec doesn't deserve such nonsensical rankings. Hopkins is still #1 at 154, which, in my opinion, is an embarrasment to this great site.