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the yarde-arthur series had me thinking of a funny thing with how wins play out. someone mentioned that yarde has beat a top 10 fighter in arthur, like that was an impressive accomplishment that solidifies him as world level. thing is, arthur only got into the top 10 for beating yarde.

so ranked fighter a beats unranked fighter b. big deal. B was never proven etc

BUT LET'S SAY

ranked fighter a is upset by unranked fighter b. fighter b is now ranked too

ranked fighter a gets revenge over the now ranked fighter b.

So fighter A beats a ranked opponent, whereas if he'd beat him on the first try it woulda been over an unranked fighter. but does this win mean any more to you than if fighter A had won without neeeding a redo ?

i guess it's kinda similar to one fighter being a 1-time world champ because he won all his title fights, and another guy being hyped as a 2x or 3x champ, but in reality that was only possible because he lost his title at some point

Think were really in an Era if you know your boxing you can take no notice of the champions and ratings , we all know its manipulation that gets most rated and then a shot , quite often they have ducked , dived and swerved the good fighters out there because they have the right promoter backing them , not the talent