British Top 30 P4P July 2011

[keithmoonhangover]

I don't think you should drop Rhodes because he lost to Alvarez.

His performance was not good against Alvarez and he has not been fighting very impressive opposition over the last 18 months. Based on that I didn't think he deserved to keep a top 10 ranking.

If he'd fought a bum and knocked him out, whould you have kept his rating the same?

Yes.

But you critisized him for not fighting very impressive opposition for 18 months, but then say if he'd fought a bum he would have kept his rating. Is there is a contradiction in there somewhere mate?

[Horse]

I think this has been pointed out before, but Andy Lee is not British.

Does he hold a BBBC license?

I don't think so.

[Horse]

I think Martin Murray should be in there

I considered entering him after his win against Blackwell, but I decided against it.

[dutchie]

Barker above Andy Lee??????
Also Hatton lost every round last time out surely he cant be top ten???????

[davie]

I would have Haye above Khan as he's a former undisputed champ.

i have to agree with this.

out of our current champions, i would also put burns ahead of cleverly. i know burns has had a couple weak defences and cleverly has an undefeated record.
but burns won his title against roman martinez, a guy ranked no1 in the world in his wieght division, by both ring magazine and boxrec, at the time. cleverly won his world title by default and hasn't fought a world level opponent yet.

[crusader]

I would have Haye above Khan as he's a former undisputed champ.

i have to agree with this.

out of our current champions, i would also put burns ahead of cleverly. i know burns has had a couple weak defences and cleverly has an undefeated record.
but burns won his title against roman martinez, a guy ranked no1 in the world in his wieght division, by both ring magazine and boxrec, at the time. cleverly won his world title by default and hasn't fought a world level opponent yet.

Not that it makes much of a difference, but The Ring ranked Mzonke Fana #1 at 130 when Burns defeated Martinez.

[Horse]

I would have Haye above Khan as he's a former undisputed champ.

That was three years ago though. Khan has a much better recent record than Haye in my opinion.

[Horse]

Nice one for getting it up on time this month Horse, ffs.

I take it Haye goes to the top if he sparks Drago?

He probably would have.

[Horse]

I would have Brook one spot above Hatton, but I can understand why you rank Hatton higher. I agree that Hatton should be above Rhodes. Overall a very good list

[davie]

I would have Haye above Khan as he's a former undisputed champ.

i have to agree with this.

out of our current champions, i would also put burns ahead of cleverly. i know burns has had a couple weak defences and cleverly has an undefeated record.
but burns won his title against roman martinez, a guy ranked no1 in the world in his wieght division, by both ring magazine and boxrec, at the time. cleverly won his world title by default and hasn't fought a world level opponent yet.

Not that it makes much of a difference, but The Ring ranked Mzonke Fana #1 at 130 when Burns defeated Martinez.

i'm certain martinez was the top rated super featherwieght with ring when burns fought him. i remember commenting on exactly that both before and after the fight.
as you say though, doesn't really matter, my point is still relevant, burns beat a very highly rated fighter to win his title, cleverly was given his title for nowt!

[Horse]

But you critisized him for not fighting very impressive opposition for 18 months, but then say if he'd fought a bum he would have kept his rating. Is there is a contradiction in there somewhere mate?

I don't move fighters down if they win.

[keithmoonhangover]

But you critisized him for not fighting very impressive opposition for 18 months, but then say if he'd fought a bum he would have kept his rating. Is there is a contradiction in there somewhere mate?

I don't move fighters down if they win.

Fair play mate. I like your rankings, very thorough. We'll have to agree to disagree.

[crusader]

i have to agree with this.

out of our current champions, i would also put burns ahead of cleverly. i know burns has had a couple weak defences and cleverly has an undefeated record.
but burns won his title against roman martinez, a guy ranked no1 in the world in his wieght division, by both ring magazine and boxrec, at the time. cleverly won his world title by default and hasn't fought a world level opponent yet.

Not that it makes much of a difference, but The Ring ranked Mzonke Fana #1 at 130 when Burns defeated Martinez.

i'm certain martinez was the top rated super featherwieght with ring when burns fought him. i remember commenting on exactly that both before and after the fight.
as you say though, doesn't really matter, my point is still relevant, burns beat a very highly rated fighter to win his title, cleverly was given his title for nowt!

I'm 100% sure that Fana was number one. I have the most recent issue prior to the fight.

[milpool]

Good to see your rankings Horse, I love to see how others rate and rank our fighters P4P. The only thing I would question is Rendall Munroe being so high?

[Rockys gum shield]

Kell Brook should be in that top ten but other then that its a fair list in my opinion.

[whiskey]

Barker above Andy Lee??????

Definitely. Unbeaten Barker has won the British, Commonwealth and European titles.

He is challenging for the world title next against Sergio Martinez.

No disrespect to Andy Lee, but what he done exactly to be ranked above Dutchie ? I dont think he's broke out of undercards yet.

If Barker loses to Martinez, he still ranks way above him until Lee fights someone already.

[dutchie]

Barker above Andy Lee??????

Definitely. Unbeaten Barker has won the British, Commonwealth and European titles.

He is challenging for the world title next against Sergio Martinez.

No disrespect to Andy Lee, but what he done exactly to be ranked above Dutchie ? I dont think he's broke out of undercards yet.

If Barker loses to Martinez, he still ranks way above him until Lee fights someone already.

The level of fighters Lee has fought are a step above who Barker has fought,regarding titles Barker beat a second rate Spada for a title nobody wanted and as for the British and Commonwealth----enough said.
Lee is ranked no.6 in Boxrec ratings ,no.3 in wba and no.5 in ibf,they cant all be wrong,barker maybe challanging for a so called title but i think we all know its a severe mismatch!!!!

[Deno1986]

Barker above Andy Lee??????

Definitely. Unbeaten Barker has won the British, Commonwealth and European titles.

He is challenging for the world title next against Sergio Martinez.

No disrespect to Andy Lee, but what he done exactly to be ranked above Dutchie ? I dont think he's broke out of undercards yet.

If Barker loses to Martinez, he still ranks way above him until Lee fights someone already.

There isn't that much difference between the opponents of the two boxers. Belghecam and McKay are the common opponents. Lee dominated Belghecam for 9 rounds and Barker struggled with him for 12 rounds when fighting for the Vacant EBU belt. They both did a similar job on McKay. Craig McEwan is as good if not better than the boxers Barker has beaten in his domestic scraps. Spada is the level above and coupled with Lees single defeat is why Barker earns the right to be ranked higher. Titles such as British and Commonwealth shouldn't come into effect if Horse is going to include Irish fighters as the majority of them aren't eligible to fight for the belts. The gap between Lee and Barker on the list is too wide in my opinion but I think we will see the two swapping this time next year.

[Horse]

Barker above Andy Lee??????

I moved Lee above Barker after he beat McEwan, but I then moved Barker above Lee again after he beat Spada.

Barker has been inactive recently, so I can see why you think that Lee should be above him. I think the gap between them is maybe a bit too big, but I think Barker has beaten the slightly better opposition and he should be above Lee for now.

Also Hatton lost every round last time out surely he cant be top ten???????

I gave Hatton a couple of rounds against Alvarez.

Hatton was a solid European champion and gave a respectable losing performance when moving up a weight to fight for a world title. There aren't many below him that have done something similar recently.

[Horse]

I would have Haye above Khan as he's a former undisputed champ.

i have to agree with this.

out of our current champions, i would also put burns ahead of cleverly. i know burns has had a couple weak defences and cleverly has an undefeated record.
but burns won his title against roman martinez, a guy ranked no1 in the world in his wieght division, by both ring magazine and boxrec, at the time. cleverly won his world title by default and hasn't fought a world level opponent yet.

I would say that Murat is a world level opponent.

I think that Cleverly's last three opponents are better overall than Burn's last three, as well as his opponents in the last few years before then, so I think Cleverly should be ahead at the moment.

[Horse]

Fair play mate. I like your rankings, very thorough. We'll have to agree to disagree.

[Horse]

Good to see your rankings Horse, I love to see how others rate and rank our fighters P4P.

The only thing I would question is Rendall Munroe being so high?

I have him so high mostly because of his European title reign in which he defended his title 5 times and beat Martinez x2 and Maludrottu. He lost by a wide points decision when he fought for a world title, but I don't think many fighters below him would do better in a similar situation, so I don't see that as a reason for him to be much lower in the rankings.

I think his current ranking is reasonable, but if he doesn't get any good wins in the next few months then he will fall down the rankings.

[WestEndRiot]

Prince Aaron above James degale?

[wesley05]

Gavin Rees up NINE places !!!!!

[Pugilist-specialist]

Barker above Andy Lee??????

I moved Lee above Barker after he beat McEwan, but I then moved Barker above Lee again after he beat Spada.

Barker has been inactive recently, so I can see why you think that Lee should be above him. I think the gap between them is maybe a bit too big, but I think Barker has beaten the slightly better opposition and he should be above Lee for now.

Also Hatton lost every round last time out surely he cant be top ten???????

I gave Hatton a couple of rounds against Alvarez.

Hatton was a solid European champion and gave a respectable losing performance when moving up a weight to fight for a world title. There aren't many below him that have done something similar recently.

Hatton was comprehensively beaten by Craig Watson who is nowhere near your top 30. Could you honestly imagine Watson outboxing Kell Brook?