The Ring Lightweight Rankings

The ring magazine first introduced its divisional ratings in 1925 and 95 years later they re still going strong.

The ring lightweight rankings. 8 linares. We have now compiled rankings for the atomweight strawweight junior flyweight junior bantamweight bantamweight junior featherweight. The ring junior lightweight champion 1 berchelt. Wba super and the ring middleweight and wba regular super middleweight champion 2.

The ring magazine first introduced its divisional ratings in 1925 and 95 years later they re still going strong. The ratings panel is made up of a dozen experts from around the world. 9 tagoe. Opinions are shared.

The first ratings in the history of boxing appeared in the february 1925 issue of the ring magazine. 7 fortuna. The ring lightweight champion. After a successful and very well received launch last week the ring has continued compiling top 5 rankings for the remaining eight divisions in which women s boxing has seen a consistent level of activity during the past few years.

This is the most objective criterion and takes precedence over all others. 5 garcia. The aim of both the tbrb and the ring is to crown a single champion for each division. 14 1 10 ko lightweight.

53 1 2 35 ko middleweight. View full super lightweight rankings lightweight 135 lb the ring lomachenko. 01 oct 2020 lomachenko. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the ufc by weight class and pound for pound.

Wba super wbo and the ring lightweight champion 3. Rank boxer record weight class title s 1. It is no exaggeration to claim that these independent rankings are the most respected and accurate in world boxing today. 6 easter jr.

Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. 4 campbell. Every single one of these lists are assembled by a committee but since the 90s other parties have experimented with computerized rankings but these are sometimes regarded as incapable of accounting for all of boxing s quirks and subtleties. A fighter s accomplishments in the recent past can be a factor to determine his place in the ratings.

Beta view champion stats 1 lopez. 2 haney. In the november 1958 issue of the ring dan daniel wrote an article entitled fleischer first to devise ring ratings the article stated that the idea of rating boxers originated in 1924 with editor and publisher nat fleischer and that it came from walter camp s annual all american college. 3 commey.

The ring lightweight rankings updated. The ring lightweight champion 1 lopez. The ratings panel is made up of a dozen experts from around the world.